1977 Yamaha IT400 A Fun Project To Bring Back To Life
I uncover many ‘Running When Parked” bikes that will never run again. This is not one of them. It is obvious that the bike was well used and modified (that shock reservoir strapped to the…
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Suspected E-Bike Fire Kills 93 Year Old
Spectrum News NY 1 reports that a 93-year-old women died after a fire broke out below her apartment in Queens, New York. A charging three-wheeled e-bike is currently suspected as the cause of the blaze…
The 2023 SRC Team Reunion
The idea of a Society of Racing Cyclists Team reunion (formerly the Skunk River Cyclists Team) came from Paul Vine and was immediately championed by another former team mechanic, Calvin Jones. These two spearheaded an…
Jimmy Mac Digs Through The Scrapbook
Looking through scrapbooks is sure fun. Fishkill, New York, in 1971. My brother Gerry is sitting next to me on the borrowed Foreign Car Clinic VW bus. Don't remember the track or year. Photo was…
Fire kills Four At E-bike/Scooter/Moped Store
Spectrum News NY 1 reports that four people died and two others were critically hurt after a fire broke out inside an e-bike shop housed on the ground floor of a Lower East Side apartment…
70-Year-Old Zundapp Super Sabre Running When Parked
This bike turns 70 this year just like me! It hasn’t run since 1973. Those are impressive numbers for a Running When Parked. I don’t need to give buying advice. If this is the missing…
Nireeka Mega 38-Mile-Per-Hour Top Speed Mountain Bike Actually A Really Slow Motorcycle
I hate to break it to backers of the Indiegogo-offered Nireeka Mega, but they are not investing in an electric-powered mountain bike. Sure, it uses bicycle components from its wheels to its handlebar grips. And…
Are E-Bikes Too Fast For Hiking Trails?
Four major user groups share unpaved recreation trails designated for non-motorized use; hikers, trail runners, equestrians and mountain bikers. A change in California law (that other states may adopt) has permitted electric-motorized bikes access to…
Bicycle Racing Makes The Main-Stream Media
I joked last year right after the Tour de France that as far as the general public was concerned, bicycle racing was over for the year and wouldn’t begin again until the first stage of…
Super-Amazing Sunday 147 Flat Track Minicycle Up For Grabs
Here's the story. I bought this little beauty at The One Motorcycle Show in Portland and imagined finding someone with a dirt oval close to my home where I could slide it until the cows…