Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics puts a Bandit’s Heart in his Zed Turbo… It’s always a treat to hear from old buddy Dave Solomon, founder of Butchered Classics — an online community that “pays homage […]
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KICKBACK 2026 Round I: Muscle Bikes, Restomods, Butchered Classics
Straight from Great Malvern: Turbos, Big Bores, Drag Bikes, and More… Earlier this month, the 33rd Kickback Custom Classic Bike Show took place at the Three Counties Showground in Great Malvern, UK. The 2026 event […]
Spirit of ’78: 1230cc Suzuki GS750E Restomod
Big-Bore 1100EFE-Powered Dream Machine from Jon Lilley… In the animal kingdom, young animals form a strong attachment to the first moving object they see, usually a parent — a process called “imprinting.” In the motorcycle […]
Bitzy: Honda CB400F Street Tracker
“Proper Rips” — Nick Parker’s CB400/4 Bitsa Special… When the Honda CB350F hit the market in 1972, it was the smallest-capacity four-cylinder motorcycle ever to enter mass production. Three years later, the CB400F came along […]
Old Smoker: Suzuki GT550 Restomod
Kickback Contender: Restomod GT550 from Jeremy Missin… By the time Suzuki’s GT series of two-stroke triples landed on the scene, Kawasaki had already cemented a reputation for producing unbelievably fast and feisty “widowmaker” triples. The […]
Butchered Classic: Kawasaki Z1327 Restomod
NÖHLINS: Dave Solomon’s 1327cc “Winter Hack”… Dave Solomon is the mad Englishman who founded Butchered Classics around a decade ago — an online community that “pays homage to all motorcycles registered 1990 or before, with […]
Touch Too Much: 1428cc GSX-Powered Harris Magnum II
Keeping the Dream Alive: Jacko’s All-Motor Magnum… In the history of motorcycling, the United Kingdom is famed not just for its legendary marques but its small-batch chassis builders as well. Certain names are spoken […]
Zed Turbo: Kawasaki Z1000 Turbo by Butchered Classics
“You’ve spotted the turbo then?” These were the unforgettable words heard by our friend Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics as he stood outside his local Kawasaki bike shop at the impressionable age of 11 years […]
Butchered Classics: Moriwaki Tribute!
“Looks that take you right back to 1981 and a powerplant that even Wayne Gardner would’ve been happy with…” Moriwaki Engineering is one of the great names in motorcycle racing, closely entwined with the […]
Bandit Power: Honda “CB1157F” by Butchered Classics
Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics is our favorite mad Englishman, a shed-builder who’s earned an “evil reputation” for building high-powered Frankenbikes that send purists drooling and raving to the madhouse. In 2019 alone, we featured […]
