The last time Honda put any serious thought into the CR500 George Bush was President. True, they have continued to produce the behemoth, but the only updates it gets are based on the economy of scale (it gets the suspension components, hubs and brakes that are used on the high volume CR250). Why hasn’t there been a new […]
Top Ten
By Rick Doughty For those of you that don’t know me, for the past 30 years I have been (for better or worse) the owner /floor sweeper of Vintage Iron. In that time we have restored hundreds of bikes. Virtually every brand from AJS to Zundapp. Admittedly I don’t know everything about any one brand […]
To Collect
Moto-bilia The art of collecting motorcycle racing’s history By Rick Doughty circa 2002 When you are a kid, time passes very slowly. Math class can seemingly go on for an eternity. It feels like your birthday only happens once every five years. As you age the pace of life quickens dramatically. A year can fly […]
Going, going and gone
Rick Doughty Circa 2008 As with most things outside of the electronic world, the evolutionary process may seem a bit slow. When you stop and have a good look around, there are a great many things that have become extinct. The development of the motocross bikes is not immune. Some things needed to go, some […]