Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Custommade C.A. rebuilds and reimagines a family heirloom… Available from 1980-83, the Honda CM200T TwinStar was a beginner-friendly parallel-twin produced as part of Honda’s “Custom Motorcycle” lineup, using the same chassis, engine, and brakes as […]
Fit for a Prince: Ellaspede’s Honda NX650 Dominator… Ellaspede is one of our favorite builders not just in Australia, but worldwide. The workshop started as a small home garage operation, which went under (literally) with […]
Purpose Built Moto’s 250cc Yamaha Scrambler… Introduced in the 1990s, the Yamaha TTR250 was an air-cooled 250cc trail / enduro bike designed to be rugged, reliable, and long-lasting. Not only did the bulletproof TTR […]
Write-off to Head-turner: Clive Coombe’s 1978 CB550F2… The Honda CB550F was part of Honda’s Super Sport range, featuring a lighter four-into-one exhaust, flatter handlebars, and a different fuel tank than the K model. Though the […]
Father/son workshop AMP Motorcycles rebuilds an 80s thumper… In 1982, Honda introduced the FT500 Ascot, a single-cylinder four-stroke named after the storied Ascot flat track (RIP) just outside Los Angeles: “Located between the posh Hollywood […]
The Suzuki GS850, introduced in 1979, sported a bored-out two-valve GS750 engine mated to a shaft drive, offering 77 horsepower and a top speed of 119 mph — a heavyweight brute designed for the touring […]
The bike we know as the Yamaha XS650 actually started life as the 1970 XS-1. For the 1973-74 model years, it was re-badged as the TX650 to match the TX500 and TX750. When these bikes […]
The Yamaha XS650 (1970-1983) is one of our favorite vintage Japanese motorcycles, styled after the British twins of the 1960s. The engine/gearbox had unit construction and a horizontally-split crankcase, making it one of the most […]
Built for a female air force officer… The original Kawasaki KZ400 twin, introduced during the oil crisis in 1974, was billed as a middleweight commuter, featured in magazine advertisements alongside a VW Beetle with the […]
It’s safe to assume that no Honda engineer or executive anticipated that the Honda CX500, more than 40 years after its launch, would become a mainstay of the 21st century custom motorcycle movement. Introduced in […]
