A Goldwing built in memory of Ayrton Senna… In 1985, Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna won his first victory in Formula One. It was the Portuguese Gran Prix, in very wet conditions, and Senna lapped […]
Tag: John Player Special
Honda CX650 Cafe Racer by One-up Moto Garage
The John Player Special, built for the father of an F1 driver… We see a lot of Honda CX500 builds these days, but rarely do we see a CX650C — a one-year model available only […]
BMW R65 Cafe Racer: “John Player Special”
A single-seat, JPS-inspired tribute to Mario Andretti’s days at Team Lotus… In 1976, Mario Andretti joined Team Lotus, driving the John Player Special (JPS) F1 cars into championship winning form. The signature gold-and-black livery of […]
Yamaha XS750 Cafe Racer by Backdoor
The Yamaha XS750 and XS850–both triples–don’t receive nearly as much attention from custom builders as the wildly popular XS650 parallel twins of the same era. However, the three-cylinder XS750 was lauded as a “Bargain […]
