The Honda CB550 is one of our favorite Honda Fours. While it was largely overshadowed by its larger sibling, the CB750, it was much more than a run-of-the-mill middleweight. In fact, it struck an elusive […]
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Night Storm Race-RR: Ducati Scrambler 1100
Gasoline Motor Co. builds a dark ‘n stormy Ducati… The Ducati Scrambler 1100 is the alpha wolf of the company’s Scrambler series, featuring an air/oiled-cooled 1079cc desmodue engine that produces 86 horsepower and 65 foot-pounds […]
Raise a Little Hell: Suzuki XF650 Freewind Scrambler
Heaven is a two-wheeled machine you built yourself… Introduced in 1997, the Suzuki XF650 Freewind was a do-it-all machine with the bulletproof 47-hp single from the DR650 and a multi-purpose mission: “Cruise comfortably at 80mph, […]
Wolf Special: CCM Spitfire Cafe Racer by Wolf 77 Customs
Wolf 77 Customs builds a custom Spitfire for Motorcycle Live… Clews Competition Machines, better known as CCM, was founded back in 1971 by Alan Clews, a successful off-road racer who began building BSA-powered motocross bikes […]
Slingshot: Suzuki GSX-R750 Resto by GMW
Gaston Motorcycle Werks restores / upgrades an 80s icon… Introduced in 1985, the original Suzuki GSX-R750 would become a legend in its own time. The world’s first street-legal road-race replica that the average sport rider […]
Anti-Poaching Motorcycle: CAKE Kalk AP
A silent, solar-powered motorbike to combat poaching in South Africa and beyond… Our friends at Swedish electric bike company CAKE have remained at the cutting edge of electric off-road motorcycle R&D, developing a range of […]
Restomod Monster: Honda CBX by dB Customs
1147cc CBX from a restomod master… Ten years after their introduction of the CB750, Honda unveiled the CBX 1000 — a six-cylinder, 1047cc superbike intended to show the world they were still the tip of […]
Automatic Brick: BMW K100 CVT Cafe Racer
Retro Rides by Lourenço builds a CVT cafe racer for a disabled rider… The BMW K100 “Flying Brick” has become an unexpected darling of the customs scene, a four-cylinder, fuel-injected, shaft-drive machine with the 987cc […]
Walking Dead Inspired: Honda CB750 “Lucille”
Louis James builds a CB750 that would make Daryl Dixon proud… Daryl Dixon is the longest surviving character of The Walking Dead TV series, an expert tracker and survivalist known for his crossbow and post-apocalyptic […]
Torque Monster: Droog Moto’s E-Fighter V2
“Stump-pulling torque…more than any fuel-burning production literbike.” Electric motorcycles have been evolving at a rapid rate in recent years, surprising riders accustomed only to traditional internal combustion machines with their performance. Zero Motorcycles is at […]
