One reason that we love the Yamaha SR400 so much is that it’s a throwback to an older, simpler era of motorcycling, when bikes were air-cooled with carburetors, twin shocks, and no magic button to […]
Custom Motorcycles
“Helter Skelter” Street Tracker
A Harley XR750-inspired “XL1220R” Street Tracker from Japan… Even as Harley-Davidson unveils their completely redesigned Sportster S, featuring a liquid-cooled engine for the first time in the model’s history, the Evolution-powered Sportster is experiencing a […]
Special K: BMW K1100LT Cafe Racer by Lys Motorcycles
Staid to Sleek… We’ve covered the interesting history of the BMW K-series bikes in the past. They were a radical departure for BMW in the 1980s. After decades of relying on their horizontally-opposed Boxer machines, […]
“Gladiator” Buell XBRR-Powered Street Tracker
Hot-Dock Custom Cycles builds a 150-hp street tracker… Introduced in 2006, the Buell XBRR was a factory-built, turn-key racebike intended to give buyers a one-way ticket to closed course road racing. The monster 1339cc Thunderstorm […]
Modelo Luxo: Honda ML125 by Cramento Motorcycles
Introduced in 1976, the Honda CG125 was derived from the CB125 for developing markets, where preventative maintenance could be infrequent at best. The overhead cam (OHC) top end on the CB was known to wear […]
Night Owl: Suzuki GS550 Street Tracker
Gas and Oil Bespoke Motorcycles builds a cowboy’s custom… The Suzuki GS550 was one of Suzuki’s earliest four-stroke motorcycles, a middleweight four-cylinder roadster that appeared in 1977, stacking up well against the half-liter machines of […]
Dark Pearl: BMW K100LT by Rusty Pipes Garage
“Imagine riding a wild animal dressed up in a tuxedo…” The BMW K series remains an interesting piece of motorcycling history and technology. In the late 1970s, BMW Motorrad was worried about their iconic Airhead […]
Moto Morini K2 Café Racer by Hoxton Moto
Hoxton Moto’s lightweight Italian V-twin… The Moto Morini K2 was a 330-pound Italian twin with a nimble handling and the company’s surprisingly sophisticated 344cc air-cooled V-twin — the work of Franco Lambertini, a young engineer […]
Two-Stroke Gold: Yamaha CT175 Restomod
Drake Speed transforms a farm wreck into CT3 street ripper… The Yamaha CT was the company’s series of 175cc two-stroke enduros, introduced in 1969 and renamed the DT175 in 1974. Here at BikeBound HQ, we’ve […]
Vineyard Chaser: BMW R100 by Seb’s Atelier
From Blue Racer to Black Scrambler… Back in 2020, we featured a 1979 BMW R100RT “Blue Racer” from Sebastien Ledis of France’s Seb’s Atelier. Though Sebastien is a bit of a Ducati aficionado, the iconic […]
