Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Ching Tsung Custom Bikes puts the “Sport” in Sportster… Inspired by the legendary XR750, the Harley-Davidson XR1200 was the most performance-oriented Sportster ever produced, a factory street tracker whose 1202cc high-compression V-twin put down 91 […]
“I was disappointed with the power of the standard CBX.” These were the words of one Colin Baker of Cheltenham, UK, when asked why he built his Honda CBX turbo in the 1980s — the […]
Hammer Sycle builds a Knucklehead-powered Harley VL racer… In 1936, Harley-Davidson introduced their first full production overhead valve V-twin engine: the “Knucklehead,” as we know it today — a reference to the distinctive shape of […]
“This motor effortlessly lifts the front in 3rd while ploughing 3-inch furrows at the rear…” The Yamaha HL500 — aka the “Aberg Yamaha” — is one of the most fascinating motocross bikes of the 1970s. […]
From Chris Matthews of The History Channel’s American Restoration. In 1911, brothers William and Tom Henderson founded the Henderson Motorcycle Co. in Detroit, Michigan. A year later, they unveiled the 1912 Henderson Four, featuring a […]
A Disneyland engineer and rockstar bassist builds a desert Tiger… While the 650cc Bonneville may have been the big seller for Triumph in the 1960s, the 500cc Tiger 100 range remained extremely important to the […]
Sardinia’s MAAN builds one burly Super Cub for Honda Motor Europe! The Honda Super Cub C125 is the remastered version of a beloved classic, modeled after the very first 49cc C100 Super Cub of 1958, […]
Southern 73 Cycles builds a 9-second turbo drag bobber… Introduced in 1996, the Suzuki Bandit 1200 offered a re-tuned version of the monstrous GSX-R1100 air/oil-cooled engine in a steel frame to create something akin to […]
Back in 1986, Suzuki unveiled their first cruiser, the LS650 Savage, which would remain in production until 2004, relatively unchanged except for the addition of a 5-speed transmission. For 2005, the air-cooled 652cc single-cylinder cruiser […]
The Norton Manx (or Manx Norton) is one of the most successful British racing motorcycle in history. Developed to win the Isle of Man TT, the “Manx Gran Prix” model was originally a special racing […]
