Hand-built Boxer from Prague’s Gas & Oil Bespoke Motorcycles… The BMW R series of “airhead” boxers might be the most commonly customized class of vintage motorcycles in the world. In the wake of that popularity […]
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Light Urban Bobber: Honda Shadow 600
The “VP” from Blackout Custom Designs: Built for a Star… There’s nothing quite like riding a big V-twin cruiser on the open highway. It’s easy to imagine you’re saddled on some mythical iron horse, thundering […]
Erzberg Hammer: KTM 890 SX-F Dirt Bike!
From JZ Handmade: 120-hp / 290-lb Duke-Powered Dirt Bike… In 2019, we featured the KTM 1290 “Super Enduro R” of legendary Czech off-road racer Jiří Heiník — a 180-bhp off-road monster built to compete in […]
Yamaha XVS1300 “Street Bobber”
Blackout Custom Designs saves a botched custom… The Yamaha XVS1300 Custom is the Euro version of the company’s US-market Star Stryker, a 1304cc V-twin “factory chopper” introduced in 2010. “It mixes ‘American Chopper’ styling with […]
Italian Beach Cruiser: Moto Guzzi 1100 “Mentol”
Gas & Oil Motorcycles builds a 60s-style beach cruiser… For 2001, Moto Guzzi introduced the California Stone, a stripped-down Italian cruiser built around the company’s 1064cc / 74-bhp V-twin, complete with Magneti Marelli fuel injection […]
Czech Icon, Reborn: Praga ZS 800
A modern incarnation of Praga BD 500… In 1928, the first Praga BD 500 rolled out of Prague’s Breitfeld-Daněk factory — a very modern motorcycle at the time, featuring what is said to be the […]
Czech Yourself: Honda CB550 “Respect”
A Prague-built 550 Four from Gas & Oil Bespoke Motorcycles… While the CB750 may have grabbed the world’s attention as the “Original Superbike,” many Honda SOHC enthusiasts will tell you they actually prefer the CB550 […]
The Bistella 500: Ten-Cylinder Supercharged Two-Stroke!
Czech engineer Marek Foltis builds a ten-cylinder two-stroke Jawa! There are bikes that make you drool, bikes that race your blood, and bikes that simply blow your mind. For us, the “Bistella 500” is a […]
Night Owl: Suzuki GS550 Street Tracker
Gas and Oil Bespoke Motorcycles builds a cowboy’s custom… The Suzuki GS550 was one of Suzuki’s earliest four-stroke motorcycles, a middleweight four-cylinder roadster that appeared in 1977, stacking up well against the half-liter machines of […]
Black Sword: BMW R nineT Cafe Racer
Straight from showroom to custom with Gas & Oil Bespoke Motorcycles… The BMW R nineT takes inspiration from the 1923 BMW R32, whose 8.5 hp boxer engine was burbling around European roads 90 years before […]
