Many riders consider the 50’s and 60’s as the golden age of motorcycling, But many of those great bikes ended up in a wad by the side of the road, as their powerful new engines overwhelmed the crappy suspensions of the time.
Enterprising (read: broke) riders cut repair costs by transforming their wrecks themselves. Removing battered fairings. Replacing lights and windscreens with anything handy. Painting the results with a brush. And out of these garage laboratories — cue the thunder and lightning — naked bikes were born: sport bike engines and chassis, flat or clip-on handlebars, virtually no fairing or bodywork.
Eventually, nakeds became so popular they were legitimized. Honda built the … Details
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