![]() Motorcycle Investor mag ![]() Subscribe to our free email news News October 2025 Harley
City Collection open day, Oct 16 ![]() The extraordinary Harley
City Collection in Castlemaine, Victoria, is having an
open day on November 2. If you haven't yet been there,
we can recommend it. Owner David Reidie has
some extraordinary motorcycles on show, several of
which would grace any international collection. See our
report on his previous open day and the launch
of the two-volume set of hardbound books portraying
the fleet and the background stories that go with it. Harley City Collection website Stampede
of new Triumphs, Oct 15 ![]() Triumph Motorcycles has
promised to release 29 new and updated models over the
coming six months. According to the company: "This ambitious
rollout follows years of sustained investment in product
development and is underpinned by Triumph’s five
consecutive years of record-breaking global sales and
confidence in the opportunities that exist within the
volatile global motorcycle market. The release includes seven models that
have already been announced, including the new TXP
electric off-road range. See the Thruxton
1200 R in our shed Big
money for Joey bikes and a bargain at UK sale,
Oct 14 ![]() This 1988 TT-winning Honda RC30 ridden by Joey Dunlop
scored Au$271,000 at a recent Bonhams sale. That was not the most valuable bike in the event. See more high-profile lots, plus a Cathcart bike and a potential bargain in the full story. Polaris
sells Indian, Oct 13 ![]() Polaris has announced it
is selling a majority stake in Indian Motorcycles to
Carolwood LP, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm. Indian represents seven
per cent of Polaris revenue (US$478 million). Carolwood has announced
long-term senior industry figure Mike Kennedy will
lead the new stand-alone company. He has worked with
Harley-Davidson, RumbleOn (a large powersports retail
group) plus Vance & Hines. The company has said its
existing design and production facilities, plus the
majority of the staff and dealership network, will
remain for the time being. Polaris acquired Indian
in 2011 and revived the marque with a launch of a new
Chief range back in 2013. See the full
statement from Polaris. ![]() See our 2013
report on the Australian launch of the then-new
range. Honda
CBX1000C – our bikes, Oct 11 We're now 10 months down
the ownership road with the mighty 1982 Honda CBX1000C
– what's it like? See the
story, here. One
great ride, Oct 10 ![]() Is it possible you spent all that money for a single run? As someone who is terrible at
selling motorcycles, and usually only does it grudgingly,
I tend not to think about the process of how or why we
talk ourselves into the decision. But let’s have a crack
at it...
Yamaha's
hot seventies style, Oct 9 ![]() Hot style, blistering
performance and a deep-finned block, race-proved in
the furnace of international competition. That's the
promise from this 1971 UK ad for Yamaha's YR5 (or R5)
350 two-stroke twin. Irresistible. And while the language
is dramatic, there was a kernel of truth to the claims
as the bikes looked smart, were nimble and fast for
their day. And the Cycle World
period review ![]() This ultra-clean
UK example was sold by Bonhams in April 2024 for
Au$10,500 (US$6900, GB£5175, €6000). See our Yamaha
YR1 mini-profile Dunlop
Hondas head high-end auction,
Oct 8 ![]() Two race-winning Hondas ridden by the legendary Joey Dunlop are to be auctioned by Bonhams on October 12.
They head up a star cast of
desirable bikes including a Series A Vincent-HRD, Brough
Superior and Ducati 750 SS. Radical
Guzzi, Oct 7 ![]() Custom bike of the week: we like this stylish effort from the good folk at Radical Speedshop in Germany. Based on a relatively humble Moto Guzzi Bellagio 940, it's now running an engine bored and stroked to 1700cc and claiming 112kW (150hp) for a dry weight of around 180kg (400lb). Bikebound
has the story, here. ![]() Speaking of sporty Guzzis, see our Daytona 1000 profile. The great BSA
fuel tank fail – Sunday shed wrap, Oct 6 A
cock-up and a change of plan – it
has a happy ending... Flashback:
MV Agusta F4 – future collectible, Oct 4 ![]() Over 25 years ago and after a decades-long 'drought', the revival of the MV Agusta marque was big news – did they get it right? See the story here. See the F4 1000 Nero in our shed Shed
find: Radio Rider and newspaper classifieds, Oct
2 ![]() We tripped over this during a recent attempt to clean out the shed – an exercise that was an utter failure. It's a clip of the 13 February, 1993, edition of the motorcycle section of The Age newspaper (Melbourne, Australia), which featured every Saturday. By this time the famous
rivers of gold (the classifieds) were dwindling thanks
to a tough economy and competition from specialist
classified magazines such as Just Bikes and
then Motorcycle Trader. Then they got hit with
the popular uptake of internet use and a tsunami of
digital competition. Motorcycle columnist
Damien Kingsbury (now Professor K) wrote a piece on
3RRR's Radio Rider, while there were plenty of
tasty offerings in the ads. See the full
version of the pics, here. Vincent auction gets buoyant prices, Oct 1 ![]() Good identification and condition
underpin values in a market that's more robust
than many thought...see the
story. See the series C Rapide in our shed
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