Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Today in motorcycle history, November 5, 2013

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                                          Kawasaki shows the world the 2014 Z1000 Ninja for the very first time at the 71st EICMA show i...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Today in motorcycle history, November 4, 1956

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      Frederick William "Flying Freddie" Dixon dies in Reigate, Surrey.       In 1912, at 19, he rode in his first I...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Today in motorcycle history, November 1, 1945

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          On November 1, 1945, change comes to Springfield, E. Paul du Pont hands over the keys to Indian Motorcycles.   In 1930...

Today in motorcycle history, October 31, 1969

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        The Triumph X75 Hurricane prototype was sent to England on October 31, 1969 and sat collecting dust until mid-June, 1970, whe...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Today in motorcycle history, October 30, 2009

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      The last Buell motorcycle runs off the assembly line.  The 136,923rd such beast.     The first Buell was the RW750, a 750cc...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Today in motorcycle history, October 29, 1942

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          The Alaska Highway officially opens to military traffic.     Until the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, A...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Today in motorcycle history, October 28, 2005

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        CCM launches two new bikes at the NEC show; a new version of its Supermoto and a pre-production version of the FT35 flat trac...