If you suspect that the name “Fikobike” sounds a bit like “psycho-bike” then you understand the thinking behind oil man Lee Fikes decision to take his perfectly good 1967 BMW R60 and rebuild it into his…
BMW-Volkswagen 1500 “Fikobike”
Brough SS 80 with Matchless Engine
A Motorcycle Not for the Masses George Brough’s family appears to have been quite involved with motorcycles and competition. George stated in later Brough Superior advertising that he had competed in his first motorcycle event in…
Honda CBX1000Z
The Honda CBX was a motorcycle that George Brough, of Brough Superior fame, would have loved. It was a bike that George Brough’s most famous customer, T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) would have really enjoyed: but…
Münch Mammoth 1200 TTS
Background Some like to say that “the best things in life are free” but this is perhaps a bit of a wishful thinking statement. The best things in life are typically costly. In order to have…
Brough Superior 981cc SS100
Described by T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia) as “the jolliest things on wheels” the Brough Superior SS100 was the ultimate motorcycle of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Lawrence was known for riding his Brough Superior for…
Indian 7hp Big Twin Motorcycle Combination
Back in 1913 the world was a quite different place. The “War to End All Wars” had not yet begun, the communist Russian Revolution had not yet happened, and the teachings of Karl Marx were largely…
