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 […]
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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 […]
A Sharper Shovel: ’75 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead
Yuji Maeda of MMM Products streamlines the Shovel he’s owned for 22+ years… The Harley-Davidson Shovelhead engine appeared in 1966, the Motor Company’s third OHV V-twin after the Knucklehead and Panhead. The new engine […]
Bob Job: Harley XG500 Bobber by Augment Motorworks
New-school meets old-school in this Street 500 budget bobber… In 2014, Harley-Davidson introduced their first all-new lightweight models since the 1970s, the liquid-cooled Street series. Both models, the Street 750 (XG750) and Street 500 (XG500), […]
The FU Pan: ’57 Harley Panhead by Schmidt Motos
A Panhead chopper with one-off stainless steel frame and springer forks… The Harley-Davidson “Panhead” engine was produced from 1948-1965, earning its nickname for the signature rocker covers, which resemble a pair of pie pans. Available […]
Super Sleek: BMW R100S “ØD2” by Ønix Design
A Spanish industrial designer builds an incredibly sleek airhead… The BMW R100 was the largest, most powerful incarnation of the legendary airhead series, featuring a 980cc flat-twin boxer engine that produced 60-70 horsepower. Not only […]
Sportster 883R “Urus” Project
“The feeling of riding is close to the feeling of riding a bull.” The urus, aka aurochs, is an extinct species of wild long-horned cattle that once roamed the prehistoric grasslands of Eurasia and beyond […]





