Motorcycle Kickstart Classic Cafe Racer Project Weeks 3 and 4

Sanding and filling, its all about the prep work

Sorry for the delayed post, but the last two weeks have been a blur, to say the least. Felt more like one long, long night. The bike's just about ready now. Still have a couple of things to button … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Kickstart Classic Honda Cafe Racer Project Week 2

Carbs re-installed with air pod filters, what a good lookin motor!

I like how certain tv shows take a ground up bike build, and condenses it into and hour long show, with maybe 20 minutes of actual design and wrenching. I started with a simple design and a running … [Read more...]

Matt’s Kickstart Classic Honda CB550 Project Bike

The CB550 stock with only the seat removed

I've wanted a low cost project bike for a while now, something I can rip apart and shape into a cool little custom. With the Motorcycle Kickstart Classic taking shape and poised to roll in October, I … [Read more...]

New England Motorcycle Tour, Rolling Thru Maine

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Last summer, our esteemed editor and resident fast-food guru Steve Lita asked if I’d be interested in heading north for the weekend and participating in Rolling Thru America’s Maine tour, aptly … [Read more...]

Candlewood Lake Loop

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Man the weather changes fast around here in the north east. I was planning a ride this morning checked out my weather app and realized it was 34 degrees. Shoot it was 60 last week!? Guess i gotta get … [Read more...]

Saturday In Maine

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While Rolling Thru Maine on Saturday, day two of our tour, we started out again with breakfast at the hotel, and nice weather, finally. A few pockets of rain early on, but sunshine and blue sky's for … [Read more...]

Rolling Thru Maine on Friday

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Just returned from my Rolling Thru Maine tour. We Started out in the rain Friday morning, but after  breakfast the weather let up a bit and we were on our way. We meandered our way around finger … [Read more...]