Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Allen Millyard’s Second, More Powerful Six-Cylinder Zed… In our estimation, Allen Millyard is nothing short of a motorcycling treasure. While the retired nuclear engineer and motorcycle mad scientist hails from England, his creations have dropped […]
From OrMotors: Hima 450 for Portugal’s “Dust Trail”… In 2024, Royal Enfield launched an all-new 450 version of their popular Himalayan adventure bike. The new Himalayan 450 features Enfield’s first-ever liquid-cooled engine, the Sherpa […]
Guzzi Café Racer inspired by the Riva Aquarama Powerboat… The year 1962 saw the introduction of the original Riva Aquarama, a luxury wooden runabout destined to become “the Ferrari of the boating world.” The […]
Resurrecting the motorcycle of a lost friend… In 1992, Honda introduced the CB400 Super Four (CB400SF), a 400cc sibling of the CB1000 Big One. Though it began as a Japan-only model, the CB400SF was […]
From the Land of Motors: Moto Guzzi “Riviera” from Fuchs Workshop… The Italian region of Emilia-Romagna has been christened the “Land of Motors” or “Motor Valley” for its high concentration of car and motorcycle manufacturers, […]
RCM-617 from AC Sanctuary, inspired by Aitsu to Lullaby… Most of us know the story of the Kawasaki Z1. Introduced in 1972, the 903cc UJM superbike was the fastest and most powerful Japanese four-cylinder ever […]
RAAF Veteran’s 1974 Yamaha 650… In 1973 and ’74, Yamaha renamed the XS650 the “TX650” in order to maintain a uniform designation for their four-stroke models, as they’d just introduced a new flagship model, […]
GSX-R1100-Powered Inazuma 750 from Moto Adonis… The Suzuki GSX750 Inazuma (Japanese for “Lighting” or “Thunderbolt”) was a retro-inspired UJM with a steel cradle frame, twin shocks, conventional forks, and a detuned 86-bhp version of the […]
Bolt 80: 16-Valve K-Bike from Bolt Motor Co… The BMW K1100RS was the most technologically advanced “Flying Brick” to emerge from Berlin, featuring the 16-valve head from the K1, Paralever rear end, Motronic EFI […]
Street-Legal GS Enduro Racer from SWT-Sports… The BMW R80G/S, which helped spawn the adventure bike class and dominated several early years of the Paris-Dakar Rally, owed much to the “Red Devil” of BMW engineer Laszlo […]
