Ewan Cameron recreates the supercharged “Pope Brooklands” SS100 Special… Eighty-two years ago this weekend, racer Noel Pope set an outright motorcycle lap record of 124.51 mph at the legendary Brooklands circuit. Opened in 1907, Brooklands […]
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The Nomad: Suzuki DR650 Rally Bike
BCKustoms builds a DR650RS rally bike… In 1990, Suzuki introduced the DR650, a big-single dual-purpose machine destined to become one of the most versatile and bulletproof do-anything bikes in modern history. The DR has the […]
Prairie Dog: Honda XL600 Desert Sled
Marmisto’s take on the classic Desert Sled – the Prairie Dog There are custom bikes with build sheets that read like expensive shopping lists, outfitting the machine in a dizzying array of high-spec bling, and […]
Back from the Dead: RATicate Racing’s Husky 701 Supermoto
“The absolute hands-down craziest 701 on the planet…” The Husqvarna 701 Supermoto is one of the most potent hooligan machines ever created, a 320-pound supermotard with a 72-hp 693cc big-bore single pulled straight from the […]
White Heat: Yamaha RD400 Hybrid
Retired firefighter Dusty Miller builds one hot RD! In 1975, the Yamaha RD400 appeared as the evolution of the RD350, featuring 51cc more displacement, new cases/barrels/head, a new airbox design, and a rubber-mounted engine. “The […]
Rally Beast: Yamaha WR450F by Le Motographe
True to Form: Le Motographe builds a race-spec custom rally bike… The founders of France’s Le Motographe, Jérôme Mawois and Yvan Bertona, may have backgrounds as a product designer and metallurgist, respectively, but the pair […]
Thumper Bee: Yamaha XT600 by Motoworks.gr
“A vintage enduro with all the comforts of new-age bikes…” The island of Crete, the largest and most populous of the Greek Islands, has an incredibly rich and storied history — it’s the mythical birthplace […]
Honda CG125 by Cramento Motorcycles
Introduced in 1975, the Honda CG125 was designed to survive the harsh conditions of developing countries, where maintenance intervals could be infrequent and dirt roads the norm. Instead of the overhead cam (OHC) top end […]
Built for Good: Harley Sportster Forty-Eight by CROIG
CROIG.co brings together a dream team of builders for a great cause… (Written by Keith Baskett of Combustion Collective.) Across the world, motorcycles mean different things to different people. In some places, they are utilitarian; […]
Suzuki GS850 Café Racer by MCafeGarage
Sardinian workshop builds a burly shaft-drive café… The Suzuki GS850 combined a bored-out version of the GS750 inline four, the shaft drive from the GS1100, and naked styling reminiscent of the 70s superbikes. While it […]
