Motor Rock is a workshop founded by Keita Kobayashi and Takanori Katagiri in Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan, in 2004. Not only have they built an impressive stable of custom bikes — both metric customs and a quiver […]
Tag: Kawasaki
Kawasaki W650 Custom by Pancake Customs
A Dutch-built Kawasaki W650, designed for a veteran BMX rider… We first ran across this amazing Kawasaki W650 custom when our friends Rusty Gold Motorshop of Amsterdam snapped a shot of the bike sitting outside […]
Kawasaki H1 Street Tracker by Vallantine Motor Works
Who doesn’t need a 500cc, two-stroke, triple-cylinder tracker? The Kawasaki H1 Mach III — a 500cc, two-stroke, 60-hp wheelie machine that became a legend in its own time. The smoking banshee of a machine did […]
Kawasaki Vulcan S Bobber by Revolt Cycles
The Challenge: Turn a boring cruiser into an exciting sports bobber. Unlike most cruisers, the Kawasaki Vulcan S features a 649cc parallel twin adapted from Kawasaki’s ER6 range. The motor offers a healthy 61 horsepower, […]
Kawasaki KZ440 Scrambler by Psycho Chopps
The Kawasaki KZ440 is the larger bore brother of the Z/KZ400, offering a 443cc air-cooled parallel twin instead of the smaller sibling’s 398cc engine. Unlike the mighty Z1 and other KZ Series brethren, the KZ440 […]
Kawasaki Ninja 250 Cafe Racer by Mr. Ride
Flavio Vianna of Brazil’s Mr. Ride recently completed an internship with none other than Kaichiroh Kurosu of Cherry’s Company in Tokyo. Upon returning home, he knew his first cafe racer project would need to be […]
Custom Kawasaki KLX250 by Thomas Edwards
Thomas Edwards, the founder of Peloton Supershop, found his love for motorcycling after moving to Bali, where the long stretches of beach and jungle trails begged to be ridden on two wheels. His workshop is […]
Kawasaki Ninja 250 Street Tracker
Indonesia keeps turning out some of the hottest custom builds, and one of our favorite shops is Rockers Motorcycle Custom out of Bengkulu City. Owner Megy Yuana opened the shop about five years ago, and […]
Kawasaki KZ400 Cafe Racer by Offset Moto
Motorcycles bring families together like nothing else. BikeBound.com is largely a father/son project, so we are especially partial to stories like this Kawasaki KZ400 cafe racer by Offset Motorcycles of San Francisco. Founder Jason Lisica […]
Kawasaki KZ650 Brat by Kaspeed
If you follow the blog, you know we are big fans of the Kawasaki KZ650. The Honda CB series of the era may get more love and attention, but this “Son of the Z1” […]





