FCR Original’s Triumph Speed Twin and T120 Bonneville… These days, the café racers and scramblers of the world seem to get the lion’s share of the limelight, but the roadster remains one of the most […]
Custom Motorcycles
The Triple Option: Suzuki GT380 Flat Tracker
Two-Stroke Triple Tracker from Moore’s Competition Cycles… During the 1970s, the Suzuki GT series of three-cylinder two-stroke street bikes never earned quite the same widow-making reputation as the infamously fast and lethal Kawasaki triples…mainly because […]
Forged by Fuller: Custom Bike Exhibition
Drew Perlmutter covers Forged by Fuller… Forged by Fuller is a brand new exhibition dedicated to the work of our friend Bryan Fuller, one of the most influential and celebrated custom builders of his time. […]
Born on the Track: Suzuki GSX-R1100 Restomod
The 34: Jean Damien’s 1988 GSX-R1100 Kevin Schwantz Tribute… The original GSX-R was nothing short of a motorcycling revolution, a road-legal rocket that blew away old notions of what a street-going sportbike could be. Every […]
Smoke Show: Yamaha DT400 Scrambler
A Two-Stroke Ripper from Hex Moto… The Yamaha DT400 is one of our favorite two-stroke enduros of the 1970s. It arose from the original DT-1 250 of 1969, which revolutionized the market as a […]
B-Road Baddie: Yamaha XT600 Street Tracker
Hoxton Moto’s 1992 Yamaha XT600 Street Tracker… Introduced back in 1983, the Yamaha XT600 would remain in production until the early 2000s, earning a reputation as a worthy, rock-solid successor to the original twin-shock XT500 […]
Ruckus Sled: GY6-Powered Honda Zoomer
Ellaspede’s 171cc Honda Zoomer Custom… Introduced in 2003, the Honda Zoomer — aka Honda Ruckus here in the States — was a 50cc four-stroke liquid-cooled scooter quite unlike anything else on the market at the […]
Backroads Scrambler: Honda CB360
1975 CB360 from Slipstream Creations… Introduced in 1974 to succeed the highly successful CB350 twin (actually 325cc), the Honda CB360 boasted a number of upgrades over its predecessor: more displacement (356cc), along with a […]
Race Report: Helsington Classic Scramble 2023
Graham Watson follows his father’s tire tracks at the 2023 Helsington Scramble! Back in 2021, we featured the unique Cheney / Triumph “Cantilever Cub” of Graham Watson. In the 1970s, Graham’s father wanted to build […]
El Monstro: Honda CBX750 Café Racer
NO FEAR: A Cancer Survivor’s Honda Café Racer… There’s no doubt that building a custom bike is one of the best ways to free your mind from the stresses of daily life. It’s a process […]
