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    Biltwell Frijole
    • Dec 13, 2018

    Biltwell Frijole

    You will have already read about Biltwell Inc's dumb-idea-come-good to race a Sportster in the NORRA Mexican 1000 in SB34, and we're happy to share there short film of the race. They built the bike, and they're own, mainly middle-aged staff, raced it. I'd love to ride those trails. We thought we couldn't love this Californian company any more than we already did, then they made our dream come true by making some limited edition Sideburn x Biltwell Moto 2.0 goggles. These are
    Biltwell Frijole 883
    • Apr 22, 2018

    Biltwell Frijole 883

    Our good friends at Biltwell thought they'd enter a Harley Sportster 883 in the NORRA Mexican 1000 Desert Race. Why? Why not? They're a chopper company, but nearly everyone who works there also rides dirt bikes, of various ages, XR400s being big favourites. They regularly mess about at dirt track too, going on race schools together. Anyway, with the help of their in-house mechanic, and adventure mobile fiend, Rouser Rob, they've made a monster and called it Frijole - Mexican
    A Future Promised, Never Realised
    • Jan 21, 2018

    A Future Promised, Never Realised

    Remember when the future was something not just to look forward to, but to grab with both hands and yank into the present? No, me neither, but that's what Mexico were doing in the mid-'60s when they commissioned a 15km avenue of modernist sculptures, the Ruta De La Amistad, to coincide with their capital's hosting of the 1968 Olympics. If that weren't enough, then they made this sci-fi dance video featuring Raquel Welch, who'd already played the part of Miss Fuzzy Britches in
    Superluzme
    • Oct 1, 2017

    Superluzme

    The frankly dumbfounding news of Spanish police attacking firefighters and beating the public who had their hands in the air in submission on the day of the Catalan referendum reminded me of a story Dan Walsh sent me a while ago, the story of Superluzme. According to Colors magazine, Superluzme is not the first political luchador, but he is the first we've seen fighting for workers' rights on what appears to be a big Yamaha factory cruiser. Colors quoted Superluzme, who prote
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