The Best Of Motorcycle: January 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Frank

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Frank on his 2007 Honda Gold Wing 1800. We need more pictures of men and women with their motorcycles. Get your picture in. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.

If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bike.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Studs Don't Last Long?

There's several jokes in there. You think they were going for a Peter Fonda look?

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

SISSY!

From BiG BiKE #1

January Antifreeze

Kawasaki Recalls 2009 Super Sherpa K250G9F for Engine Oil Passage Blockage

Kawasaki is recalling model year 2009 Super Sherpa KL250G9F motorcycles.

On eligible units, blockage of an oil passage in the engine might restrict oil flow to the cylinder head. This could result in the engine losing power and eventually stopping which could create the risk of a crash.

The number of units has not been announced.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.

Yamaha FZ8 picture

Yamaha Motor (UK) Ltd have today released this image of the eagerly anticpated Yamaha FZ8, their new sport roadster.

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Kawasaki Z100 and Kawasaki 1400GTR arriving!

Kawasaki's 2010 updated 1400GTR and the much anticpated radical Japanese streetfighter style Z1000 will be in UK Kawasaki dealers in the next few weeks.

With a host of upgrades, the 1400GTR gets traction control, linked brakes and a special selectable fuel economy mode, heated handlebar grips and an electronically adjustable screen with a memory function.

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

This Tank's for You, or....

Older Budweiser

Spotted at he Long Beach swap on Sunday. The detail was excellent. The bottom copy says, "Bogus data by Dave at the Crazy Painters". Some of you may have heard of them.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Harley-Davidson Forty Eight announced

Today Harley-Davidson UK announced the release of the new Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight motorcycle. In Harley's words "a new factory custom in the legendary tradition of the hot rod Sportster line with the raw, elemental appeal of a Custom".

The Forty-Eight is available in Vivid Black, Brilliant Silver and Mirage Orange Pearl colours.

Forty-Eight features and highlights:
Blacked and polished rubber-mounted Evolution 1200 cc V-Twin engine with chrome accents
Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection (ESPFI)
Steel 2.1-gallon (7.95 litre) peanut fuel tank with lightening hole mounting bracket
One-piece, solo Sportster classic seat
710mm seat height
Fat balloon tyres
16-inch Black Steel Laced wheels
Low profile custom handlebar
Under-bar mounted mirrors
New front forks with wide triple clamps
Chopped front fender mounted on fork brace with lightening holes
Fork brace mounted chopped front fender
Blacked components including air cleaner cover, clutch and brake levers and turn signals
Chopped rear fender
Stop-turn-tail lights
Two-year factory warranty
Harley-Davidson Smart Security System

All we know is it looks darn hot!!!

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Fancy a 25th Anniversary Suzuki GSX-R750?

Do you want a 25th Anniversary Suzuki GSX-R750? Well there are only going to be 25 machines for sale in the UK. Fitted with a Yoshimura silencer and commemorative individually numbered top yoke plaque and that distinctive unique retro colour scheme (a tribute to the 1996 GSX-R750) this will doubtless be a sought after machine.

Suzuki will be opening a reservation system at mid-day on the 23rd January at www.imgsx-r.com until all 25 machines have been reserved. It will be operated on a first come, first served basis.

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Suzuki Gladius 650 wins award

Suzuki's Gladius 650 has just won a Japanese 'Good Design Award' in the motorcycle category in its home market of Japan.

Congratulations Suzuki!

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Royal Enfield Wallpapers

Just added the following Wallpaper pic of the Royal Enfeld Trials EFi in the snow to our motorcycle wallpaper galleries , you can view all the Royal Enfield Motorcycle Wallpapers here.

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Monday, January 18, 2010

BiG BiKE #1, Part 3 The Daily Trike

A lot of dudes hate trikes and I understand some of their reasons, but there was a time when they were very popular.

I was just a kid when this scene was taking place and I was really into trikes. One guy that was a big proponent of them was Ed Roth. Roth's trikes were some of my favorites and still are, but one of the my all time favorites from this period was this trike built by Jim Breo.

It's just right. Anyone into vintage choppers has to love the look of this trike.

Just before or right after this was published, I witnessed this trike tooling down the Ventura Freeway from the back seat of my parents car. I forget the exact timing, but the trike itself, was permanently etched into my young impressionable brain.

This shot really shows off how tasteful and well proportioned this trike is. Are "Indy" type tires still available today? Again, can you believe what you could build for $800 back then?

Contrary to what the upper caption says, Servi-Cars are essentially rigid, those rear springs don't do much more than cushion the rear seat.

Too many trikes had poorly executed back seats or boxes. For some reason, the wooden office chair fits nicely with the bare bones chopper look. The Ripple label reminds me of the days when Annie Green Springs and I, would go over to Boone's Farm for a good time,... but that's another story.

Super-swoopy is right. This is one nice photo of a 45 engine. I could stare at it all day.

Circa 1970. I was so jazzed by this trike that I made my own version by cutting up a Revell CHP Shovelhead model and making it a 45 flathead trike. This shot was an attempt to make it look real. I still have this model, but in it's later guise which was inspired by Roth's Mail Box.