From May 24-26, the 2024 Bike Shed Moto Show rolled into London’s Tobacco Docks. Many of you might know the Bike Shed from their headquarters in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood, a destination for motorcycle aficionados from […]
Vintage Motorcycles
77 Redux: Honda CB750F Café Racer
Rocket Science: CB750F Cafe Racer from a SpaceX Propulsion Engineer… In 1975, Honda unveiled the CB750F Super Sport, a significant redesign of the original CB750K that included both styling and performance enhancements. The engine boasted […]
Beeber: BMW R100GS Restomod
As Seen at Handbuilt: Urban GS Airhead from Chuck Pryor… The BMW R100GS was the successor to the original Gelände/Straße (German: Terrain/Street) model, the R80GS, which is widely considered the progenitor of the modern […]
City Sled: ’71 Triumph TR6R Tiger “Black Bike”
From Freeland Motorcycles: “The clean cut brother of a desert sled”… The Triumph TR6R “Tiger 650” was the single-carb version of the mighty Bonneville twin — a bike that had become synonymous with power […]
A Message from the Editor: “Battling up” Blair Mountain
Dear Readers, As those of you who know me personally are aware, I live a bit of a dual life as Editor-in-Chief here at BikeBound. I’m also a novelist. I’ve authored six novels published by […]
Double Aught Duc: ’00 Ducati 996 SPS
For Sale via Moto Borgotaro: 1-Mile Ducati 996 Sport Production Special! The Ducati 916 and its successors — the 996 and 998 — remain some of the most iconic superbikes ever made. They were […]
Muddy Good Fun: Wildsville Scramble 2024!
Wildsville is a private “moto-fun-camp” in rural Georgia born from the moto-loving mind of our incredibly talented friend Chastin Brand, one of the country’s most highly esteemed hand-painters and pinstripers. Chastin and the Brand family […]
Win This: 1990 BMW R100GS Paris-Dakar!
Make your 1990s adventure fantasies a reality… The BMW R100GS Paris-Dakar remains one of the most iconic adventure bikes of all time. The 980cc boxer-twin GS was an evolution of the original R80GS, which won […]
FZR-R: Yamaha FZR750R (OW01) Superbike
A Pristine Homologation Special Straight out of 1989… In 1987-88, Yamaha’s YZF750 Genesis factory racer boasted successive wins in the highly competitive Suzuka 8-Hours endurance races. Learnings from the YZF would be directly incorporated into […]
The Perfect Café Racer: Honda CB550 “Sapphire”
For Sale: Matt MacVittie’s 1977 Honda CB550 “Sapphire”… If you had to choose one vintage Japanese motorcycle to serve as the base for a café racer project, you’d be hard-pressed to improve on the Honda […]