Interesting Stuff Happening Around The Shop
Custom: XS650 – A Yamaha on the Right Track
Originally written by: Robin Despins Given this season’s swing toward both vintage and off-road inspired styling, the flashy custom street tracker seen on these pages couldn’t be timelier. The XS650 build is from Calgary’s Old Motorcycle Shop and, consciously or...
Throwback: Ryan’s KZ1000 Chopper Build with The Old Motorcycle Shop
While digging through our archives, we found this gem from way back in 2010—a blog by a rider named Ryan, who started a badass KZ1000 chopper build right here at The Old Motorcycle Shop. If anyone knows where this bike—or Ryan—is now, we’d love to reconnect!
1976 Triumph T140 Strongbow “Cider-Slider”
In the late 1970s Bulmers Cider approached Triumph to build 6 or 7 identical T140 Bonnevilles modified for racing grass track. They then had some of the best racers out there have a UK vs rest of the world series. Very little information has survived about the races, if anyone has anything please reach out to us.