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Ducati 916 SP/SPS - Ultimate Desmoquattro Superbikes, Part I
Image SourceSeems that lately I’ve been on a Ducati kick. So far we’ve covered bevel heads and belt heads, so lets continue with the next generation of Ducati performance – the Desmoquattro. In this...
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Ducati 916 SP/SPS - Ultimate Desmoquattro Superbikes - Part II
Image SourceOne of the most famous pictures of a 1997 916 SPS, sold as a life-size poster by the Bullivant Gallery Part II of our profile of the Ducati 916 Sport Production series, the ultimate...
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Norton P86 750 Challenge - Norton's Last Gasp
Image SourceWhen we think of the death of the British motorcycle industry in the 1970s, we generally recall the final generation of cantankerous, leaky, vibrating, old fashioned crock-pots being...
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The Irving-Vincent - Anachronistic Trackday Missile
Image SourceThe Irving-VincentLet’s say you are the head of a successful engineering firm in Australia. You have a full compliment of advanced casting, prototyping and milling machinery at your...
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Yamaha A-N-D FFE 350 - Forkless Two-Smoker
Image SourceAs far as motorcycle design goes, manufacturers tend to err on the side of conservative engineering. Stick with what is known, what is common, what is produced in great quantity and with...
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Vyrus Motorcycles - Hub-Centre Perfection
Image SourceLast week we featured the FFE 350, a heavily modified forkless Yamaha RZ350 built by engineering virtuoso Julian Farnham. In keeping with a forkless-front-end theme, this week we will be...
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Moto Guzzi MGS-01 - Cooking Goose
Image SourceBooming Italian twin-cylinder trackday terrors have generally been the specialty of Ducati over the last 30 years; you might picture the odd orange Laverda parallel twin thrown in when that...
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Nembo Super 32 Rovescio - Topsy-Turvy Triple
Image SourceConservatism runs strong in motorcycle design and anything that breaks the mould is sure to garner its fair share of attention. You have many opportunities for improvement at your disposal...
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König 500 GP - Outboard-Powered Underdog
Kim Newcombe and his Konig Grand Prix bikeImage SourceOnce in a generation there emerges a racing prodigy who defies belief and achieves success far beyond the odds. These men and women display innate...
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Voxan - Café (Racer) Français
Image SourceWhen you think of big sporting V-twins and café-styled roadsters, what do you picture? Italy and Great Britain maybe - well-groomed Latin men astride thundering sports machines or perhaps...
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Magni Sport 1200S - Italo-Asian Hybrid
Image SourceWhen it comes to exotic Italian motorcycles, few brands can claim the prestige and history of Magni. The bikes that have rolled out of Arturo Magni’s shop are the sort of two-wheeled art...
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Julian Farnam's CHOPPRD - The leading-link Dirtbag RD400
Image Courtesy Alan LappIn a modest garage a few miles east of San Francisco, there is a man who builds motorcycles. This might not sound particularly exceptional, as there are men building bikes in...
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Horex VR6 - Teutonic Six-Pot Roadster
Image SourceThe list of six-cylinder motorcycles is, admittedly, a short one. For production machines you have the Benelli Sei, the Honda CBX, the Kawasaki KZ1300, and the current BMW K1600 and Honda...
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Silk 700 - The Ultimate English Two-Stroke
Image SourceThink of the icons of British motorcycling and odds are you will think of one thing exclusively – four-strokes. All the great flagship cycles of English industry – the Commandos, the...
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In Praise of Slow
On the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton with my dad, circa 2004.Let’s get one thing straight. I’ve done plenty of wheelies. I’ve dragged parts in turns, my own and my bike’s. I’ve ridden far in excess of the...
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Gilera CX125 - Beginning the Future
Image SourceUp until recently there was an interesting category of sporting 125cc two-strokes that dominated the European beginner bike market. Countries like Italy and Britain restricted new teenaged...
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Wakan / Avinton - Franco-American Hybrid
Image SourceThere is a certain brutish elegance to the act of cramming an impossibly huge engine into a tiny chassis. American designers in particular seem to have an affinity for stuffing air-cooled...
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Fischer MRX - Korean-American Supersport
Image SourceLets say you want to buy a middleweight twin-cylinder sportbike. Think for a moment of how many options you have. No, not the Ducati 848 – that would have been in the Superbike category up...
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Editorial - Thoughts on the Cult of Persecution
Time for a break from legitimate motorcycle journalism to showcase another rambling, raving editorial from OddBike's benevolent dictator and sole contributor, Jason Cormier.Being a dedicated long-term...
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OddBike USA Tour - Help Fund OddBike on Indiegogo
Contribute to the Campaign here: OddBike USA Tour on IndiegogoOddBike's USA TourMy name is Jason Cormier, and I am the Editor of Odd-Bike.com, an independent website that specializes in the profiling...
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