From Aircraft Carrier to Café Racer: A “Cus’Tom Motorcycle” from France… The CX series was quite the departure for Honda. The first prototype of the CX V-twin was built as early as 1973, designed to […]
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50 Years in the Making: Rickman Metisse Scrambler
James Russell’s Triumph Trophy-Powered Metisse… In the natural world, they call it imprinting — when a young animal comes to recognize another animal, person, or even a thing as a parent or prime figure of […]
Featherweight Funduro: BMW F650 “City Tracker”
Minimalist BMW Thumper from Versor Przemek… In 1993, just over 30 years ago, BMW introduced the F650 Funduro, their first single-cylinder (and chain-drive) motorcycle since the the 1960s. The bike was developed in partnership […]
Quantum Leap: Ducati Monster 900 Endurance Racer
DNF: Street-Legal Nürburgring-er from XTR Pepo… While owning and operating a custom motorcycle workshop may seem like an absolute dream from the outside of the fence, if you talk to any custom bike builder, you’ll […]
Honda Ladybird: DOHC CB750 Cafe Racer
Japanese-Italian Love Story from Jerem Motorcycles… At the 1978 Cologne Motorcycle Show, Honda unveiled their new 16-valve DOHC CB750, the much-anticipated successor to the “Original Superbike,” the SOHC CB750. The new 743cc dual-cam four-cylinder […]
Very Mean RFVC: Honda “SCR720R” Supermoto
From SLR650 to “SCR720R” with Finland’s KMPH… Introduced in 1996, the Honda SLR650 was designed as an affordable, road-oriented city bike based on the same 644cc RFVC single-cylinder engine as the NX650 Dominator. For decades, […]
Shaken, Not Stirred: Custom Triumph 1200XE Scrambler
“Martющa” from Tamarit Motorcycles… In the last decade or so, we’ve seen a resurgence of production scramblers from the major manufacturers. At first, most of these bikes were little more than roadsters dressed up […]
Road Weapon: Kawasaki KZ1000LTD Restomod
150-bhp Zed from Atlanta Motorcycle Works… When the original 903cc Kawasaki Z1 hit showrooms in 1972, it was the first large-capacity four-cylinder Japanese production bike to boast a DOHC design, outstripping the CB750 as the […]
Baja and Back: 5 Days on the Vintage 1000
5 Days and 1000 Miles through Baja on Pre-1981 Motorcycles… Speed Deluxe is a workshop based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which specializes in parts fabrication, vintage motorcycle restoration, and full-on custom builds. But that isn’t all… […]
Don’t Look Back: SM Sport SM3 Café Racer
Bali-Built: Treasure Garage’s 400cc Cafe Racer… The SM Sport SM3 is a 400-class roadster available in various parts of Southeast Asia, produced by the major Malaysian distributor and manufacturer MForce. The engine is a 378cc […]
