Supercharged Salt Racer from Casey Anderson… If you love custom motorcycles, we highly recommend a pilgrimage to Bonneville Speedway at some point in your two-wheeled life. Each year, the vast Bonneville Salt Flats west of […]
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ALPHA: Kawasaki ZRX1200R Café Racer
Titanium-clad Zed from Alpha.Moto… The Kawasaki ZRX1200R remains one of our favorite machines of the early 2000s, a throwback muscle bike that took inspiration from the KZ1000R Eddie Lawton Replica of the early 1980s. […]
A-SPEC: Liquid-cooled Yamaha RD400 Café Racer
Armen Spec: Yamaha RD400(LC) from Armen Manougian… One of the bikes that stood out most to us at the 2024 Handbuilt Show was this stunning Yamaha RD400 from our new friend Armen Manougian — a […]
Penny: Honda CB750 Café Racer by The Hot Rod Shop
Car Fix’s Jeremy Bumpus builds himself a CB750… For many of the more mechanically-minded of us, weekend morning cartoons were eschewed at an early age for the hot rod, muscle car, and automotive how-to shows […]
One Mile: Yamaha YZ125 Tarmac Tracker
Fast as Lightning: “One Mile” YZ125 Supermoto from Class Act Cycles… From 1974 to the end of the two-stroke pro motocross era, the Yamaha YZ125 was a mainstay of the 125cc MX Lites class, taking […]
Bonneville Bound: Turbo Ducati 998 Land Speed Racer
Queen of the Desert: Vendetta Racing’s 192-whp Ducati Turbo Land Speeder… If there’s one place in the world where one-off two-wheeled ingenuity meets purpose-built performance, it’s the storied Bonneville Salt Flats just west of […]
Handbuilt: Yamaha “XSTT 750” Street Tracker
Big-Bore Yamaha XS650 “Steeplechase Champion” by Will Bastas… From April 12-14, our friends at Revival Cycles hosted the 2024 edition of the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas, paired as always with MotoGP weekend at […]
Knievel: Honda CB360 Scrambler
If You Build it, They Will Come: “Knievel” from Freeland Motorcycles… The Honda CJ360T appeared in 1976 as a stripped-down bare-bones version of the CB/CL360 twins. It had a five-speed transmission instead of six, no […]
Handbuilt Show 2024: Bobbers & Choppers
From Handbuilt 2024: Choppers, Bobbers, and Wild Things… From April 12-14, Revival Cycles hosted the 10th annual edition of the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas — a perfect pairing with MotoGP weekend at Circuit […]
Cafe Gixxer: Suzuki GSX-R750 Custom
Down the Rabbit Hole: Dwight Mason’s 1990 GSX-R750 Custom… In 1985, the original GSX-R750 revolutionized the world of sporting motorcycles, setting the superbike standard for years to come. The old heavy steel frames and comfortable […]
