No Replacement for Displacement… Allen Millyard is nothing short of a living legend, an engineer and custom bike builder best known for his mind-blowing multi-cylinder motorcycle specials that defy mechanical belief. The first time we […]
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Black ‘n Blue: Suzuki Bandit 1200 Café Racer
Rebuilt Muscle Bike from Brittany’s RV Workshop… Few bikes have earned the cult following of the Suzuki Bandit 1200. In 1996, Suzuki took the air/oil-cooled engine from the GSX-R1100, punched up the capacity, stuck […]
Two-Stroke V3: The “Tait Triple”
As Seen at Kickback: Bob Tait’s Two-Stroke V3 Triple… Born in 1935 in Birmingham, England, Bob Tait was an engineer and toolmaker who worked his way up to Chief of Design at Norgren Engineering […]
DRZ Scorpion 434: Suzuki DR-Z400 Custom
Four Years in the Making: DRZ Scorpion 434 by Parr Motorcycles… Back in 2018, we featured a very auspicious Suzuki DR650 “Retro-Moto” from first-time builder Spencer Parr, an Indiana police investigator who’d lost the vision […]
Continent Crusher: Yamaha Ténéré 700 Custom
Etto Motorcycles Recreates a Trans-Australian Ténéré… The original Yamaha XT600Z Ténéré launched in late 1982, and it brought some serious innovation to the enduro / dual-sport world. Named after the brutal desert section of […]
Dream GS: ’89 BMW R100GS Restomod
Tyson Carver’s R100GS Restomod… The BMW R80GS, introduced in 1980, is known as the bike that spawned a whole new breed of motorcycle, the adventure bike. Here were big multi-cylinder, multi-sport bikes that could cross […]
Hunting Werewolves: “Silver Bullet” Suzuki TL1000 Sprint Racer
From Bully Performance: V-Twin Drag Bike Built for Glemseck 101… In the late 90s, Ducati’s desmo V-twins were dominating short circuits around the world, and the Japanese Big Four knew they had to respond […]
Two-Stroke Turbo Supermoto! KTM 300 “TworboStroke”
KTM EXC 300 Turbo by Sib Mustard… There’s no denying that we’re big fans of two-stroke builds here at BikeBound. Back in 2023, we featured one of the most mind-blowing smokers we’ve seen in some […]
Back to KICKBACK: Custom Classic Bike Show, Part II
Part Deux: KICKBACK 2024 at Sammy Miller’s Moto Museum… KICKBACK Custom Classic Bike Show is said to be the longest-running indoor custom moto event in all of the UK. The Great Malvern show this past […]
Slabside Splendor: Suzuki GSX-R1100 Restomod
First-Gen Gixxer 1100 from Haxch Moto… In 1985, the original Suzuki GSX-R750 revolutionized the superbiking world. Never had one of the Japanese Big Four unleashed a mass-produced sportbike that was so track-focused and uncompromising […]
