Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
“Nothing brought a smile to his face like a one-kick start.” From 1968-1971, BSA imported their A65FS Firebird Scrambler, a 650cc parallel-twin street scrambler with gaitered forks, double-leading-shoe front brake, twin 32mm Amal Concentric carbs, […]
A Disneyland engineer and rockstar bassist builds a desert Tiger… While the 650cc Bonneville may have been the big seller for Triumph in the 1960s, the 500cc Tiger 100 range remained extremely important to the […]
In the late 1970s, the Husqvarna 390 OR (Off-Road) was the king of the desert, a two-stroke monster that reigned supreme from the Mojave Desert to the distant tip of the Baja Peninsula. Said the […]
Jesse Davis builds a tribute to his father’s famous “Lurch” — Kevin Schwantz’s first pro ride! Here’s a piece of motorcycle racing trivia for you. Did you know the bike that Kevin Schwantz rode in […]
“The absolute hands-down craziest 701 on the planet…” The Husqvarna 701 Supermoto is one of the most potent hooligan machines ever created, a 320-pound supermotard with a 72-hp 693cc big-bore single pulled straight from the […]
Mark Kelley of Magna Form builds himself the perfect Scrambler… In 2015, Ducati introduced the Scrambler 800, a modern reincarnation of the single-cylinder Ducati Scrambler series of the 1960s-70s. The new model sported a 75-hp […]
“This bike is like a owning a horse…. Whisper softly to her and she might get you home.” The BSA B50MX was the motocross version of the beloved B50, which would be the last of […]
In 2005, Ducati came out with their SportClassic series — a range of retro-styled machines from legendary designer Pierre Terblanche, who took inspiration from the Ducati racing bikes of yesteryear. The SportClassics machines were too […]
“This is a CL, it should look like it wants to rip around in the dirt…” In 1968, Honda introduced the CL350, a Scrambler version of the popular 324cc CB350 twin. The CL featured high […]
Rock drummer Jorma Vik builds and races a classic Beezer… In the 1960s, BSA motocross star Jeff Smith convinced the factory that it was time to develop a lighter, all-new machine to replace the […]
