A British-American beauty from Walt Siegl Motorcycles… Master. It’s a word that gets thrown about a lot these days — not always with the best aim. But in the motorcycling world, one of the artists/craftsmen/builders who’s […]
Tag: Bobbers
Triumph “Bobber Moon” by BAAK USA
A modern tribute to the post-war bobbers of the 1940s-50s… The Triumph Bonneville Bobber debuted in 2017, featuring a high-torque engine and WWII-era aesthetics. It was dead handsome, looking like a modernized version of the […]
Knuckle Power: Harley “VFL” Beach Racer
Hammer Sycle builds a Knucklehead-powered Harley VL racer… In 1936, Harley-Davidson introduced their first full production overhead valve V-twin engine: the “Knucklehead,” as we know it today — a reference to the distinctive shape of […]
BeelzeBob: Bandit-Powered Turbo Drag Bobber
Southern 73 Cycles builds a 9-second turbo drag bobber… Introduced in 1996, the Suzuki Bandit 1200 offered a re-tuned version of the monstrous GSX-R1100 air/oil-cooled engine in a steel frame to create something akin to […]
Boulevard Bobber: Suzuki S40 by Kennedy Motorcycles
Back in 1986, Suzuki unveiled their first cruiser, the LS650 Savage, which would remain in production until 2004, relatively unchanged except for the addition of a 5-speed transmission. For 2005, the air-cooled 652cc single-cylinder cruiser […]
World’s Fastest Triumph Bobber: Supercharged!
Thornton Hundred builds a 200+bhp, 10-second Bobber… The Triumph Bonneville Bobber debuted in 2017, featuring an adjustable solo seat, softail-style monoshock suspension, and a 1200cc liquid-cooled “high-torque” (HT) parallel twin good for 77 hp and […]
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 […]
Flying Machine: BMW R80 “Black Wasp”
For Sale: “Black Wasp” by IronGas x Haute Tension Motorcycles… The BMW airhead is an icon in the world of motorcycling, an air-cooled flat-twin that’s proven itself all over the world, from the remote terrain […]
Custom Brotherhood: Night Shift Motorcycle Club (NSMC)
“Single Cylinder Americanos” from members of Night Shift Motorcycle Club (NSMC)… Last year, we featured a KTR 150 street tracker from a Taiwanese university student, Eric, who’s a member of Taiwan’s Night Shift Motorcycle Club. […]
Urban Fighter: Yamaha V-Max by Motocrew
Old-school V4 muscle meets 21st-century style… Introduced in 1984, the original Yamaha V-Max was the ultimate muscle bike, a two-wheeled hot rod boasting an 1198cc liquid-cooled V4 that made a pavement-buckling 145 horsepower and 90 […]
