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Motorcycle Travel Guide: National Parks on Two Wheels

shutterstock_137182844August is National Parks Month, and that makes me eager to ride. Motorcycles and the National Parks System were born during the same time period (the second half of the 19th century), and they’ve been linked together ever since. The first motorcycles were really bicycles with small steam engines attached, like Sylvester Roper’s twin-cylinder steam…

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Shop Profile: Montgomery Motorcycle

Montgomery Motorcycle has been a running shop in San Clemente for a few years now. The old owner, Mark Williams, did some work on the bikes, did some fabrication, and helped run the business out of their large two-story shop with his lovely wife Lou Ellen. Mark was largely involved in building the steel building that house Montgomery Motorcycle for its first few years and, when offered a consulting job with the company that did the construction: he decided to put the building up for sale and offered the business to his good friend and head mechanic Terry Martin.

While the old shop was an incredibly stylish showroom, helmet, clothing and accessory store with a great spot right on the main strip of San Clemente; the new shop is much more functional for a mechanic. Just as you might expect if you hand off your business to your main wrench. The new shop is located in a soulful little nook of San Clemente that is lovingly referred to as the “Surf Ghetto,” because of all of the tiny little shaper shacks and glassers located in this small industrial zone right in the middle of town.

Terry’s custom CB750 build, which he finished and sold last month.

The shop has a relaxed and approachable feel, with Terry working alongside his friend Brandon and his dog Buddy. The guys can handle anything from restorations and full custom builds to a quick oil change on a Saturday. Terry has a long history of working on both American and metric motorcycles but most of their business here has been Harley-Davidson, and he has decided to embrace that fact: choosing a Sportster as the shops next custom build. Going forward they are putting a heavier emphasis on their in-shop builds, which we are looking forward to as we love the Montgomery style. If you’re ever in the area, be sure to stop by and say hello. You’re sure to see a few awesome bikes sitting in the stable and Terry and Brandon are always good conversation.

Montgomery Motorcycle
151 Calle de Los Molinos, San Clemente, CA 92672
(949) 940-8380

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Mad map 1

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Length: 1,349.79km / 843.62mi

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Reise Custom: Modding the BMW R100 RS

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.
Back in 70s, the BMW R100 RS was one of the coolest motorcycles you could buy. It was elegant, predictably expensive, and accomplished at its prime task: eating up the miles in absolute comfort.

It became the weapon of choice for Motorradfahrer wanting to travel from one end of Europe to the other, and even appeared in the TV series ‘The Return of The Saint.’

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.
A well-maintained R100 RS is still a superb touring machine, three decades on. But visually, it hasn’t aged too well. The seven-piece fairing and the wedge-shaped tail unit look more than a little ungainly.

It doesn’t take much to give the R100 RS a facelift though, and that’s what Slovenian builder Luka Cimolini has done here. There’s something of an ‘outlaw’ vibe, which will turn some folks on and others off, but we’re sold.

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.
The BMW is a first generation R100 RS. (It’s a 1982 machine, which means it has the Brembo rear disc brake upgrade.) Luka has switched the suffix from RS to RC—from Reise Sport, meaning Travel Sport, to Reise Custom.

“I tried to keep as many original parts as possible, while making a cool-looking bike,” Luka tells us. “Something between ‘classic’ and ‘sport’.”

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.
He’s handy with the tools, so he’s treated the 980cc boxer twin and gearbox to a complete rebuild. The plastic airbox is gone, replaced by a more attractive item from a late 70s R80/7.

Luka’s also lowered the bike slightly, by around four centimeters. He’s fitted an extra fork clamp to make it easier to adjust the fork height, and slightly modified Kawasaki clip-ons are now attached to the top of the fork tubes.

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.
At the back the upper suspension mounting point is raised. It makes the R100’s center of gravity lower, but there’s little difference to ride comfort. The forks and shocks remain standard, but have been cleaned, serviced and refinished.

The biggest change at the back is a complete new subframe with a fiberglass rear end and seat, topped off with a Lucas 564 rear lamp. It’s a classic café racer tail that matches the angular fairing surprisingly well. Agreed, it’s not as practical as the factory-supplied thickly padded sofa, but it’s certainly more pleasing to the eye.

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.
The fairing had to stay, though. “It’s not the prettiest thing around, but it has a unique BMW look that I wanted to keep. Just some minor modifications were needed.”

So Luka has trimmed the sides—a common mod amongst RS riders who find the heat from the engine too much—and bobbed the windshield. He’s also vented the fairing in front of the engine with slats to improve cooling.

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.
The stock R100 RS has unusually long stainless steel mufflers, which normally extend beyond the rear tire. They’re now shortened a little so that the end point of the bike is the Michelin Pilot Activ tire.

The result is a stunningly effective ‘resto-mod’—keeping the elegance and functionality of the original machine, but massaging it to suit 21st century eyes.

A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.

“The bike rides like a dream,” says Luka. “And it still has that quality BMW ride that is often sacrificed for style.”

It won’t win favor with purists, but we love Luka’s style.

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A BMW R100 RS resto-mod for the 21st century.

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Tried and True Denim Shirts from Crank and Stroker

A good denim shirt will see a lot of wear, because you know it can handle it. These rugged denim shirts are built well right here in the USA and are made to last.

I assume this is where Ol’ Faithful got it’s name. The one shirt you can grab in a pinch and put through just about any rigorous activity throughout your day. Both of these shirts are made of 9oz Crosshatch denim and built to last. Features YKK snap front with a top button neck closure. The two front chest pockets with snap down flaps will keep important things safe. Pre-Shrunk.

Made in the Good Ol’ USA and available in tall sizes as well at CrankandStroker.com

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11-1 RT to Oyster Run 2015

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Length: 276.65km / 172.91mi

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Is Project 156 the Beginning of an American Sportbike That Survives?

The new Cycle World magazine has a cover story about Victory’s Project 156. The project is a combination of a prototype Victory 1300cc liquid cooled V-Twin racing engine, a race bike built by Roland Sands to put the power to ground, plus Cycle World staffer/racer Don Canet to ride it in the Pikes Peak hill […]

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New Old Style Speedster. Begging For Dirt Or Grass.

No doubt that this new old iron is going to provoke a lot of reactions that I hope will be positive because of its originality and superb detailing. When I discovered it, I just wished that German artist, craftsman and builder Uwe Ehinger from Ehinger Kraftrad had chosen a…

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Edmonton, Athabasca, Fort Saskatchewan loop

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Length: 367.61km / 229.76mi

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Queen Mary Loop

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