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AmeeReehalBlog…It Just Got Personal For all those following my new car reviews, bike and tuner features, please note all new auto content will now be available at WWW.TRACTIONMAG.CA Traction is a new Canadian online automobile outlet with more car reviews, classic motorbike and tuner features. Plus, daily auto news updates. More contributors, also. You’ll like... Read More
1972 Triumph T100C
Triumph T100C Enduro-style 1972 machine a step back in time Story by Greg Williams, Photos by Amee Reehal © Some could argue this 1972 Triumph T100C is the last of the line. Let’s flashback to 1937. Triumph designer Edward Turner pens the 498cc parallel twin-cylinder engine that fits into the Speed Twin. The Speed Twin was something of a seminal motorcycle, as its engine... Read More
1968 Norton Atlas
1968 NORTON ATLAS Norton’s Rocketship – 1968 Norton Atlas a dependable missile Story by Greg Williams, Photos by Amee Reehal © The slogans ‘The Unapproachable Norton’ and ‘The World’s Best Road Holder’ defined one of the most fabled British motorcycle builders. Founded in 1898 by James Lansdowne Norton, or Pa, as he was commonly known, Norton... Read More
1973 KAWASAKI Z1 900
1973 KAWASAKI Z1 900 Superbike – Owner finally connects with a 1973 Kawasaki Z1 900 Story by Greg Williams, Photos by Amee Reehal © Some folks are pretty impressionable — especially those who are interested in motorcycles. Take Calgary’s Wade Youngman, for example. Back in 1973 he was 16 years old, and he’d just bought a brand new Kawasaki Trail... Read More
Honda Super Hawk
Honda Super Hawk Legendary 305cc machine helped bring Honda to the masses Story by Greg Williams; Photos by Amee Reehal © In 1959 Honda changed the way many people thought of motorcycles – and motorcycling — when they introduced their clean and quiet machines to North America. And it was in 1961 with the CB72 Honda Hawk, a 250cc motorcycle, and its larger... Read More
Kawasaki Café Racer KZ200
Kawasaki Café Racer KZ200 Not your average tea and crumpet machine Story by Greg Williams; Photos by Amee Reehal Originally published Jan2011, HERE Tradition would suggest that a café racer be based on something British, perhaps a pre-unit Triumph 650cc twin in a Norton Featherbed frame. There are only so many parts and pieces from those motorcycles around, however.... Read More
Custom V-ROD Bikes
V-ROD Story by Greg Williams; Snaps by Amee Reehal Revolutionary. For Harley-Davidson that single word sums up the VRSCA V-Rod, a machine first introduced to the public nearly 10 years ago. In fact, the overhead cam, fuel-injected, liquid cooled 60-degree V-twin engine that powers the V-Rod was nicknamed the Revolution – simply because it’s quite a departure from, say,... Read More
1952 B.S.A. A10 Golden Flash
Resurrecting Rust Bringing back to life a 1952 B.S.A. Golden Flash Story by Greg Williams; Photos by Amee Reehal It’s easy to see where some motorcycles get their name. Take, for instance, the B.S.A. A10 Golden Flash. Introduced late in 1949 as a 1950 model, B.S.A.’s Golden Flash was the first 650cc parallel twin in the company’s range. And, it was finished in a sandy... Read More
Sportster Custom
Oh, Behave! Builder uses parts at hand to construct Miss Behavin Story by Greg Williams; Photos by Amee Reehal © (originally published in 2008) Creating something from nothing is what Mark Blundell does best. Well, not literally nothing, but from spare parts belonging to a variety of different machines that might otherwise go to waste. Blundell owns and operates Calgary’s TJ’s... Read More
1950 Harley-Davidson Panhead w/Goulding Rocket Sidecar
Back to a Simpler Time This is one pan you won’t find in the kitchen Story by Greg Williams; Photos by Amee Reehal Outside of the motorcycling fraternity if you told anyone you rode an old ‘pan’ they would look at you askance. We are not, of course, talking about a well-seasoned, beat up piece of tin from the bakery. What we are talking about is one of the most legendary... Read More
