Scotland’s JM Customs builds a modernized Honda Nighthawk… The original SOHC Honda CB750 may get the lion’s share of the attention from bike builders and vintage bike aficionados, but the later Nighthawk 750 (CB750SC) […]
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All Squared Away: Honda CB450DX by JM Customs
The Honda CB450DX was available from 1989-1992, a popular beginner’s bike powered by a 43-hp air-cooled parallel-twin derived from the Superdream engine. The bike was affordable, reliable, easy to handle, and offered retro 70s styling. […]
“Flying Scotsman”: Moto Guzzi V65 by JM Customs
Inspired by the world’s most famous steam locomotive… The Flying Scotsman, built in 1923, earned its name hauling the extremely long and heavy London-to-Edinburgh passenger train. The three-cylinder, 96-ton, 70-foot engine was the first steam […]
BMW R80 Street Scrambler by JM Customs
James Moir and Chris Burnett of JM Customs are living the twinned dream and struggle of running an independent workshop in Perth, Scotland. As James says, “the struggle is real at times, we are growing […]
Kawasaki Z1000 “Flatliner” by JM Customs
A Z1000 street tracker straight out of Scotland… The Kawasaki Z1000 — aka the KZ1000 in the North American market — was a direct successor of the legendary Z1, the most powerful four-stroke motorcycle ever […]
