Give it The Wurks: ’82 CB250RS Street Scrambler from The Bike Shed Show… In 1980, Honda released their new XL250S trail bike to widespread acclaim. The quarter-liter thumper boasted an innovative new all-alloy four-valve […]
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Desert Sled 55: 1963 Triumph Speed Twin
Built for for £4K: Dan Steward’s Triumph 5TA Desert Sled… Ed Turner — Triumph’s legendary designer and director — launched the original Speed Twin 5T at the 1937 National Motorcycle Show. The 500 parallel-twin […]
MOTO MOTO Amsterdam 2025
“Custom Bikes & Coffee Deluxe” — MOTO MOTO 2025… We love seeing new custom bike shows and events pop up around the globe, so our interest was piqued when our friend and photographer extraordinaire Craig […]
Le Projet FZ1000R: Thunderace-Powered Yamaha FZ750
Coming to Worship Moto Show: Manu Piddiu’s “FZ1000R” Track Special… Introduced in 1985, the Yamaha FZ750 was the company’s first machine to feature the liquid-cooled 20-valve “Genesis” inline four engine — a revolutionary design at […]
Racebike for the Street: “BritDuc” 916 SPS Restomod
Ultra-rare, Britten-inspired Ducati from Dan Benson… In 1997, Ducati introduced the 916 SPS (Sport Production Special) to homologate their larger 996cc engine for World Superbike (WSBK) competition. The SPS boasted a reinforced crankcase, wider cylinder […]
The Green Pig: “Yax Muuk” Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE
BikeBound Photographer Roberto Garagarza’s Scrambler 1200 XE… For 2019, Triumph unveiled the Scrambler 1200, which soon proved itself to be much more than a scrambler in name alone. For once, a factory had designed and […]
Oslo: Harley Sportster XL53C Café Racer
As Seen at The Bike Shed: Makai Wink’s Garage-Built Monoshock Sportster… In 1998, Harley-Davidson introduced the XL53C Sportster, a “Custom” variant of the 883 Sportster designed for the European market. Named for the 53 cubic-inch […]
Built for War: Ninja “YZ150R” Dirt Bike
NDUGAL: YZ125-style Dirt Machine from Indonesia… Indonesia has become a glowing hotbed of custom motorcycle culture, spawning some of the most creative, ingenious, and truly hand-crafted machines on two wheels. Whereas many custom bikes are […]
Triumph T120 “Tambora” Bonneville
Batakastem Workshop’s British Bike Build… Triumph launched the original T120 Bonneville in 1959 as “The Best Motorcycle in the World.” The “T120” portion of the name stemmed from the bike’s projected top speed of 120 […]
Love at First Chase: Big-Bore Moto Guzzi 850 GT California
“Gina” — Laurella-Pagema’s 955cc Art Deco Guzzi… In 1965, the original Moto Guzzi V7 broke cover at the Milan Motorcycle Show, featuring the bulletproof V-twin engine the Mandello-based factory had originally developed for military and […]
