A post relating to a motorcycle barn find
The Yamaha RD500 LC! If you haven’t heard of this bike you must have been living under a rock for the past 35 years. Yamaha, along with Suzuki and Honda were keen to produce a road going version of their 500cc gran prix bikes to give riders a similar experience Read more
Rudge ‘Rudge-Ulster’ was originally formed in 1929 and continued to produce motorcycles up to the outbreak of World War 2 in 1939. The Rudge Radial 250 dates from 1934, and includes some custom made parts from the era which suggests this bike may have been used for competition racing. The Read more
Anyone in the know regarding classic Yamaha’s would know that Yamaha’s iconic FS1E has skyrocketed in value over the past few years, with complete original examples fetching several thousands of pounds. Many people in their 50s and 60s probably grew up with the FS1E as their first leaner legal moped Read more
Amazing Honda NS400R! When you skim through ebay as often as I do, you see lots of custom build bikes, many of them not going beyond simple mods and respray. The far end of the custom scene are specials like this Honda NS400R rebuilt to replicate Wayne Gardner’s Honda NSR500 Read more
A lot of have forgotten that the original Honda Goldwing actually started out as a street bike before becoming the long distance touring bike we recognise today. Many of the original 1970s examples have survived today, and have a strong following in the collector and custom scene, proving to be Read more