This 1981 Moto Guzzi CX100 has been highly modified and the result is an eye catcher. It would be easy to call this a restomod, but it’s almost unrecognizable when compared to the original LeMans. The Daytona bodywork and gauges are a long way from the original and much more sedate LeMans look, but the […]
Category: vintage motorcycles
Here’s a really nice looking 1947 Sunbeam S7, a postwar model that looks as good or better than many of those other big name bikes of the same era. The engine is a 24 horsepower, 500cc vertical twin sitting longitudinally in the frame which allows shaft drive. The shaft drive turns a worm gear which […]
This is a really nice looking cafe, it’s called Project Manxster. A new replica Norton Featherbed frame is mated to a 1998 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 V-twin. The result is pretty sweet and if you like the Sportster engine, but you’re tired of street trackers this is a nice alternative. The Manx bodywork almost takes […]
Purists are a hard group to please, this bike will send them running, but unless you look closely, all you’ll see is a perfectly restored 1948 Harley Davidson Panhead. Then, upon closer examination, you notice a brand new S&S 88 inch stroker in place of the original engine, looking perfect, but obviously not from The […]
Noticed this for sale the other day and I don’t remember seeing one like it before, it’s a 1959 Norton Wide Line feather bed frame with a 1964 Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor vertical twin engine. Visually, it’s a stunner. It’s been sitting on display and never run, so it’s as built. The frame was powder […]
The upcoming January Mecum motorcycle auction in Las Vegas has a really wonderful line up of bikes for sale (Really, you should check it out!), but their featured attraction is the sale of the Excelsior Henderson brand name and associated intellectual property. A rather colorful write up extols the illustrious history of the brand and […]
Browsing the motorcycles for sale listings I spotted this 1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra, a nice vintage 2 stroke, but the condition of the bike is far beyond what you would have found in any dealer showroom back in the 60s. I just can’t see any flaws, so I thought I would check out the fellow […]
Long time readers of The Kneeslider will remember we have written about Kettenkrads before, they’re the World War II light tracked military transport with a motorcycle front end built by NSU for the German army. The first time you see one it seems odd, but then you get a smile on your face because you […]
If you’re looking for a 70s era muscle bike, you may have an opportunity to pick up one, or more, in what seems to be showroom condition. The seller describes them as “mint,” a word so overused, often when the bike is nothing of the sort, you might roll your eyes, but these look like […]
Look through the ads for collector cars and you’ll see lots and lots of tributes and clones, cars that, at first glance, look like the special model everyone wants, but are really just a common base model with the right pieces added. Regular Mustangs become Shelby GT500 tributes or an old Pontiac LeMans becomes a […]