Cruisers

  • Green Monster

    Green Monster

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    Nik gets up close with a legend – Dutch’s very, very long, very, very green behemoth of a bike.

  • Burning Bright…

    Burning Bright…

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    The story of this bike, the idea behind it, goes back a long time… a long, long time so are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin…

  • Rare Breed, revisited!

    Rare Breed, revisited!

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    Far back in the mists of ancient time (well, 1991 anyway), in issue 167 of this very magazine, Rich King, erstwhile photographer/scribe of this parish, went to see a guy named Nigel from Lincolnshire about his really rather stunning long, low, blue DOHC 750 Honda chop called Rare Breed.

  • Steam’d Shovel

    Steam’d Shovel

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    Mark bought three boxes of Shovelhead bits from someone in Cornwall, and this bike ’ere, a ’75 1340, is the last of the three to be put together.

  • Unique Steampunk Suzuki

    Unique Steampunk Suzuki

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    Chris’s steampunk Suzuki really turned heads at Motorcycle Live!, including Nik’s. He takes a closer look.

  • New Nightster? We’ve seen the leaks…

    New Nightster? We’ve seen the leaks…

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    Leaked documents confirm that Harley-Davidson is gearing up to release a new Nightster S – and although the details are scarce, we have got our hands on an image of the bike. The big differences from the standard Nightster include the addition of a small pillion seat, new wheels, and a swanky new paint job.…

  • The Thing…

    The Thing…

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    THE THING’, AS THIS BIKE’S CALLED, WAS BORN OUT OF AN IDEA TO BUILD AN OLD SCHOOL ‘70S CHOPPER. Simon Boden reports… I had the urge to build one, but had to find a donor bike to start the project. After much searching, I came across an ’84 Ironhead Sportster on eBay – it was…

  • Bangers & Mash: First Ride on Mash X-Ride Classic 650

    Bangers & Mash: First Ride on Mash X-Ride Classic 650

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    Is this Yamaha XT500 replica from France (via China) a worthy investment for retro bike fans? Or is it a case of style over substance for the A2 licence-friendly thumper?

  • NEW BIKES! Ducati Diavel V4

    NEW BIKES! Ducati Diavel V4

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    Four pots for Ducati’s mental super-cruiser! The Diavel is one of those bikes which, if you haven’t ridden it, is very hard to explain just how good it is. Back in 2010, Ducati took the best of its superbike powertrain and chassis kit and transplanted it into a cruiser-shaped device. Seemingly developed by the same…

  • Honda’s Rebel CMX1100T

    Honda’s Rebel CMX1100T

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    The affordable cruiser gets the bagger treatment! The Japanese factory has revealed a new touring-ready model of its CMX1100 Rebel. It might look as though the new CMX1100T is largely unchanged from the ‘standard’ bike, with the same chassis and Africa Twin-derived 1084cc parallel twin engine which kicks out a respectable but not earth-shattering 85.3bhp.…

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