Month: January 2013

A few historical pics from the comments in the Twingle post.


HT to Tim Werder from the comments and Roadkill.net

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Department Store Bikes! This one a Montgomery Wards! I sense a new theme!


I love the Mojave. And a LOT of people love to use that tank on Cafe transformations!
From Pete Boyd

Saw the Allstate and wanted to send in my unrestored Montgomery Wards Mojave 260 with 1,739 miles on it.

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A pair of sweet 2 stroke Suzukis!


Just gorgeous!  Thanks to Trevor Denning.

Here is two of what I consider the best two strokes ever made.  The GT I have owned for 26 yrs the RG for 18 yrs.  Neither are standard.

Thanks TREVOR

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A nice Twingle! 1964 Allstate 250.


UPDATE (from the comments, Thanks Viv): A link to the inner workings on the Twingles

This one is for my buddy Doug who has a real thing for these oddly engineered bikes. I actually know the brother of the gentlemen who restored this bike and from what I heard it was a remarkable effort to get it this nice.

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A Fun Little Honda Custom 360.


And if fun is the point then this is a good start for a first build.

Eric Koester Writes in:

…first bike I ever owned, thus the first bike Ive modded. Also, the NOS bottle…its a toolbox, the top just pops off. But it makes the guys on the HDs think twice, bout messing w me… lol

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Really cool 1988 WSB footage!


And the RC30 gets the lead at the start! Hat tip to Superbike Planet

NSR 250 from Argentina! One hell of a Honda!


I realize that I’ve been hitting the 2 strokes a bit hard lately but they keep popping up in my e-mail and they’re too nice not to post. Keep em coming though! I don’t mind!
Thanks to Mariano Bertoli for the photo’s!

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A Street Legal RS250 Aprilia…


Oh to dream… I believe this one is from France. Thanks to Mathias Maneyrol for the photos.

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Yours truly on “the one that I let get away”… sigh… My old RD400.


Me from years ago on my old highly modified 1979 Yamaha RD400F Daytona Special in the corner at Deals Gap. The list of mods was long. Trading it eventually led to my owning a very pristine RZ350 so it’s not like I didn’t get anything in return… But damm I miss her. Dave. If you’re reading this drop me a line and let me know how she’s doing…

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In an earlier stage of the development. Much closer to stock.
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OK Back to bikes! Mean Green Retro Ducati


Nice… Cortousey of Il Ducatista

And via Cerebus Motorcycles