Ellaspede EB1236: 1973 Honda CB450 x 2013 CBR500R… The Honda CB twins of the 1970s remain some of the most beloved Japanese vintage motorcycles of all time — and with good reason. They offered riders […]
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Kato Vinduro: KTM 500 Retromod
Dan Mickan’s KTM 500 EXC “Vinduro”… For more than a decade, the KTM 500 EXC has reigned as one of the ultimate street-legal dirt bikes ever produced. Until the bike Kato hit the market, dirt […]
Ruckus Sled: GY6-Powered Honda Zoomer
Ellaspede’s 171cc Honda Zoomer Custom… Introduced in 2003, the Honda Zoomer — aka Honda Ruckus here in the States — was a 50cc four-stroke liquid-cooled scooter quite unlike anything else on the market at the […]
Full-Blown Brick: BMW K100 Tracker
Ellaspede goes all-out on a Flying Brick… Introduced in 1983, the BMW K100 was a radical departure for BMW Motorrad, whose entire brand identity and heritage had been based on air-cooled flat-twin “airhead” motorcycles. In […]
Big Bore Virago: 1050cc Yamaha XV750 Custom Fighter
Yamaha “XV1050” Virago from Purpose Built Moto… There are certain donor bikes that turn up again and again in the custom world, and the Yamaha Virago (XV) is one such platform. Many years ago, builders […]
Express Postie: Honda CT90 Land Speed Racer
“The World’s Fastest CT90? Maybe…” Introduced in 1966, the Honda CT90 was a single-cylinder four-stroke step-through motorcycle also marketed as the Trail 90. It may seem strange in our day of purpose-built dirt bikes and […]
Flying Triple: BMW K75 Custom
Three-cylinder Flying Brick from Black Cycles Australia… The BMW K75 was the 750cc triple-cylinder variant of the company’s K series “Flying Bricks” — nicknamed for the distinct layout of their inline engines. The company wanted […]
Red Soul Rising: Honda CB750F Café Racer
Jax Garage’s “Soul Red” 750…for sale! In 1979, Honda released the twin-cam CB750F, a 77-hp DOHC evolution of the “Original Superbike” released a decade before. Moto-journalists had previously claimed that a 750/4, while fast in […]
On The Mark: Harley Sportster 1200S Scrambler
MX-inspired Sportster scrambler from Purpose Built Moto… Last week, we featured the Sportster 1200 Adventure Scrambler from Australia’s Purpose Built Moto, built for workshop owner Tom Gilroy to ride across Tasmania for the film Wide […]
Tasmanian Tractor: Sportster Adventure Scrambler
From Purpose Built Moto: The Ultimate Adventure Sportster Scrambler… Back in 2019-2020, Tom Gilroy of Australia’s Purpose Built Moto faced the challenge of building a custom scrambler capable of handling one very strenuous cross-country test […]
