FCR Original Reimagines BMW’s Retro Boxer… Last year, BMW Motorrad introduced the R12 nineT, the next evolution of their popular R nineT neo-classic roadster. The engine remains the same eight-valve 1170cc 109-bhp boxer twin, but […]
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Moto Guzzi “Gran Sasso 750” Adventure Bike
For Sale: Guzzi ADV Bike from Officine Rossopuro… Moto Guzzi launched the NTX 750 in 1988 as a shaft-drive adventure bike with the Mandello factory’s signature transverse 90° V-twin. The X Publicca Amministrazione (X PA) […]
Triple Bike: Three-Cylinder Two-Stroke Motorized Bike!
Pandemonium Attachment: F84 Engineering’s “Triple Bike”… The earliest motorcycles weren’t much more than bicycles with internal combustion engines attached. In fact, William S. Harley’s initial idea in 1901 was to motorized a bicycle, and some […]
Restomod Racer: Yamaha “YZF R1-7 OW-02”
R7-inspired Restomod Race Bike from DV8 Motorcycles… The late 1980s and early 1990s were heady times for superbike fans. In order to meet the production rules of series like World Superbike and AMA Superbike, manufacturers […]
Transcendent Maximalism: Morbidelli 850 V8
Whenever we visit the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Alabama, one of the ultra-rare machines that draws us is the Morbidelli V8 — a shaft-drive Italian sport tourer with a 32-valve liquid-cooled 847cc 90° V8 […]
Flying X: 1912 Excelsior Board Tracker
Crossing The Block: Ultra-Rare Excelsior Board Track Racer… On December 30, 1912, a California Class B racer named Lee Irving Humiston became the first motorcyclist to break the 100-mph barrier on a production-based machine, riding […]
Soul Machine: BMW K100 “Alma”
Anathem Garage breathes soul into a forgotten Flying Brick… Giancarlo Noe of Anathem Garage has one of the most impressive two-wheeled resumes in the custom bike world. He worked as a race mechanic in both […]
Simplify, Then Add Lightness: Ducati 748 Track Bike
Championship Cycles builds a Ducati 748 track bike with retro vibes… The Massimo Tamburini-designed Ducati 916 remains one of the most iconic sporting motorcycles ever made. Introduced in 1994, the Desmoquattro-powered machine won four Superbike […]
Born Free: 1961 Triumph Pre-Unit Duplex Digger “Stretch”
Duplex Digger: Karl Ardo’s Pre-Unit Triumph Chopper… In 1960, the twin-carb Bonneville 650 received a new “Duplex” frame whose twin front downtubes corrected the “Whip Iron” wobble of the original bike. Today, the 1960-62 Triumph […]
Two-Stroke Racer: Honda “MT250R” Race Bike
Big Dream: What if Honda had built a 250cc version of the MT125R racer? It’s well known that Soichiro Honda — Mr. Honda himself — was no fan of two-stroke engines. It’s said he found […]
