Holy Grail Honda: Steve Wise’s Legacy Lives on at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum… AMA Motorcycle Hall-of-Famer Steve Wise, who passed earlier this year, has been called the greatest all-around motorcycle racer in American racing […]
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Big Single Thunderbike: Honda XL600S Tracker
Honda XL600R Thunderbike from Fuchs Workshop… Last week we had the pleasure of featuring the #48 Honda 650 flat tracker of professional racer Niko Sorbo, built by Italy’s Fuchs Workshop to compete in the Thunderbike […]
Sorbo’s Thunderbike: Honda Dominator 650 Flat Tracker
From Fuchs Workshop: Niko Sorbo’s Honda Thunderbike, “Rusinella”… More than two decades ago, Massimo Rinchiuso of Italy’s Fuchs Workshop began preparing track bikes. Today, his Ravenna-based workshop specializes in hand-shaped aluminum bodywork, 3D design, CNC […]
Hooligan V-Twin: Honda NV400 Scrambler / Tracker
A V-Twin Honda Hooligan from GDZH Custom Cycle… The Honda NV400 was a small-displacement V-twin cruiser sometimes known as the Steed or Shadow 400. The liquid-cooled 52-degree V-twin produced 33-35 horsepower, and the bike weighed […]
The Honda EXP-2: The Two-Stroke Desert Racer
Honda’s 400cc “Experimental 2-Stroke” Baja 1000 / Dakar Rally Bike… In the mid-1990s, as emissions regulations tightened worldwide and the future of two-stroke off-road bikes looked increasingly uncertain, Honda did something nobody expected: it built […]
The Original, “Original Superbike” — 1968 Honda CB750 Prototype
For Sale: The Original 1968 Honda CB750 Sandcast Prototype… This week is the annual Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction, where more than 2000 historic, vintage, custom, racing, and just plain interesting motorcycles are slated to […]
Xuxu’s Team Sandraiders: Honda NX650 Dominator Rally Bikes
Two Classic Rally-Raid Bikes from a Father-Son Rally Racing Team… Today the Dakar Rally takes place each year in Saudi Arabia. While the landscapes and competition remain as epic as ever, there are those of […]
XL Style Retromod: Honda Tiger 250 Scrambler
A Frame-Swapped Retro-Enduro Scrambler from Solace Motorcycle… The Honda Tiger (GL200) was a ~200cc SOHC machine produced and sold for many years in the Indonesia market. It was intended not as a small commuter, but […]
Grind and Shine: Honda FTR250 Flat Tracker
“Grind Glitter” Flat Tracker from Shakin’ Speed Graphix… The Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show (HCS) — organized by Mooneyes, the legendary Japanese hot-rod brand — is one of the most prestigious custom culture shows on […]
Baja 1000-Winning Honda CRF450X Desert Racer
The Bike That Won Baja: SLR Racing’s CRF450X… The Baja 1000 is one of the most grueling and revered off-road races in the world — a marathon of speed, physical endurance, and mechanical resilience that […]
