Purpose Built Moto’s 250cc Yamaha Scrambler… Introduced in the 1990s, the Yamaha TTR250 was an air-cooled 250cc trail / enduro bike designed to be rugged, reliable, and long-lasting. Not only did the bulletproof TTR […]
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Dreamy Duc: 1971 Ducati 250 Café Racer
Black Cycles Australia builds a 250cc Ducati café racer… Starting in 1950s, brothers Joseph and Michael Berliner of the Berliner Motor Corporation were the US importers for Ducati and many other European marquees. As the […]
Donatello No More: Kawasaki Ninja 250 Café Racer “Donna”
Golden Age Motor Co. transforms an early EX250 Ninja… Introduced in 1986, the Kawasaki EX250 Ninja — also known as the Ninja 250R — would become one of the world’s most popular 250cc machines. The […]
Report from Japan: Custom World Scrambler
12 Custom Scramblers from Heiwa Motorcycle! Words and photos by Kazuo “Kaz” Matsumoto (@steeldog_photo)… From July 16th to August 28th, “Custom World Scrambler” was held at the large commercial facility “Pacela” in Hiroshima, Japan, for […]
Angry Bull: Mirage 250 Street Tracker
A 250 V-Twin Tracker built for Korea’s Camel Race… In 1978, Hyosung, now known as KR Motors, began producing Suzuki motorcycles under license for the South Korean market. By 1986, they’d established their own R&D […]
Bantamweight Bobber: Honda Rebel 250 “Toshiko”
Joseph Friday (Friday’s The Bomb) builds one agile 250 bobber… The Honda Rebel 250 (aka CMX250C) first appeared in 1984 — a lightweight 234cc parallel-twin cruiser that would remain in production until 2016! A common […]
“Frankenstein” Suzuki DR250 Cafe Racer
Hand-built in a simple garage — sometimes without electricity! The Suzuki DR250 “Djebel” was a four-stroke dual-purpose motorcycle named for a mountain in North Africa. The 249cc mountain goat had dual disc brakes, USD forks, […]
Lightweight V-Twin Scrambler: Kaisar Ruby 250 by Jowo Kustom
A 250cc V-twin scrambler by Jowo Kustom… The Kaisar Ruby V250 — also sold as the Keeway Dorado 250 in some markets — is a 250cc V-twin built in the style of a classic cruiser, […]
Rubicon XL: Honda XL250 by One Down Four Up
The Rubicon Trail is one of the most legendary 4×4/off-road trails in the world, a 22-mile route through the Sierra Nevada mountains just west of the California/Nevada border. Native peoples originally used the route to […]
Godfather Enduro: 1968 Yamaha DT-1 Resto
“This is (as far as I know) the only 1968 DT1 which was imported officially to Europe.” In 1968, Yamaha introduced a machine that would change the motorcycle world forever, the DT-1. It was an […]
