BOLT Motor Company’s 100th Build… Back in 2001, Kawasaki released the ZRX1200R, a neo-retro muscle bike that carried on the style of the ZRX1100 and original KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica. It had a beefy double-cradle […]
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100th Anniversary Airhead: BMW R100 Special
100th Anniversary R100 from Bolt Motor Co… The BMW R100 is the 1000cc version of the beloved “airhead” machine. Over the years, these flat-twin engines have become nothing short of iconic. They last forever, can […]
Bahn Burner: BMW K1100RS Café Racer
Bolt 80: 16-Valve K-Bike from Bolt Motor Co… The BMW K1100RS was the most technologically advanced “Flying Brick” to emerge from Berlin, featuring the 16-valve head from the K1, Paralever rear end, Motronic EFI […]
Giant-Slayer: 500cc Yamaha RD350 YPVS Restomod
Bolt Motor Co. builds a 500cc weapon… The Yamaha RD350 is one of the most iconic sporting motorcycles ever produced. The original air-cooled 350cc two-stroke parallel-twin was produced from 1973-1975, and the RD quickly became […]
Virago Verde: Yamaha XV500 “Transformer”
Bolt Motor Co.’s futuristic 51st build… Former racers consistently build some of our favorite specials, as their high standards of design, engineering, and execution tend to carry over into their customs. One of these racers […]
Gulf Special: Yamaha RD350 YPVS F2 Café Racer
Bolt Motor Co. builds a stunning two-stroker… At its unveiling in 1982, the Yamaha RD350 YPVS — known as the RZ350 in North America — was called “the nearest thing to a road going racer […]
Old Soul, Modern Tech: Ducati 750SS Café Racer
Bolt Motor Co.’s Ducati 750 Super Sport… The original Ducati 750SS (Super Sport) is one of the most iconic machines ever to emerge from the Bologna factory — a street-legal production version of the Ducati […]
Built for a MotoGP Legend: Honda CBX1000 Café Racer
Bolt Motor Co. builds a CBX for MotoGP legend Jorge Martínez Aspar! On the 40th anniversary of his first-ever race, Jorge Martínez “Aspar” was selected to be inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame. The […]
BMW R45 Scrambler by Bolt Motor Co
It seems like so many of our favorite builders are former racers or race car builders. There is a certain racer’s mentality, when every last component — every nut and bolt — must be as […]





