Yamaha XS650 from Calgary’s Ill-Fated Kustoms… There are those dark moments in life when misfortune strikes and fate seems against us, fixed and irreversible. But such moments, if we’re open to them, can also be […]
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Vision Quest: BMW R90S Street Scrambler
Trans-Canadian Custom: Michael Ritzker’s 1976 BMW R90S… In 2015, no less than Peter Egan of Cycle World declared that the BMW R90S, introduced in 1974, was “the BMW that invented sport-touring.” The bike was […]
Force of Nature: Suzuki GS1000E Restomod
Gary Scotti’s 1170cc 16-valve GS Restomod… In 1978, Suzuki entered the 1000cc inline-four arms race with the 90-hp GS1000. The 8-valve engine was developed from that of the excellent GS750, bored and stroked to 997cc, […]
Uncommon X: Honda CBX1000 Custom
Mike Common’s six-cylinder rocket ship… For many lifelong motorcycle lovers, true love was sparked on a humble Honda Z50 — a minibike with an outsized impact on the hearts of entire generations of motorcyclists. Such […]
El Chero: Honda CB750F Café Racer
Augment Motorworks builds one sleek Super Sport… Since 2020, we’ve featured a couple of builds from Nick Acosta of Canada’s Augment Motorworks, who began working on bikes alongside his father and several talented craftsman friends. […]
Neo Café Racer: Honda CBR500R “Yoru”
“Life is too short to ride something ordinary.” In 1988, the Japanese anime film Akira hit theaters — it was destined to become a modern cult classic, widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi / […]
Airhead Reborn: BMW R80RT by MotoBrix
MotoBrix rebuilds a botched BMW custom… Though the BMW airheads were considered modern classics even before their production ended in the late 1990s, engineers and enthusiasts probably never considered that the air-cooled boxers would have […]
Two-Stroke Desert Racer: Street-Legal Husky 390 OR
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 […]
Slash-5 Animal: Motobrix BMW R75/5
Transforming a Slash-5 from “tame touring bike into a bit of an animal.” In 1970, BMW introduced the Slash-5 series, which included the R50/5 (500cc), R60/5 (600cc), and the R75/5 (750cc). The bikes were a […]
Green Monster: Kawasaki GPz1100 Restomod by dB Customs
Introduced in 1981, Kawasaki GPz1100 has been called the last king of the air-cooled superbikes, a fuel-injected 1089cc hot rod that ruled the street and strip until the rise of the liquid-cooled, aluminum-framed sportbikes. Said […]
