A classy airhead from Portugal’s Algarve Coast… In 1978, BMW introduced the R65 as a 650 middleweight to the airhead lineup. While the bike had the same frame as the larger R-series machines, it had […]
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Black Sword: BMW R nineT Cafe Racer
Straight from showroom to custom with Gas & Oil Bespoke Motorcycles… The BMW R nineT takes inspiration from the 1923 BMW R32, whose 8.5 hp boxer engine was burbling around European roads 90 years before […]
Harleys-R-US: Bubba Blackwell’s Daredevil XR750!
One of stunt legend Bubba Blackwell’s XR750’s hitting the auction block! The Harley-Davidson XR750 has been called the “most successful race bike of all time,” winning 29 AMA Grand National Championships across a nearly four […]
800cc Widowmaker: Kawasaki “KH750” Triple
An 800cc, 120+ hp Triple from Ralf Kraemer… In the late 1960s, Kawasaki wanted to create a 500cc two-stroke motorcycle that could boast 60 horsepower and a 1/4-mile time below the 13-second mark. The result […]
Yamaha XT600 Street Tracker
The Yamaha XT600 was an evolution of the original Dakar-winning XT500 — one of the greatest enduro machines of all-time — and retained the original XT’s emphasis on simplicity, ruggedness, and reliability. Famed motorcycle historian […]
The Beast: Yamaha V-Max by MotoRockers Garage
The original Yamaha V-Max remains one of the most beastly two-wheeled production bikes ever conceived, a 145-hp V4 cruiser that could blast down the 1/4 mile in a shade under 11 seconds. Unlike a […]
Win This: 1940 Stainless Steel Knucklehead Chopper
Handcrafted 1940 Stainless Steel Knucklehead: 3500+ hours of work! Builder and fabricator Christian Newman (@ctnewman) got into motorcycles the way many of us do: a combination of dirt bikes and inspiration from his father. He […]
Desert Beezer: 1967 BSA Victor Enduro 441
Rock drummer Jorma Vik builds and races a classic Beezer… In the 1960s, BSA motocross star Jeff Smith convinced the factory that it was time to develop a lighter, all-new machine to replace the […]
Dune Runner: Honda CX400 Scrambler
LE VAN VAN énervé — The Pissed-off Van Van… The Honda CX500, once derided as the “Plastic Maggot,” would go on to achieve cult status as a nearly unbreakable instrument of the two-wheeled professional: “It […]
Box of Dynamite: Yamaha RD465LC Restomod
A modernized “Elsie” with a dyno-proven 103.7 bhp! The Yamaha RD350LC was the successor of the RD400, featuring the same bore and stroke as the original air-cooled RD350 (64x54mm) but with liquid cooling and a […]
