MotoExotica’s Classic 500, built for the Indian Himalayas… In 2009 Royal Enfield launched the Classic 350 and Classic 500, single-cylinder street bikes inspired by the Bullet 350 of the late 1940s. Both new models […]
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“Single Malt” Café Racer
TIME:Cycles builds a Hero Hunk café racer for a pro footballer… The Hero Hunk is a 150cc commuter bike from Hero — a brand formerly known as Hero Honda, which began as a joint venture […]
Diesel Enfield: 1959 Bullet by TIME:CYCLES
India’s TIME:CYCLES Garage Cafe builds an Enfield bobber with a 500cc Greaves-Lombardini diesel! Diesel motorcycles are fairly uncommon, mostly reserved for military use, where power-to-weight ratio often takes a back seat to range, fuel availability, […]
RECK 2: Royal Enfield Cafe Racer Kit
The Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 is inspired by the original British cafe racer culture of the 1950s and 60s, a modern interpretation of the classic GT 250 of the era. The bike’s heart is […]
Race Derived: Yamaha RD350 Cafe Racer by MotoExotica
A 1984 (!) Yamaha RD350 from the Himalayan foothills… The Yamaha RD350 is one of our favorite two-stroke street bikes, a parallel-twin standard that boasted 39 horsepower, Autolube oil injection, best-in-class brakes, and lovely colors […]
Marlboro Man: Royal Enfield Himalayan Scrambler
Royal Enfield and the Marlboro Man… The Royal Enfield Himalayan was launched in 2016 as the company’s first adventure touring bike. It was designed by none other than Pierre Terblanche, the designer behind such machines […]
Vajra 612: Royal Enfield Custom Cafe Racer
A Faster Bullet… The Royal Enfield Classic 500 — aka CL500 — has been in production for a decade. From the outside, it looks like an old-school Enfield, directly linked to the company’s storied heritage […]
ISDT-Inspired: Jawa Forty Two Scambler by Autologue Design
Inspired by Jawa Six Days Trial machines… In 1929, Czech armament engineer František Janeček decided to transform a former arms factory in Prague into a motorcycle manufacturing company, purchasing the motorcycle division of the Germany […]
Track Racer: Yamaha RD350 by Moto Exotica
The Yamaha RD350 is one of our favorite two-stroke street bikes, a 39-horsepower parallel twin that featured Autolube oil injection and a similar frame to the Yamaha TZ350 racer. In most countries, the bike was […]
Urban Scrambler: Royal Enfield Classic 500 by Moto Exotica
A CL500 scrambler from the Land of the Gods… Tucked in the far north of India, in the mountain state of Uttarakhand — known as the “Land of the Gods” — is a small crew […]