Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Honda’s ELF-E: The Radical Experiment That Reimagined Motorcycle Chassis Design In the early 1980s, motorcycle engineering was undergoing a quiet revolution. Aluminum frames were replacing steel. Aerodynamics were becoming more sophisticated. Manufacturers were beginning to […]
A 125cc Frog-Chaser from France’s Atelier Ewok… Built from 1978 to 2002, the Honda CM125 was an air-cooled parallel-twin cruiser that used many engine parts from the 125 Super Dream. The styling was quite funky, […]
For Sale: ’75 Husky 400 Cross — The World Championship Weapon… In 1975, Husqvarna stood at the absolute summit of the motocross world. The 400 CR wasn’t just another big-bore two-stroke — it was the […]
Holy Grail Honda: Steve Wise’s Legacy Lives on at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum… AMA Motorcycle Hall-of-Famer Steve Wise, who passed earlier this year, has been called the greatest all-around motorcycle racer in American racing […]
Aluminum-Clad Vinduro from FONK Motorcycle… In the mid 1970s, Yamaha’s market research showed that American ranchers and off-road riders were interested in a replacement for the British single-cylinder scramblers of yesteryear. BSA and the other […]
Ride and Restore builds a Zed-powered Moto Martin for a Game of Thrones star… In 1970, Georges Martin — a French industrial designer who drew his inspiration from 1970s competition race bikes — founded Moto […]
Sport-Evolution builds a lighter, more powerful GS… In 1987, BMW unveiled the new evolution of their groundbreaking R80G/S. The original G/S (“Gelande/Strasse,” or Terrain/Street) hadn’t just proven itself in the Paris-Dakar Rally, but helped to […]
Low. Lean. Unapologetically Simple… Before the “new wave” custom scene of the late 2000s, when there was a cultural shift away from high-dollar reality TV builds to stripped-down shed-built machines, brat-style bikes were already popular […]
Italy’s Big Thumper in the Twin-Cylinder Era… By the late 1980s, the Paris-Dakar Rally was no longer a romantic expedition but an escalating arms race among the major manufacturers. Twin-cylinder prototypes were growing larger and […]
For Sale: Restored 1975 Hodaka Road Toad 100… In the 1970s, before dual-sport became a marketing category and “adventure bike” meant 500 pounds and 150 horsepower, there were small, cheerful machines built simply to explore […]
