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This collection of rare and strange bikes is one to envy
  • Strange Bikes: The Wildest 490 Maico Ever




    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




    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




    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




    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.

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



    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.

    One-Wheeled Weirdness Strange Bikes Gets Even Stranger


    I've been doing this STRANGE BIKES thing now for seven months now, and instead of running out of ammo for the articles, more and more keep coming in. But I think that this particular group of oddities just might be the strangest collection to date.

    Strange Bikes... you probably never saw before!




    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!"

    Even More Strange Bikes!




    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.

    Oddities From The Past - More... Strange Bikes!



    Due to the over-whelming response to our STRANGE BIKES feature two months ago, I felt it was time to dive back in the old archives and scrape up some more odds and ends from the history of bikes. So sit back and see how many of these strange bikes you heard of. Have fun.

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