Love must be learned - column
Recently I saw a very neat 650 Yamaha XS1977 at a befriended advertiser. I dreamed away. Such an XS is one of the few motorcycles that I have ever bought new. That was after ending a courtship.
Ducati made very nice single-cylinder motorcycles. But The (American) Market wanted more. In Den Beginne there were the now legendary 750 cc L-twin 'round crankcase blocks'. These were successful crosses between a thoroughbred racehorse and a sulky little princess. During production…
In Wezep we saw a strange 'Ala Verde'. It was not an Aermacchi but a Cagiva two-stroke Ala Verde. We had already experienced the 350 cc ones. Compared to a 350 cc two-stroke from Japan, there was little…
The originality of our classics? We attach great importance to that. After all, it is a matter of paying tribute to the past. Nostalgia too. And 'value'. Fortunately, 95+% of our classic motorcycles can be traced back to how they were originally.…