Tag Archives: V twin

Honda 1981 Silverwing now running good.

Well, it took a little bit of fudging about etc, but the old bird is now running and idles well, all the white smoke has gone, no smoke at all, a real bonus.  I will probably have a go at adjusting the cam chain, but without a kick start its a pain in the arse, […]

Kick Back Motorcycle show LONDON

One of the up and coming leaders in the European motorcycle shows these days is the Kick Back show in London, many builders come out to bring their best builds, many built at home in the shed. Today, I wanted to share a few photos with you to let you see just a sprinkling of […]

A new motorcycle brand springs from a computer

WHEN the covers come off the Vanguard Roadster at the New York Motorcycle show on December 9th the moment will mark the launch not only of a brawny new bike but also of a new brand with big ambitions. Vanguard is an audacious startup that reckons it can use the increasing digitisation of manufacturing to […]

YAMAHA’S XV950 looks terrible to me.

I saw this in MCN and here is their report on it, to each his own, but surely as you will see at the bottom of my Blog, there are far better ways to change the stock XV into something cool? the paint Scheme looks something out of a Home depot catalog, the Body work is too Boxy and it looks […]