“Although the aesthetics play a large part in my design process, the essence of every custom motorcycle, no matter how stunning, is that it’s meant to be ridden after all! That’s why I start every […]
Tag: Germany
’40s Inspired: Honda CB350K by Black Bean Motorcycles
Introduced in 1968, the Honda CB350K Twin was not a technological marvel like the soon-to-arrive CB750 Four, but the 36-bhp parallel-twin was the perfect bike for the time — punchy, reliable, affordable, and fun. Said […]
Old East Metal: MZ ETZ 250 (350cc) Bobber
A two-stroke bobber from the founding city of MZ… MZ, which stands for Motorenwerke Zschopau (Zschopau Engine Works), began building motorcycles in 1922, making them one of the world’s oldest motorcycle manufacturers, and the factory […]
XLsinore: Honda XR600R Scrambler
The Honda XR600R was one of the most successful dirt bikes of all time, an air-cooled beast built from 1985 to 2000 — a wildly successful machine in both the desert and the woods. Out […]
Heritage Edition: KASPEED CB750 RC42 Cafe Racer
“A concept of how a modern Honda works cafe racer could look if they built it at the factory.” In the early 1990s, Honda introduced the CB750 RC42, an air-cooled inline four with a […]
Flatbanger: BMW R100R Supermoto by Rind Performance
Flatbanger: A Supermoto-inspired Airhead from Germany… The BMW R100 was the last of the legendary BMW airheads, featuring a 980cc flat-twin boxer engine and BMW Paralever rear suspension coupled with a single-sided swingarm. The engine […]
Modular Prototype: Suzuki DR650 Cafe Racer / Tracker
It’s a tracker, it’s a cafe racer, it’s both! The Suzuki DR650 has been in production for nearly 30 years, earning a reputation as one of the most rugged, versatile thumpers on the planet. However, […]
Unique, Yet Unmistakable: BMW R100GS “Icon”
The BMW R80GS was the world’s first “Adventure Bike,” a large displacement travel-oriented enduro whose G/S abbreviation stood for Gelände/Straße (German: off-road/road). If the R80GS was the first, its successor, the R100GS set the standard […]
Street Sweet, Dirt Worthy: Honda XL500 by Loose Screw
“Street sweet. Dirt worthy. Good time transportation…” That’s how Honda described their lineup of XL dual-purpose motorcycles in their big 1979 magazine advertisement. The ’79 Honda XL500S was the “New King Single” of the bunch, […]
Yamaha Virago 750 “GTS” by 074 Customs
When Yamaha engineers were designing the XV750 — aka the Virago 750 — they surely didn’t realize that this funky V-twin cruiser — Yamaha’s first! — would be resurrected as a cafe racer some forty […]
