Month: March 2012

A great chat with legendary Vincent tuner Big Sid Biberman.

Saw this over on the Good Spark Garage Video Library over on Vimeo where they have a lot of great stuff. Check em out.

Anyway I’m fascinated to hear his opinion comparing Vintage to modern Japanese to electric.

Big Sid’s Thoughts on Electric Motorcycles from Good Spark Garage on Vimeo.

Matchless.

Thanks to Johnny Moped out of California for the use of this great shot. Saw it over on ADV Rider.

Regular contributor Chuck Lathe sends in some choice pics from a recent show.

Well I’m back from a nice but very windy weekend and I owe you folks some pics. The inbox is brimming so lets get to it.

By the way, all the best thoughts to the folks in tornado country for the recent troubles. Crazy stuff for sure.

Chuck wrote in:

Hey Steve,
We rode down to the Progressive Motorcycle Show in Charlotte on Saturday and I thought you might like these. They are, of course, a Bonneville Street Tracker, a Norton 961 Cafe Racer, and a Ducati 916, and a 1968 Yamaha DT-1 . The Bonneville has a trick frame and either a new or modified single shock swing arm, but a tiny little oil cooler.
Regards, Chuck Lathe North Carolina

Thanks again Chuck!

Cool! I thought these had disappeared! The Christini AWD Motorcycle.

I remember that these had made a splash 7 or 8 years back but then nothing really came of it. Now I find that they’re building complete bikes including one based (I THINK) on a reproduction of the 2006-08 CRF450x and onther on a 2 stroke Gasgas 300… OR you can get a Honda or KTM based frame kit. Strange times but interesting bikes!

Anyone have any experience with these? I’d love to know more.
Their website is HERE! WITH A LOT MORE INFO!

The frame kit show the basics of that they do and how it works.

And there some decent video’s available.