Team Classic Suzuki builds a Katana with 200-hp WSBK underpinnings! Team Classic Suzuki, sponsored by Suzuki’s official vintage parts program, fields some very trick vintage machinery in classic racing series around Europe and beyond. “The […]
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Tailor-Made: Suzuki GS850 by Unik Edition
A bespoke GS, built for a vintage tailor… Launched in 1976, the Suzuki GS series was the company’s first full-fledged line of four-stroke street bikes, which developed a reputation for solid handling and bulletproof, over-engineered […]
The Duc: Ducati Sport 1000 by DNA Motor Lab
In 2005, Ducati came out with their SportClassic series — a range of retro-styled machines from legendary designer Pierre Terblanche, who took inspiration from the Ducati racing bikes of yesteryear. The SportClassics machines were too […]
Bud Ekins Desert Sled by Ace Classics
Ace Classics builds a faithful replica of Bud Ekins’s desert sled… James Sherwin “Bud” Ekins was an accomplished motocross, desert, and enduro racer from Southern California who would become one of Hollywood’s most famous stuntmen, […]
Holly Honda: CB175 Café Racer by Chris Harter
A young airline pilot builds a sweet CB175… The Honda CB175 came to the U.S. market in 1969, an air-cooled twin that offered 20 hp at 10,000 rpm, a top speed of 86 mph, and […]
Flying Machine: BMW R80 “Black Wasp”
For Sale: “Black Wasp” by IronGas x Haute Tension Motorcycles… The BMW airhead is an icon in the world of motorcycling, an air-cooled flat-twin that’s proven itself all over the world, from the remote terrain […]
Honda CL350 “Moonbeam” by Mazi Moto
“This is a CL, it should look like it wants to rip around in the dirt…” In 1968, Honda introduced the CL350, a Scrambler version of the popular 324cc CB350 twin. The CL featured high […]
Unholy Roller: ’86 Suzuki GSX-R750
Cole Parnell resurrects a first-gen GSX-R750 Slabby… In 1985, the world received the original Suzuki GSX-R750, a lightweight aluminum-framed race replica that would set the standard for modern inline-four sportbikes. “With a clean sheet of […]
Small-Bore Speeder: Honda MB5 Land Speed Racer
Tim Klostermann of Economy Chopper sets out to beat the M-AG 50cc land speed record… For one year only (1982), the US market received the Honda MB5, a 50cc reed-valve two-stroke with a five-speed gearbox, […]
Triple Black: Kawasaki H2 by Vinny Borbone
A vintage racer builds one bad two-stroke street bike… The Kawasaki H2 was one of the most uncompromising motorcycles ever produced, a 750cc two-stroke “Widowmaker” triple that was loud, smoky, crude, and scarily fast, cutting […]
