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This collection of rare and strange bikes is one to envy

Strange Bikes: The Wildest 490 Maico Ever

April 28, 2008

Think about this: a stock 490 Maico dirtbike puts out about 52 horsepower. Three of them hooked together would crank out somewhere around 156 crazed ponies.

Strange Bikes

March 31, 2008

In several countries around the world, people can't afford a car or truck, and make do (both on and off-road) with what they've got. Take a look with Rick Sieman's classic commentary.

Strange Bikes

February 11, 2008

The Yankee motorcycle was a staggering concept. The builders took two Ossa single motors and mated them together to a common crankcase.

Strange Bikes - October, 2006

October 1, 2006

It was named for its resemblence to a crouching hyena, the Hyanide has part of it name based on cyanide. It?s a fully tracked motorcycle and the designers Oliver Keller and Tillman Schlootz have no plans to put it into production.

WEIRD WHEELS STRANGE BIKES

November 1, 2005

So you think you're a Trekkie, do you? You know just how pointy Spock's ears are. Well, you're not really into the Star Trek thing unless you have one of these, a trike decked out like the Enterprise.

Even More Strange Bikes!

November 1, 2005

Yep, you folks demanded even more STRANGE BIKES from the old archives. So I scraped up some more odds and ends from the history of bikes. Once again, let's see how many of these strange bikes you heard of. Have fun.

The Archives Yield Even More - ... Strange Bikes!

November 1, 2005

Here we go again, but this time instead of a theme, we have a potpourri of stuff that will make you shake your head and wonder what was in the mind of these people when they created these ... things.

Strange Bikes... you probably never saw before!

November 1, 2005

One day I was going through a bunch of really old magazines and literature with a friend. He kept saying things like: "Whoa! What's that? I never heard of it." Or: "Man, that is one strange-looking bike!" Or: "Jeez, that is incredibly ugly and more-than-bizarre!"

Yes, Even More Two-Wheeled Oddities - You Demanded More Strange Bikes...

November 1, 2005

When I did the first article on Strange Bikes, I figured it would just be a fun piece and that would be the end of it. However, the mail from the ORC readers was overwhelming and they literally DEMANDED more weird wheels. So, after more research, here you go ? yet another collection of everything from unique to bizarre. Enjoy!

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