http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog Motorcycle Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:49:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/husqvarna-presents-new-900cc-motorcycle-project http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/husqvarna-presents-new-900cc-motorcycle-project#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 16:28:04 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2384
We already knew BMW’s subsidiary Husqvarna is planning three new road bike models due for launch in 2012, so we were getting excited to hear news on how the project is going. The company has just introduced details on the engine that will power the first street bike model, which apparently is an unexpected 900cc [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/husqvarna-presents-new-900cc-motorcycle-project/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/build-halfway-video http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/build-halfway-video#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 13:00:38 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2288 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/build-halfway-video/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/custom-builder-jim-nasi-river-run-interview http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/custom-builder-jim-nasi-river-run-interview#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 14:54:39 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2281
There’s a short list of talented custom bike builders out there who use baggers as their medium. Coincidentally, two of the best come out of Arizona. Jim Nasi out of Phoenix is one of them. Nasi opened his own shop in 1998 and has been honing his craft since. From full on bagger conversions to custom [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/05/custom-builder-jim-nasi-river-run-interview/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/motorcycles-a-method-to-save-on-gas http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/motorcycles-a-method-to-save-on-gas#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:00:43 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2255 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/motorcycles-a-method-to-save-on-gas/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/atk-markets-gt250gv250-to-riders-ed-classes http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/atk-markets-gt250gv250-to-riders-ed-classes#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:01:32 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2224
ATK is marketing its GT250 and GV250 motorcycles as perfect trainers for riders’ education classes. Last year, the Utah-based company partnered with S&T Motors to sell re- badged, small-displacement Hyosung motorcycles in America with plans to eventually assemble them in Utah. Among the models it acquired is a small, classic-styled, entry-level cruiser with a DOHC 75-degree [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/atk-markets-gt250gv250-to-riders-ed-classes/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/victory-salutes-u-s-military-members-with-motorcycle-giveaway http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/victory-salutes-u-s-military-members-with-motorcycle-giveaway#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:36:09 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2219 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/04/victory-salutes-u-s-military-members-with-motorcycle-giveaway/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/honda-motorcycle-production-back-march-28 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/honda-motorcycle-production-back-march-28#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:47:03 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2215
Honda has announced it will resume production at its motorcycle-manufacturing Kumamoto Factory on March 28. The company will extend its suspension of production for finished units, however, at the automotive facilities in Sayama, Saitama and Suzuka through April 3. Honda also announced more extensive delays at its Tochigi facilities, which were the most affected by [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/honda-motorcycle-production-back-march-28/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/u-s-based-kawasaki-fundraiser-for-japan http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/u-s-based-kawasaki-fundraiser-for-japan#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:16:40 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2209
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) motorcycle production facilities, located in Akashi, did not sustain any damage from the recent, tragic earthquake centered in the northern part of the country. However, the company obviously relies on a large number of outside component suppliers and vendors in order to complete and deliver finished products. While normally relying [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/u-s-based-kawasaki-fundraiser-for-japan/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/electric-motorcycles-cruise-the-open-road http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/electric-motorcycles-cruise-the-open-road#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:41:14 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2204
Cruising down the road, hair blowing in the wind, living wild and free. That’s the American dream of riding a motorcycle on the open roads as one sees the landscape while being part of it, not driving through it with windows up, AC blowing and video playing to entertain the kids. Most motorcycles tend to [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/electric-motorcycles-cruise-the-open-road/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/suzuki-donates-11-gsx-r750-to-barber-museum http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/suzuki-donates-11-gsx-r750-to-barber-museum#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:10:35 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2118
At the U.S. press introduction for the 2011 GSX-R750 and GSX-R600 models this past weekend at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, Ala., American Suzuki Motor Corporation generously donated the first production 2011 GSX-R750 in the United States to the impressive motorcycle collection at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum was founded [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/suzuki-donates-11-gsx-r750-to-barber-museum/feed 0