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Jawa. Forward into the past

Retro is a trend. The big brands now all have something that is a tribute to the past. In the most elaborate PR approach, happy sense refers to a history that never existed. That is something for marketing reasons. From the budget corner are a bunch of brands that - whether or not under European supervision - are made in China. These motorcycles / motorbikes are usually based on eighties models from Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha.
Purchasing classics there

UAZ 452. Not retro, but real

New Beetles. Minis and Fiat 500s? I see retro as a designer's weakness or cunning marketing. Retro isn't real. Of course there are exceptions that I like. On two wheels there are the Kawasaki W650-800 king axles and the recent 650…

99985 Kilometer on the clock ...

99985 Kilometer on the clock ...

99985 Kilometers on the clock. And new. Is that possible? That's possible... BMW enthusiast, engine painter and AMK reader Theo Terwel bought this BMW with 99985 kilometers on the clock. BMW delivered its motorcycles from the factory with that odometer reading. Then you could…

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Old and new. A partner exchange.

That extremely high average age of motorcyclists is of course partly due to my great-uncle Garty. He once got his motorcycle license in colonial times. He is now 87 and still smokes without glasses. But he has not been riding an 50 for years. He counts in the statistics. but brave with it.
Wheel, spokes

Old engine, new spokes

A set of fresh spokes define the face of a classic motorcycle. But problems have arisen more than once by enthusiasts who, to save costs, had cut the old spokes themselves and proudly approached the spoke specialist with the remark: "Give me new rims and spokes".