Malle Beach Race Winner James Hitchcock on his ’99 Honda CBR900RR Beach Racer… At the 2026 Malle Beach Race, the focus was more on completing rather than competing, as a host of classic, vintage, and […]
Custom Motorcycles
Norsaki: Norton Dominator x Kawasaki Two-Stroke Triple!
From Davmomoto: 1955 Norton Dominator Meets 1974 Kawasaki S3 Mach II… Yes, you can believe your eyes. What you see before you is a 1955 Norton Dominator with a featherbed frame mated to a 1974 […]
Time & Tide Wait For No Man: The Malle Beach Race 2026
Photos and text by Kati Dalek of Kayadaek Photography… Sand in your eyes, salt in your mouth, the sea in your boots…The Malle Beach Race! A weekend somewhere between a chaotic moto-dream, a British seaside […]
StarFire: 2200cc 5-Cylinder Radial Motorcycle!
Tim & Cheryl Oakley’s home-built 2.2-liter radial engine custom… The recent KICKBACK Classic Custom Show in Great Malvern, UK, proved an absolute treasure trove of two-wheeled creativity and ingenuity. The United Kingdom has a long […]
Kawasaki Meguro S1 Desert Sled
BSA-Inspired Meguro Desert Sled from LEMBinc… Based on the Kawasaki W230, the Kawasaki Meguro S1 is a tribute to Meguro, Japan’s oldest motorcycle manufacturer, which Kawasaki acquired in the early 1960s to help them enter […]
KICKBACK 2026 Round IV: Bobbers & Choppers Galore
Chops, Bobs, and Wild Things… The 33rd KICKBACK Custom Classic Bike Show had something for everyone, with hundreds of bikes spread across six indoor exhibition halls of the Three Counties Showground in Great Malvern, […]
Maverick Spec: 140-hp Kawasaki GPz900R Restomod
Top Gun-inspired Ninja 900 built by an experienced pilot and friends… When the Kawasaki GPz900R (Ninja 900) appeared in 1984, it was nothing short of revolutionary. The first of the iconic Ninja series, the 900R […]
Resto Enduro: Honda “XXL600” Restomod
Francesco Paura resurrects a legendary thumper… In 1983, Honda released the original RFVC (Radial Four Valve Combustion) single-cylinder dirt bikes, which were destined to become icons of a generation. With a hemispherical combustion chamber, centrally […]
KICKBACK 2026 Round III: Scramblers, Trackers, Supermotos!
The 33rd KICKBACK Custom Classic Bike Show wasn’t exclusive to superbikes, streetfighters, and cafe racers — many machines with “knobblies” were in attendance, too. Desert sleds, scramblers, street trackers, even a motard or two. We […]
Bigger Than Bikes: Ducati 749 Custom
Race-Inspired Ducati 749 from Bigger Than Bikes… In 2003, the Ducati 999 appeared as a complete redesign of the company’s flagship superbike. The outgoing 916/996/998 series, designed by Massimo Tamburini, had become nothing short of […]
