Words and photography by Kati Dalek (Kayadaek Photography) There are festivals—and then there’s Wheels and Waves. Now in its 14th edition, the legendary gathering in Biarritz has long outgrown its status as just an event. […]
Tag: France
Soul of a Sprinter: Triumph Trident 660 RS Café Racer
From FCR Original: Triple-Cylinder Triumph Café Racer… Introduced in 2020, the Triumph Trident 660 is a middleweight naked bike / roadster with an 80-bhp triple born from the Daytona 675 supersport engine. The engine […]
Team Crampons: Honda NX650 Baja Dominator
Baja-Inspired Dominator from Jeremie of Team Crampons… Honda introduced the NX650 Dominator back in 1988. Power came from a slightly enlarged version of the XR600R dirt bike engine (44 bhp / 39 lb-ft of […]
Dust Trail: Himalayan 450 Rally Bike
From OrMotors: Hima 450 for Portugal’s “Dust Trail”… In 2024, Royal Enfield launched an all-new 450 version of their popular Himalayan adventure bike. The new Himalayan 450 features Enfield’s first-ever liquid-cooled engine, the Sherpa […]
Moto Guzzi “Dolce Riva” Café Racer
Guzzi Café Racer inspired by the Riva Aquarama Powerboat… The year 1962 saw the introduction of the original Riva Aquarama, a luxury wooden runabout destined to become “the Ferrari of the boating world.” The […]
King Kenny Edition: Yamaha XJR1300 TR
Kenny Roberts Tribute: 1300 XJR Street Beast from Tumulte… If we had to make a list of 21st-century bikes we wish were sold in North America, the Yamaha XJR1300 would be near the top. Introduced […]
ISDT Tribute: Triumph T120 Bonneville Scrambler
The Triumph Bonneville T120 is probably the most well-rounded Bonnie of the lot, a 1200cc roadster that combines classic style and character with modern tech like liquid cooling, ABS, traction control, heated grips, and more. […]
HRC Eurosport: Honda CX650E Café Racer
From Aircraft Carrier to Café Racer: A “Cus’Tom Motorcycle” from France… The CX series was quite the departure for Honda. The first prototype of the CX V-twin was built as early as 1973, designed to […]
Honda Ladybird: DOHC CB750 Cafe Racer
Japanese-Italian Love Story from Jerem Motorcycles… At the 1978 Cologne Motorcycle Show, Honda unveiled their new 16-valve DOHC CB750, the much-anticipated successor to the “Original Superbike,” the SOHC CB750. The new 743cc dual-cam four-cylinder […]
Big Bore Four: Yamaha XJR1200 Café Racer
A Reborn XJR from RV Workshop… After the introduction of the original Suzuki GSX-R in the mid-1980s, sporting motorcycles began to move quickly toward aluminum frames, monoshocks, liquid-cooled engines, and full fairings — the hallmarks […]
