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How To Build a Honda CB350 Vintage Road Racer
By Eric Kalamaja.
A step-by-step account of what's involved in getting a Honda CB350 motorcycle in race-ready shape. Before you build your next vintage roadracer, read this article!
Do Your Own Motorcycle Repair
By The Motor Bookstore.
Repair manuals are filled with good information about your motorcycle. Basic motorcycle maintenance steps are outlined in the repair manual.
J. Wood & Company Daytona '96 Auction Results
By J. Wood & Company. June 1996 issue.
Official auction results of the 1996 Daytona Classic & Vintage Motorcycle Auction held at the Edmunds Center in DeLand, Florida by J. Wood & Company.
Beginnings in Vintage Road Racing
By Eric Kalamaja.
Thinking of joining the go-fast crowd at the track? If your answer was a quick and loud YES! then you're going to want to read this article (that sometimes reads like a novel).
The Goulding Album
By John Cerilli. Unpublished Book Review.
A compilation of photos and history on the famous sidecars of James Goulding.
Inside American Motorcycling
By John Cerilli. Unpublished Book Review.
Review of the new book by author Harry V. Sucher, one of the most exciting and comprehensive motorcycle history books ever written. Ordering information is included with article. This book is a must-have for the serious enthusiast.
A Lap of America, the Motorcycle Heritage Museum, and AMA's Vintage Days
By John Cerilli.
A short interview with Court Canfield about his "Lap of America" 30-day trip on his Buell Thunderbolt; a visit to AMA's Motorcycle Heritage Museum; and a stop at Mid-Ohio Racetrack for the AMA's Vintage Days. Color photo links throughout this article.
Austrian Twist Shifters and Other Strange Motive Devices
By Troyce Walls.
This article will surely bring back some memories. A must-read!
From Ninety to Three Hundred Fifty in Eighty Bucks
By Troyce Walls.
Sequel to Troyce's first story.
Avengers and DOHC Grenades Remembered
By Troyce Walls.
The end of the "Trilogy!". If you've read the first two stories, you'll have to finish what you started.
The Super Vee • Not for the Weak-Kneed
By Jim Fedor.
If you own a Super-Vee, this article is mandatory reading. Even though Jim talks more about his bicycle than his Super-Vee (he does) we feel that all of you Super-Vee owners will relate to his story. This article is accompanied also by 2 photos, one of Jim's bike (after spending 2 long years in assembly) and the other features a custom-made all-billet sissy bar with inlaid gold leaf featuring the Super-Vee logo. Photos were taken by Wildwoods Images Productions of Conneaut, Ohio. Phone: 216-593-2693.
What's Wrong with Suzuki?
By Robbie "Dale" Jackson.
Hello! Any Suzuki owners out there? Dale can't find many of you and he wants to know what's going on!
Advertising Brochure Collecting... Coming on Strong!
By Robbie "Dale" Jackson. Oct. 1995 issue.
Is this the next "craze" of motomobilia collecting? You be the judge!
"B" is for Buell!
By Steve Hooper. Sept. 1995 issue.
An adventurous ride on a 1990 Buell RS1200.
Isles & Piles of British Parts.
By Eric Hassam. Aug. 1995 issue.
If British bikes are your cup of tea, then you have to read this article!
The Wave!
By John Cerilli.
Are you annoyed by riders who ignore you on the road? Then read this article. You'll be surprised at what John Cerilli found out!
Grab a Hat... Let's Party!
By Robbie "Dale" Jackson. September 1995 issue.
Talk about rare promotional items! Obviously Indian Motocycle Company liked to party in style.
Swan Song of the Three Flag.
By J.J. O'Connor © 1920. April 1992 issue.
Former Motorcycle Shopper Motorcycling Historian Charlie Carter dug out this incredible story out of a 1944 issue of "The Motorcyclist" magazine. It's quite a chunk of text (we had to break it up into 3 different issues for the printed magazine). This is the complete text of the adventures of a couple of guys who wrote an important chapter of motorcycling history.
Yamaha TZ-750 Retrospect.
By Jim Reed. March 1992 issue.
Put on your racing leathers, don a helmet and let road racing guru Jim Reed take you on a ride down memory lane aboard a TZ-750.
The Good Old "X."
By Charlie Carter. June 1991 issue.
Former Motorcycle Shopper Motorcycling Historian Charlie Carter wrote this article on the history of one of motorcycling's proudest and most famous names: Excelsior! Let him take you back in time to hillclimbs and long-distance dirt-track racing astride the "Good Old X."

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