BMW R90 Springer “Chrome” from Lord Drake Kustoms… Francisco Manen and his workshop, Lord Drake Kustoms (LDK), have just unveiled another bold creation sure to raise eyebrows across the customs world: the new BMW R […]
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The Six Marching Saint: Honda CBX1000 Café Racer
Built with Love: A Super Six Honda from Sven Kupfer of Motorrad Treffen… In the long and storied history of the motorcycle, few machines can match the six-cylinder scream of the Honda CBX1000. It might […]
Highland 950 V2: The Swedish V-Twin Super Enduro
In the late 1990s, a tiny Swedish company built a 320-lb, 85-hp enduro… In 1999, most large-capacity twin-cylinder motorcycles intended for unpaved roads were still fundamentally adventure-tourers. BMW had the R1150GS, Honda had the Africa […]
People’s Choice: 1972 Kawasaki S2 350 Drag Bike
Two-Stroke Drag Machine from Matt Kopp of Vintage Auto and Cycle… In 1971, Kawasaki introduced two siblings to the infamous 500cc H1 Mach III, both of them two-stroke triples like the original “Widowmaker.” One was […]
Eternal City Moto Show 2026: Workshop Legends
At the end of September, Rome played host to the 10th edition of the Eternal City Moto Show. This year, the venue switched to the legendary Gazometro — a colossal, 90-meter iron structure sometimes known […]
Brazed Beast: 1975 Ducati 860 GT “Oilcat”
1975 Ducati 860GT “Oilcat” from Icarus Motors… For the 1975 model year, Ducati introduced the 860 GT, which combined Fabio Taglioni’s original stressed-member 750 GT frame with a larger 864cc bevel-cam-drive V-twin. Interestingly, Ducati achieved […]
Otto Cilindri: The 500cc Moto Guzzi V8 GP Bike
Eight cylinders, eight carbs, four overhead cams: One of the most ambitious Grand Prix motorcycles ever built… If you divide 498.5 cubic centimeters among eight cylinders, each one displaces just over 62cc. That was the […]
Sahara Ready: BMW HP2 Enduro “Cassiopeia”
Built for La Ruta: BMW Desert Bomber from Giorgio De Angelis… In 2005, in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the genre-defining, Dakar-winning R80G/S, BMW launched the HP2 Enduro — in the company’s own […]
X-Rated: Custom Triumph Scrambler 400 X
Make it More Scrambler: Triumph 400 X from STG Tracker… In 2023, Triumph introduced the Scrambler 400 X to their lineup. While it uses the same 39.5-bhp single-cylinder engine as the Speed 400, the Scrambler […]
Bimota Tesi H2: 239-bhp Supercharged Hub-Center Superbike
Bimota’s most radical chassis meets Kawasaki’s wildest engine… For most of its history, Bimota has taken powerful engines from larger manufacturers and surrounded them with exotic Italian chassis engineering. In 2019, Kawasaki acquired a 49.9% […]
