There are times when the sun, stars, planets, all align, and synchronicity ensues. It was just such a time when I discovered the Southern Flyer. This past Sunday found me on one of my old haunts, Highway 60, headed up the mountain toward Suches, Georgia. This section of 60 is one twisty bit of treacherous … More Featured Bike: The Southern Flyer
Chris Price is a historian, specifically, a motorcycle historian with a focus on motorcycle racing history. It’s a given then, that as the publisher of Archive Moto his motorcycle would have an interesting history of its own, and indeed it does. The story of his 75-year-old Indian Scout is a long winding road to Georgia … More Featured Bike: Chris Price’s 41 Indian Scout
I have a confession to make, I have a “thing” for a two-stroke Yamaha, I love them! I guess it goes back to my younger days when I was just starting out with motorcycles in the early 70s. My first dirt bike was a Yamaha 175cc CT-2. The following year I “graduated” up to a DT-3, … More Featured Bike: Julian Farnam’s Yamaha RZ 350
Sometimes things just find you… THE STORY OF MY CHINESE RED RAPIDE I very much missed owning, riding and showing my Black Shadow and had decided that I would like to somehow acquire another one. This is easier said than done as the prices of Vincent twins had skyrocketed. I then came up with what, … More Featured Bike: Ron Stupart’s A Tale of Two Vincents Part Two
HOW IT ALL BEGAN For as long as I can remember, I have been a gear-head. As the legend has it, my first word uttered as a baby was “Volkswagen”. Whether it be a car, motorcycle or airplane, if it had an engine and it moved, I loved it. From a young age, I could … More Featured Bike: Ron Stupart’s A Tale of Two Vincents Part One
This is Bruce’s Harley flathead 45. I really like this bobber, it has clean lines, and considerable detail. I could look at it all day, and, to be honest, if I owned it, I would probably ride the wheels off it. I am not quite sure of the year on this bike, according to Bruce, … More Featured Bike: Bruce’s 45 Bobber
This the 1979 Yamaha XS 650 chopper built by Danny and Lance Busch, AKA, “Busch&Busch.” When they picked this bike up in late 2009, it was a rusty pile of junk in need of serious help. After some rebuilding, and countless hours of hand fabrication, this is the result, a stunning, one-off custom chopper. Almost … More Featured Bike: The Busch Brothers XS 650 Chopper
This is one of my “finds” from my trip to the Horse Smoke Out Thirteen. I actually heard this bike before I saw it. I had just arrived, was unpacking and getting my act together, when I heard this loud howl coming from behind me. I turned around just in time to see a bike … More Featured Bike: Doug Hollandsworth’s Suzuki GS 1100 Drag Bike
When you think about the classic chopper there are key elements that come to mind. First, the frame is a rigid, no rear suspension, or, as some call it, a hard tail. Second, an extended front fork, it can be as short as a six inches over stock length, or as much as twenty. Third, … More Featured Bike: April Knapp’s Chopped 1200 Sportster
The first thing that grabs your attention when you see this bike is the color. This is not the typical flames and metal-flake high dollar paint job, or rattle can black, but a careful use of color and metallic tones that give it a classic look. And, when you consider that there is not one … More Featured Bike: Harley Custom Jeff and David Dickson
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