It’s hard to beat the Yamaha XS650 for character, durability, and ease of customization. The lines lend themselves readily to all kinds of builds, from choppers to trackers, and what the parallel twin lacks in […]
Tag: Exclusives
XS650 Scrambler by Dime City Cycles: “XS744”
Rick Brown, BikeBound’s senior traveling correspondent, recently had the opportunity to spend an enjoyable and educational afternoon with Herm Narciso and the crew at Dime City Cycles in Largo, Florida, including a tour of the […]
“007” CB750 Street Tracker by Unique Fabricating
Today, we have a very special CB750 build from Mark Wasson of Oregon. Mark currently lives in Germany and works in Afghanistan, training Afghan commandos and special forces, and he wanted a CB750 street tracker […]
The Motorcycle from The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a movie that many of us remember watching on television during our teenage years…if you are in your 40s or 50s anyway. Based on the true story of prisoners escaping a […]
Bajaj Pulsar Bobber by J&D Custom Co.
Never heard of the Bajaj Pulsar 220 or its variants? Bajaj is actually the world’s sixth-largest manufacturer of motorcycles, and the Pulsar series, first introduced in India in 2001, was developed with the help of […]
BMW R65 Scrambler by Moto Adonis
For some reason, we’re suckers for builds based on old police bikes, such as VTR Custom’s R80. So we were very excited when Daan Borsje of Moto Adonis shared this incredibe scrambler built from a […]
Honda XR250 Tracker from Argentina
You know what we love? Dual-sport customs. Thumpers with style. Single-cylinder trackers that can jump curbs and climb stairs with rambunctious glory, that can race you to the cafe or take you camping with equal […]
CB750 Tracker by Racing Smith
We’re very excited to showcase this mean green CB750 build from Racing Smith of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Believe it or not, we were seeking out the builder, Ben Smith, about featuring the bike the very […]
Suzuki GS450 Cafe Racer by Wrench Kings
Bram Boot and the crew at Wrench Kings, based in The Netherlands, spent a number of years in corporate management in Dubai. They had an enormous sandbox to play in, complete with big cars, road […]
Yamaha XS750 Cafe Racer by Backdoor
The Yamaha XS750 and XS850–both triples–don’t receive nearly as much attention from custom builders as the wildly popular XS650 parallel twins of the same era. However, the three-cylinder XS750 was lauded as a “Bargain […]
