Indian Sport Scout 750cc: 1934-1942
Clement Salvadori
May 2, 2012
Undoubtedly the most famous Indian Scout is the motorcycle belonging to New Zealander Burt Munro, of the movie, The World’s Fastest Indian. He bought it in 1920, one of the original Scouts – which were said to have a top speed of around 55 mph – and fiddled with it for the next 40-plus years, making... Read more »
Hodaka Days 2005
Darrell Ohs
April 28, 2011
story and photography by Darrell Ohs On approach to Athena City Park in northeast Oregon, Hodaka Days 2005 looked more like a Sunday-school picnic than a motorcycle rally. Families, some representing three generations, spread their coolers, tents and lawn chairs over the grass beneath the spreading sycamore... Read more »
The 26th Annual Hansen Dam British Bike Rally in Southern California
Paul Garson
April 28, 2011
story and photography by Paul Garson Last year rain pelted the event, but this year’s 26th Annual Hansen Dam Ride was drenched only in sunshine…and chrome. A record 500-plus bikes of all makes, models, sizes, colors and dispositions showed up for what was ostensibly an all-Brit shindig, as it’s... Read more »
Vintage Motorcycles at the Reagan Library
Rider Magazine
August 13, 2010
Vintage Motorcycles at the Reagan Library I recently visited the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, to see its “Born to be Wild” collection of 40 vintage and celebrity motorcycles. This display is definitely worth checking out, and runs through November 9, 2010. The exhibit chronicles the... Read more »
Retrospective: Yamaha DT400 Enduro: 1975 – 1979
Clement Salvadori
February 18, 2010
Test riders loved this new big-bore 400cc enduro. Go just about anywhere, do just about anything and do it with zip! The DT1 250 had grown up, first to 360 size, and now 400, and had become an extremely seductive machine. Weighing less than 300 pounds, with equal amounts of horsepower and torque, the... Read more »
Suzuki GSX-R750: The First Generation 1986-1987
Clement Salvadori
December 1, 2009
In the mid-1980s the Japanese got deadly serious about their sportbikes. When the 750cc size became the competition class of choice, everybody piled in, with Interceptors, Ninjas, FZs…and Gixxers, the first generation of GSX-R750 models, which have continued to this day, except that what cost $4,499... Read more »
Retrospective: Norton Electra 400: 1963-1965
Clement Salvadori
July 14, 2009
Anybody who thinks that the British motorcycle industry was blind-sided by the invasion of Japanese motorcycles has not read his or her history. Lots of people in England were working on new ideas in the early ’60s, but the problem was more a lack of investment than any lack of engineering, and secondarily... Read more »
Retrospective: Harley-Davidson Shovelhead: 1966-1984
Clement Salvadori
November 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the November 2008 issue of Rider.) The Harley-Davidson buffs among us know full well what a “Shovelhead” is, but it remains a minor mystery to many of the uninitiated. Somebody with a large glass of Jack Daniels’ in his hand, his second or third, must... Read more »
Retrospective: Montesa Impala Sport 250: 1966-1969
Clement Salvadori
October 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the October 2008 issue of Rider.) Story by Clement Salvadori • Photography by Steve Ready Back in the 1960s Spanish two-strokes were everywhere, haring along the pavement, scrambling through the hills, flat-tracking around the ovals. Montesa, Ossa and... Read more »
Retrospective: “Brum” Scott Flying Squirrel 600: 1954-1972
Clement Salvadori
September 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the September 2008 issue of Rider.) Story by Clement Salvadori • Photography by Don Danmeier Anyone shopping for a motorcycle in 1969 had quite a choice, be it a Honda SOHC 750 four, a Triumph Trident OHV 750 triple, or a Laverda/American Eagle SOHC 750... Read more »
