Few motorcycles have the long and varied history of the Kawasaki KZ1000. Known as the Z1000 outside North America, the big air-cooled inline four debuted in 1977, and the police model would remain in continuous […]
Custom Motorcycles
Ideal RD: Yamaha “RD380” YPVS Café Racer
The ideal RD, built by the man who wrote the book on Yamaha Two-Strokes… The Yamaha RD350 YPVS type 31 — sold in the US as the Yamaha RZ350 — was one of the most […]
Zero to Hero: Honda CB175 Cafe Racer
From Zero to Hero: Honda CB175 built from a junked chopper… The Honda CB175, introduced in 1969, was based around an air-cooled parallel twin engine with dual carburetors and a 5-speed transmission. The bike offered […]
For Sale: Moto Guzzi California Cafe Racer
The Moto Guzzi California 1100 EV was a heavyweight cruiser that offered an array of sport-oriented features, such as adjustable suspension and robust four-piston brakes. The 1100cc pushrod V-twin was fuel-injected, offering 72 horsepower and […]
Toro Urbano: Triumph Speed Triple by Sculpt Moto
Triple-Piston, 1050cc Urban Bull from Latvia! The Triumph Speed Triple is one of our favorite factory bikes. The 1050cc, 140-hp, triple-cylinder machine managed to capture the aggressive spirit of the streetfighter, while the Triumph name […]
Suzuki GS450 Scrambler by Brickhouse Builds
A father’s bike reborn and transformed… We can say from experience, there’s something special about owning and riding a bike your father owned — particularly if the man has passed on. So it was for […]
Best Custom Bikes of 2018: Editor’s Choice
Earlier this week, we presented our Top 10 Custom Bikes of 2018, which is an objective, data-driven list, in which bikes are ranked according to website visits and social engagement. Today, we present our Top […]
Top 10 Two-Stroke Customs of 2018
Here at BikeBound, it’s no secret that we are fans of 2-strokes, and it seems we’re not alone — two of our Top 10 Customs of 2018 were powered by RD350 engines. So we decided […]
Top 10 Cafe Racers of 2018
We decided to follow up our list of 2018 Top 10 Custom Motorcycles with the most popular cafe racers we featured this year, based on traffic and social engagement. Some of these were real darlings […]
Top 10 Scramblers & Trackers of 2018
We are huge fans of scramblers and trackers here at BikeBound. Apparently so are you, our readers, as majority of the machines on our Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2018 are running knobby tires or […]
