BUC It: Burn Up Company’s burly BMW, built for sidecar adventures… In the mid-1980s, BMW replaced the twin-shock rear suspension on their airhead models with a monolever (single-shock) system, whose asymmetric design was meant to […]
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1976 BMW R90/6 Bobber by Burn Up Company
The BMW R90/6 was the largest and most powerful of the Slash-Six models introduced in 1974, designed to up the ante in a horsepower-hungry market. The old R75 engine was bored-out to 898cc, good for […]
M Airhead: BMW R100S by Burn Up Company
BMW M-Themed Airhead, built for a racer of German sports cars… BMW M (“M” for “Motorsport”) is the special high-performance division of BMW that develops M models of nearly every automobile in the company’s portfolio, […]
Industrial Brutalist: Honda CB750F by Burnup Company
“A stance akin to a snarling dog…” Brutalism is an architectural style popular in the 1950s and ’60s, characterized by rugged forms, hard edges, and raw/exposed materials — often combined with patinated finishes and metallic […]
For Sale: Moto Guzzi California Cafe Racer
The Moto Guzzi California 1100 EV was a heavyweight cruiser that offered an array of sport-oriented features, such as adjustable suspension and robust four-piston brakes. The 1100cc pushrod V-twin was fuel-injected, offering 72 horsepower and […]
The “Burn-1” Skycycle by Burn up Company
Inspired by Evel Knievel’s rocket-powered X-1 prototype! In the early 1970s, a pair of engineers designed and built the X-1 Skycycle for Evel Knievel to launch across the infamous Snake River Canyon. This canyon-jumping “motorcycle” […]