The Kawasaki KZ440 is the larger bore brother of the Z/KZ400, offering a 443cc air-cooled parallel twin instead of the smaller sibling’s 398cc engine. Unlike the mighty Z1 and other KZ Series brethren, the KZ440 […]
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BMW R75 Scrambler by Eli Carver
The Carver twins of Texas are quickly becoming two of our favorite builders. Brothers Eli and Tyson began riding motorcycles together about 6.5 years ago after the loss of their parents. As it has been […]
Suzuki GT550 Cafe Racer by Macdonald Hastings Design (MHD)
Two-Stroke Street Weapon…with Patina If you’ve been following us for any length of time, you know we love the smell of two-stroke oil in the morning. Smells like…victory. Enter Ewen Macdonald and his 1974 […]
Yamaha XT600 Scrambler: “Crooked Rooster”
About four years ago, Zach Cohen crashed his bike and broke his arm. He used the insurance cash from the totaled bike to kick-start Cohen & Sons, the brand his grandfather had drawn up on […]
Ducati Valchiria Cafe Racer by Walter Castrogiovanni
COOLEST. THESIS. EVER. Walter Castrogiovanni of Lipari Island, Sicily, has completed this Ducati “Valchiria” (Valkyrie) as part of his Industrial Design thesis at Palermo University. The bike was designed as a “pluri-configurable vehicle.” In layman’s […]
Honda CL360 Scrambler by Offset Motorcycles
A $1000 Dirtbag Chopper gets turned into a Big Sur banger… Jason Lisica of San Francisco’s Offset Motorcycles has been involved with the city’s Dirtbag Challenge. The challenge, which has been the subject of two […]
BMW R nineT Enhanced Racer by Dab Design
Simon Dabadie of Dab Design is quickly establishing himself as an innovator and iconoclast in the world of custom motorcycles. With a background in the emerging industries of 3D Printing and 3D software publishing, he’s […]
Honda CB160 Cafe Racer by Jeanie Sallings
The Sallings clan of Arkansas are quite the motorcycle family. Patriarch Jan Sallings of JMS Customs has six sons and two daughters-in-law who ride. We have featured Kat Sallings’s Honda CB175 cafe racer, as well […]
Honda “Sideburner 670” by 2Motors
670cc, lightweight Honda NX650 street tracker… To call Manu Mertens of Belgium’s 2Motors a Honda fan would be an understatement. Since his first hand-me-down Honda MT50, Manu has been riding and modifying Honda machines. He […]
BMW K1100 Cafe Racer by 8Tech Racing
Colin and Merlin of Germany’s 8Tech Racing both have mechanical engineering backgrounds. When they aren’t studying, they are racing their racebikes around various circuits in Europe. Given their backgrounds in racing and engineering, they have […]
