What’s Your Ultimate 10-bike collection?

While Craigslist sorts itself out and all the aggregators figure out how to get past the lawyers,I’m not going to do as much advertising,but I thought I’d talk about collecting and motorcycle collection management. Look for a few more articles in the upcoming days.

Flying Merkel

If you had your ultimate motorcycle [...]

1981 Honda CBX in Wisconsin. 1.5 Miles total!!!

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Craigslist in Three Lakes,Wisconsin has this 1.5 mile (YES! see below) 1981 Honda CBX. The bike was one of Honda’s “school bikes”that were part of a very comprehensive program that the manufacturer was in involved in for years. See http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-japanese-motorcycles/1981-honda-cbx.aspx for more details.

Owner is asking 10,500 for this time capsule. These [...]

Great Pages for Understanding Fasteners and Engineering Concepts

I have been using this site for ages. It’s called “The Engineer’s Companion”,and it has information needed to really do great restoration. No cost to use,no scam,nothing but great information about the engineering aspect of restoring and building great bikes.

From the Introduction:

The FAQs included in the Engineer’s Companion are the [...]

Winter Project #3 —Ducati 500 Twin Project in Boston

$850 Firm. It is interesting. It is rare. It is a Ducati. I have a rule not to pounce on other people’s bikes and will never post an advert that I think is a scam. This ad doesn’t seem to be a scam. Anyone that wants to buy this bike is going to do some [...]

Suzuki Cafe/Streetfighter –93 gs500

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This former Suzuki GS500 has been completely rebuilt into a SteamPunk streetfighter. It is on the Craigslist in the San Fernando Valley (LA). Paint is all stripped off,lights,plastic —all gone. $2900.

Owner states:

Bike started as a super reliable and quick 93 Gs500. Then It was stripped of any unnecessary items (plastics,blinkers,bulky [...]

1959 Parilla Slughi (Impala/Ramjet) in Tarzana

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This Parilla 98cc is for sale on eBay and located in Tarzana,CA by one of our favorite sellers. His bikes are always well-represented. So,is it a Slughi,or what?

According to an update by the owner,“This Parilla Slughi was marketed by Cosmopolitan Motors in the USA as a “Ramjet 100″,a “Slughi [...]

The Parilla Wiki

I’ve been working on a wiki for Parillas for the last 6 months —chronicling my own efforts. This is a shameless self-promotion of the wiki and its contents. I hope anyone that has a need for information might be helped.

Parilla,during restoration –taken on 3/7/2011

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