1123cc Honda Restomod from AC Sanctuary… In 1983, the Honda CB1100F arrived as the company’s king sport bike, designed to battle head-on with the 1100-class superbikes from Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha — bikes that were […]
Tag: Cafe Killers
Marlboro Missile: Ducati 848 Café Racer
Motocrew builds an 80s-inspired 848 Evo… Introduced in 2010, the Ducati 848 Evo was a road-legal track weapon, boasting a 126-hp Testastretta engine, Brembo Monobloc calipers from the 1198R, and a non-adjustable steering damper: “This […]
Devil’s Made ‘Busa: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Introduced in 1999, the 174-hp Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa took the title as the fastest production motorcycle of the 20th century, hitting up to 194 mph in unrestricted form. Hayabusa is Japanese for peregrine falcon — […]
Vice Edition: Yamaha “RZ429” by Trident Cycles
The Middle Child: A 429cc two-stroke street & circuit weapon… In 1983, Yamaha unleashed the RZ350, the ultimate evolution of the two-stroke RD series powered by a liquid-cooled 347cc parallel twin featuring the Yamaha Power […]
Cafe Killer: Suzuki GSX-R750 by Cool Kid Customs
“Neo Tokyo” — an Akira-inspired slabside GSX-R… In 1985, Suzuki introduced the original GSX-R750, an aluminum-framed racebike for the street — a bike that would serve as the grandfather of all Japanese super sports to […]
Big-Bore Weapon: Suzuki GSX-R1100 “Bushido”
Rusty Wrench Motorcycles builds an 1100cc weapon… In the early 1980s, Suzuki set to work developing a machine that could outperform the formidable Honda Interceptor. In 1984, they released the GSX-R400, an aluminum-framed four-cylinder sportbike […]
1260cc Tasmanian Devil: Suzuki GS1100 Restomod
ProtoWorks Manufacturing builds an air-cooled, 160-hp superbike… Introduced in 1980, the Suzuki GS1100E quickly became the undisputed King of the Superbikes, rocketing through the quarter mile in 10.99 seconds at 120.8 mph — the world’s […]
Street Sweeper: Kawasaki ZRX1100 by Motor League
A ZRX risen from the Philly streets… The Kawasaki ZRX1100 was a throwback to the muscle bikes of the 1980s, a retro-styled machine that recalled the Eddie Lawson superbikes of yore, sporting a retuned 1052cc […]
“Poseidon” Kawasaki GPz1100 Custom by RW Motorcycles
A Sea-inspired Kawasaki GPz from the Algarve Coast… For a riotous period in the 1980s, the Kawasaki GPz1100 was king of the air-cooled superbikes. A decade later, Kawasaki re-introduced the GPz brand with the liquid-cooled […]
