"Kei" Cars in Japan: A "Galapagos" Sector?

Mike Smitka Under Japanese taxation, licensing and inspection systems there are 3 broad classes of cars (and light commercial vehicles): ful...

Who is Number One?

Auto sales are not the only measure to assess an auto OEM's relative health. This piece from the Detroit Bureau lays it out: GM slid ...

The Decline of the Japanese Auto Industry

Here are three graphs, pulled from a talk I gave at UMTRI in the spring. The Japanese auto industry – that is, manufacturing and retail ins...

CB500 & pin up

Rikky on the Sevenseven Motors' 1973 CB500 Via Trasnsmission77  -  Photo by Alex Maldonado

CB550 Gulf

CB550K1 by Ringo from Do the ton

CB550 by SBC

1977 Honda CB550 "J.O." by Steel Bent Custom Tampa - Florida

Reader's ride: SLR 650 scram

Honda SLR650 by Officine Sbrannetti - La Spezia (Italy) Photo editing by Inazuma Cafè

Scrambler "Freak" by Sauro Rosolani

Talking about Honda SLR650 , I cannot help but featuring this nice scrambler, built by Sauro Rosolani of Spyder Italia blog . If you like...

Mowgli in the asphalt jungle

No wonder if you forgot the ugly Honda SLR650 . However, Enrico of Officine Clandestine didn't forget this model and in his hands it wa...

Liquid cooled sunset

I would have never thought to show an Honda Hornet 600 on my blog. But this a cool one, by my friend Iban Domingo a.k.a. Ruleshaker  from ...

Monkee #53

CB750 Budget project by Wrenchmonkees ... Simple, elegant, classic, outstanding as usual