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Road Rage Amateurs Please Come Forth
Road Rage Amateurs Please Come Forth

5 Jun 2014, 12:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Grab some beers and your favorite snack and sit in front of your computer, search “road rage” on Youtube and prepare to write down all the things crazy motorists use to fight others. Pro...

 
A Ducati 1199 Panigale S Cafe-Racer You Won’t Forget too Soon
A Ducati 1199 Panigale S Cafe-Racer You Won’t Forget too Soon

3 Jun 2014, 10:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If anything, having “Ducati 1199 Panigale S” and “café-racer” in the same sentence sounds a bit off. Alright, it sounds really off, but it looks like if you’re s...

 
Hesketh 24 to Finally Arrive in June
Hesketh 24 to Finally Arrive in June

27 May 2014, 14:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though the new Hesketh 24 motorcycle was first announced to debut in February this year, it looks like the manufacturer got delayed with preparing the bike. With little explanations offered for...

 
Hindustan Ambassador, First Car Made in India, Goes Out of Production
Hindustan Ambassador, First Car Made in India, Goes Out of Production

26 May 2014, 13:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / India has recently put one of its motoring icons to sleep, with the Hindustan Ambassador having gone out of production. Basically the Indian version for Britain’s Morris Oxford, the Ambassador...

 
Deus Smirk, the Surf-Ready Yamaha SR
Deus Smirk, the Surf-Ready Yamaha SR

24 May 2014, 08:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / An old-school Yamaha SR (couldn’t exactly tell the 400 or 500 version), a surfboard rack with the corresponding board, custom work and smashing styling don’t exactly seem to belong to th...

 
Bultaco Rapitan Sport Prototype, the Electric Flat Tracker
Bultaco Rapitan Sport Prototype, the Electric Flat Tracker

20 May 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When Bultaco decided to pull the wraps off its all-new Rapitan electric motorcycle, it did so for their equally-new Rapitan Sport prototype, too. Based on the same new platform, the Rapitan Sport i...

 
Royal Enfield Doubles US Sales, Updates Logo
Royal Enfield Doubles US Sales, Updates Logo

16 May 2014, 08:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The US importer of Royal Enfield motorcycles in the United States, Classic Motorworks, Ltd reports a whopping increase in sales figures for the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period of t...

 
New 2015 Mazda MX-5 to Become Custom Retro Sports Car by Huet Brothers
New 2015 Mazda MX-5 to Become Custom Retro Sports Car by Huet Brothers

15 May 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The idea of a retro-styled sports car that would use the Mazda MX-5 as a platform sounds delicious. This is what we were expecting to receive from Dutch company Huet Brothers, who has announced thei...

 
Elevated Turns of the Autodromo di Monza May Become a Multimedia Museum
Elevated Turns of the Autodromo di Monza May Become a Multimedia Museum

15 May 2014, 10:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The elevated sectors of the iconic Autodromo di Monza may be transformed into a multimedia museum dedicated to motorsport. The initiative was proposed to the Regional Council of Monza several months...

 
Reborn, All-New Matchless Motorcycles Rumored to Make Appearance Soon
Reborn, All-New Matchless Motorcycles Rumored to Make Appearance Soon

14 May 2014, 14:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With almost a year and a half ago we reported about the iconic British motorcycle brand Matchless changing hands once more, and the plans its new owners had for the restoration of the bike productio...

 
Borile B500 Ricki, the Handmade Scrambler
Borile B500 Ricki, the Handmade Scrambler

14 May 2014, 13:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After some teasing, the exclusive Italian bike maker Borile announces the B500 Ricki, a handmade scrambler which will really help you travel back in time. Ricki is powered by a 500cc 4-stroke sin...

 
1908 Lightning Bradley Up for Grabs
1908 Lightning Bradley Up for Grabs

14 May 2014, 12:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Fancy a vintage killer motorcycle? How about a 1908 Lightning Bradley, a truly unique one in great shape, race-prepped and ready to rock? In case you’ve got the right money for such a beauty, ...

 
Can You Believe This Track Racer Is a KTM RC8?
Can You Believe This Track Racer Is a KTM RC8?

13 May 2014, 16:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Well folks, believe it or not, you’re staring at a KTM RC8. While some diehard purist Katoomers will definitely call this bike pure blasphemy, I kind of like this machine more than I expected....

 
Triumph for Avirex Honors Steve McQueen
Triumph for Avirex Honors Steve McQueen

12 May 2014, 13:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Legendary motorcycle manufacturer Triumph and clothing manufacturer Avirex shake hands one more time, half a century after Steve McQueen helped both earn more fame by riding a TR6 Trophy while weari...

 
Retro-Styled Honda Elsinore Scrambler Rumored
Retro-Styled Honda Elsinore Scrambler Rumored

10 May 2014, 07:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda has re-trademarked its old Elsinore name filing a request in February this year and it was published for opposition in early May. This trademark is listed under the “G & S: Motorcycl...

 
World's Most Expensive Motorcycle Sold for $580,000
World's Most Expensive Motorcycle Sold for $580,000

10 May 2014, 07:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are cheap bikes and expensive bikes out there, but there also is a category of motorcycles which are rarely talked about: the collector’s items selling for hundreds of thousands of dolla...

 
Sweetest Neo-Retro Motorcycles Roundup, Part 2 (final)
Sweetest Neo-Retro Motorcycles Roundup, Part 2 (final)

9 May 2014, 16:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Welcome to the second half of autoevolution’s neo-retro bikes roundup. Last week, we presented Royal Enfields, Urals, Triumph’s Modern Classics, and BWM came up with the evil R nineT. Pl...

 
Ducati Indiana by Analog Motorcycles
Ducati Indiana by Analog Motorcycles

9 May 2014, 08:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Ducati Indiana is by far one of the less-known bikes, as it had a rather short presence in the European markets, with just north of 2,300 units produced. It was introduced at the Milan show in 1...

 
BMW K75 Streetfighter by Renard Speed Shop
BMW K75 Streetfighter by Renard Speed Shop

8 May 2014, 14:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / “BMW K75” and “streetfighter” are hardly two words I’d use in a non-negative sentence, but if we add the magic of Estonia-based Renard Speed Shop, things change, and th...

 
2015 Suzuki TU250X Is a Sweet Retro Jewel
2015 Suzuki TU250X Is a Sweet Retro Jewel

5 May 2014, 13:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2015 Suzuki TU250X will definitely find a place in this week’s Retro Motorcycle Roundup. It brings back the classic styling of the 60’s road bikes, with plenty of chromed out details...