Introduced in 1999, the 174-hp Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa took the title as the fastest production motorcycle of the 20th century, hitting up to 194 mph in unrestricted form. Hayabusa is Japanese for peregrine falcon — […]
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Harley FXR Twin Cam Street Tracker by VIDA Motorcycle
Japanese master Takuya Okubo builds a Twin Cam FXR like no other… In 1971, Harley-Davidson unveiled the FX (Factory Experimental) Super Glide, one of the world’s first production customs that mated the smaller Sportster forks […]
Big Kat: WSBK-Spec GSX-R1000 “Katana”
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 […]
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 […]
