Hesketh was never big. If anything it was pitifully small — only a few hundred V1000s sold worldwide, but the same can't be said for the bikes themselves. They're huge. A Hesketh's dimensions — 550Ibs dry weight and 59.5 inches from one wheel spindle ...

PUT A RIFLE ON YOUR CRUISER Rifle Fairings new Cruise Tour fairing is an original but traditionally styled, full-sized fork-mounted fairing for American and metric cruisers. The Cruise Tour fairing is made of high- impact ABS co-polymer engineered for strength and durability, topped with a black ...

Born in                                  : 1980 Current Machine              : Yamaha I'm not especially into old bikes, it just love riding bikes - any bikes. I started watching racing in '94, so this is a bit early for me. I was just an itch in my dad's underpants when ...

What it is? Honda's first 16-valve four, developed alongside a 750cc version. Its long-stroke engine has plenty of punch, it handles, and even the brakes and suspension are half decent. Nearly as fast as the CBX-6 too. Later models got twin-piston calipers, rubber engine mounts ...

What it is: Careful copy of the Kawasaki Zl engine installed in the best big- bike chassis of the era. Murdered the Z-1000 on road and track. Can be tuned to produce monster power with little loss of longevity. Others in its family tree: Developed from the ...