Super Tracker: A Swedish Champion’s Thunderbike… In 2005, KTM unleashed the 990 Super Duke, a 999cc V-twin naked bike nothing short of ferocious. With 120 horsepower and razor-sharp handling, it was a fire-breathing, tire-burning, wheelie-making […]
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Retro Superbike: Suzuki GSX-R1000 “Slabshot”
Slabside + Slingshot = Slabshot by Haxch Moto… Introduced in 2009, the Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 was the first all-new machine in the model’s history, featuring a new short-stroke engine and lighter weight chassis, suspension, and […]
Carbon Airhead: Teen-Built BMW R75/7 Custom
’77 Slash 7: Built by a 16-year-old! In the 1970s, BMW produced their 750cc R75 airhead as the R75/5 (early 70s), the R75/6, and finally as a one-year-only model, the 1977 R75/7. For many airhead […]
Go Time: 1969 Triumph T120 Trackmaster
Vintage Flat Tracker from Caleb Grisson of Storagebuilt… In 1967, Triumph enlisted renowned race tuner Ray Hensley to create a series of lightweight frames purpose-built for flat track racing. These streamlined Trackmaster frames featured race-specific […]
The Dark Horse: Yamaha XS650 Custom
Yasashii Garage’s Yamaha XS650 Custom Roadster… According to the Merriam Webster definition, a dark horse is “a usually little known contender (such as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing.” You could make a […]
Functional Muscle: “Yellow Edition” Triumph 1200 Bobber
FCR Original unleashes a new Bonneville Bobber… When Triumph introduced the Bonneville Bobber in 2017, everyone wondered how well a production bike could replicate the style and substance of a hand-built custom bike. However, the […]
Carbon & Alloy: BMW HP2 Sport Custom
“Midnight Dancer” from Cherry’s Company… Introduced in 2008, the BMW HP2 Sport was quite the machine, a modern German sportbike whose 1170cc flat-twin (Boxer) engine made 128 hp — the most powerful Boxer engine ever […]
Alternate Reality: Kawasaki-Meguro KZ79SP Raven
CROWS Performance injects Meguro soul into the KZ1000… Founded in the Shinagawa Ward of Tokyo in 1924, Meguro was a prestige brand that supplied Japanese military and police motorcycles, coming to be known as the […]
The Handbuilt Motorcycle Show 2023: 120+ Bikes!
The Handbuilt Show Builders’ Gallery: All the Bikes! The 2023 Handbuilt Motorcycle Show was held last month at the Austin American-Statesman on historic South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas — the same weekend as the […]
Sense of Speed: Royal Enfield GT650 “Kai”
AN-BU Motors builds a Custom World street racer… As a young man, Koichi Fujita of AN-BU Custom Motors was a driver in the Formula Race/FJ1600 and F4 series held at Suzuka Circuit, where he won […]
