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More vintage Ducati and Guzzi parts than you can shake a stick at…
Bar Hodgson and I figured that we’d break cover a little early with this news release that is going out to the media at the North American International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW next week:   Italian Treasure Trove Unearthed January 1, 2010  - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
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Published 3 months ago



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Published 3 months ago

The summer that got away...
Where did it go?  Most of it on the highway �" with more 10-hour trips to Montreal, Toronto , and Ottawa than I care to remember.  Some of it disappeared in the strange fog that came with a failed attempt to switch away from the medication I’ve been on for the past 10 years.  A good chunk...
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Published 4 months ago

The Unapproachable Norton...
o    Two liters of varsolo    Two cans of WD 40o    One pint of lacquer thinnero    3 Scotch-Brite scrubbing wheelso    3 feet of shrink tubingo    19” of fuel lineo    3 liters of oilo    4 rolls of shop towelso    2 Scotch-Brite sheetso    3 oz of Locktiteo   ...
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Published 7 months ago

Show up, Shut up & Ride...
As I sat on the ’57 Triumph waiting to be waved out on to Calabogie’s gorgeous twenty-two turn course, I wondered about brakes.   There’s some pretty serious braking done on the F1 and the 52 year old 650 was awfully shy in that department.  Halfway through my first lap I came to realize...
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Published 8 months ago

Another loudbike hits eBay...
It's been a strange year with many of us in the tribe switching out some of the fleet.  My turn - with the Hypermotard custom I finished late last year.  It's a phenomenal bike, but for some reason I'm just not bonding with it.  I can't fault it for anything; it's got the looks, the sound, the...
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Published 9 months ago

Waking the dead...
Four weeks ago, I couldn't bend my right knee enough to sit on the F1.  I'd been slowly working back into a regular training regime and things were progressing well until a 5 mile bicycle ride threw the knee into a swollen, painful state that I simply couldn't put  right on my own.  Every time...
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Published 9 months ago

It was inevitable...
Buying a vintage Triumph is a return to my motorcycle roots and likely the ultimate expression of a mid-life crisis.  Precipitated by a ride on my neighbor Peter Stifel’s ’58 BSA and enabled by the hot deals that mark the current economic downturn, the acquisition had its own momentum; I...
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Published 10 months ago

More TTs than you can shake a stick at...
  Ducati TT affictionado Lou Saif hosted a gathering of Ducati TT1 and TT2 owners in New York last weekend and the result is enough vintage Ducati eye candy than I've ever seen in one place.  Here's a taste of the impressive collection, but there's more on Marcos Lara's Flicker site.  Enjoy......
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Published 11 months ago

The "Grey Bike" Goes On The Block...**SOLD!**
Fran’s “Grey Bike” was the inspiration for my return to the racetrack and gave me a bar to reach for when I was putting together The Original Loud Bike.  I spent my fiirst two years chasing him around Mosport and can bear witness to the impressive (low-mid-70s) horsepower and exemplary...
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Published 11 months ago