Purpose Built Moto builds a two-stroke ripper… The Yamaha DT400 is one of our favorite two-stroke enduros of the 1970s — a wolf in wolf’s clothing and a howling fury to ride. The factory bike […]
Tag: Australia
Ultimate Two-Stroke: 421cc NSR-D Project!
110-hp, 240-lb NSR-RD Hybrid… The Honda NSR250R remains one of the most legendary bikes of the 1990s, a street-legal two-stroke weapon built in the image of Honda’s 250cc Grand Prix racers. Along with the Suzuki […]
Steampunk Virago: Yamaha XV1000 Rat Rod
Black Cycles Australia builds a “Steampunk Rat Bike”… The rat bike has a long and storied tradition in the motorcycle world. Rat bikes are generally hard-ridden, uncleaned machines with plenty of rust, patina, road grime, […]
Italian for Blown: Turbo Ducati 916 “Soffiato”
Black Cycles Australia builds a Turbo Ducati! In 2001, the Ducati Monster S4 was the first of Bologna’s beloved Monsters to receive a liquid-cooled L-Twin heart transplant from the superbike side of the factory, and […]
Australian Triumph: 1950 TR5 Bobber
Black Cycles x PopBang Classics build a Pre-unit Bobber… In the first half of the 20th century, the traditional way to build a motorcycle involved bolting together a separate engine and gearbox via a third […]
Duconda 400: Honda-Ducati Cafe Racer!
A Japanese-Italian love story from Black Cycles Australia… Introduced in 1977, the Honda CB400T was the successor to the CB360. Better known as the Honda Hawk (US) or Dream (UK), the twin-cylinder CB400 offered a […]
Dirt Weapon: 856cc Royal Enfield Himalayan
A 70+ hp Himalayan Twin from SurfSide Motorcycle Garage… Royal Enfield introduced the Himalayan in 2018, a lightweight adventure / dual-sport bike that featured an air-cooled 411cc single-cylinder engine. In a market where machines seem […]
Two-Stroke Corner Carver: KTM 300 SALT Café Racer
SALT Motorcycles introduces a 52-hp, 245-pound two-stroke café racer… The KTM 300 EXC TPI is one of the world’s most accomplished enduro machines, a lightweight modern two-stroke with Transfer Port Injection and a dry weight […]
GRID Cycles: Zero SR Street Tracker
“We want to get people excited about electric motorcycles.” Love them or hate them, electric motorcycles are going to be part of the two-wheeled future. Kawasaki has announced plans to go all-electric by 2035 in […]
Honda CBX “1098R” by MotoRRetro
A CBX1000 cafe racer from Sydney’s MotoRRetro… In 1966, Mike “The Bike” Hailwood won the 250cc Gran Prix championship on one of the most radical machines of the era, Honda’s RC166 six-cylinder racer. Designed to […]
