Custommade C.A. rebuilds and reimagines a family heirloom… Available from 1980-83, the Honda CM200T TwinStar was a beginner-friendly parallel-twin produced as part of Honda’s “Custom Motorcycle” lineup, using the same chassis, engine, and brakes as […]
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Slovakian Supermono: Jawa “JSA 650RR”
Jawa / Suzuki / Aprilia = JSA 650RR… It’s easy to take for granted the opportunities many of us have to own and work on our own motorcycles. Recently we heard from Roman Juriš of […]
The Heart is an Engine Too: ’54 Schwinn Klunker
A Moto-Inspired, Race-Winning “Klunker” from our Editor in Chief… In 2021, when our local dirt bike trails closed, I found myself climbing the walls, crazed for a way back into the woods on two wheels. […]
Triple XL: Three Honda XL500 Motocrossers!
GPgarage Moto builds a trio of four-stroke Honda motocrossers… Introduced in 1979, the Honda XL500 would become one of the most successful dual-purpose bikes of the era, combining a 32-hp version of the XR500 engine […]
“GT1100s” Ducati 1098 Café Racer
Modern Meets Classic: Ronaldo Ferreti’s Ducati 1098 Café Racer… In 2007, Ducati unveiled their new 1098 superbike, boasting a 160-bhp Testastretta Evoluzione engine — the most powerful production V-twin ever made at the time. It […]
Handbuilt Show 2023!
2023 Handbuilt Motorcycle Show Gallery…300+ photos! The 2023 Handbuilt Motorcycle Show was April 14-16 at the Austin American-Statesman on historic South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas — the same weekend as the Red Bull Grand […]
Super 6 II: Honda CBX Café Racer
Lys Motorcycles builds a six-cylinder café racer… For the 1979 model year, ten years after the introduction of the revolutionary CB750, Honda released another two-wheeled marvel of engineering, the CBX1000 Super Sport. The mighty CBX […]
Got Your 6 Racing: “GY6R.001” Victory Super Hooligan!
A Victory-powered Super Hooligan racebike from Got Your 6 Racing… “Hooligan racing” got its start in the 1960s and 70s, when flat-track racers would bring out their street bikes to compete for fun and bragging […]
Vintage Days Winner: Harley-Davidson XR1000 Street Tracker
SBK Stash’s Champion-framed XR1000 street tracker… Here at BikeBound, we’ve got a soft spot for Harley-Davidson street trackers, particularly those that recall the legendary XR750, so when we saw this Champion-framed XR1000 at the 2023 […]
ONESPEED RACER: Ducati Monster S4 Café Racer
Alpha Moto builds a GP-inspired Monster… By the year 2000, the air-cooled Ducati Monster 900 — the Italian factory’s best-selling machine — was growing long in the tooth, losing traction to a crop of ever […]