Tarty Two-Stroke: Manx Road Racer and Toolmaker Builds a 70s-Style Smoker… No street bike is as infamous as the Kawasaki Triple. For the 1969 model year, the original H1 Mach III 500 came howling and […]
Tag: Kickback Custom Show
KICKBACK 2026 Round IV: Bobbers & Choppers Galore
Chops, Bobs, and Wild Things… The 33rd KICKBACK Custom Classic Bike Show had something for everyone, with hundreds of bikes spread across six indoor exhibition halls of the Three Counties Showground in Great Malvern, […]
KICKBACK 2026 Round III: Scramblers, Trackers, Supermotos!
The 33rd KICKBACK Custom Classic Bike Show wasn’t exclusive to superbikes, streetfighters, and cafe racers — many machines with “knobblies” were in attendance, too. Desert sleds, scramblers, street trackers, even a motard or two. We […]
KICKBACK 2026 Round II: Café Racers!
Two-Strokes, Tritons, and Italian Twins… We’re back with another gallery of shots from the 2026 Kickback Custom Classic Bike Show, which took place April 11-12 at the Three Counties Showground in Great Malvern, UK. This […]
KICKBACK 2026 Round I: Muscle Bikes, Restomods, Butchered Classics
Straight from Great Malvern: Turbos, Big Bores, Drag Bikes, and More… Earlier this month, the 33rd Kickback Custom Classic Bike Show took place at the Three Counties Showground in Great Malvern, UK. The 2026 event […]
KICKBACK: Custom Classic Bike Show 2025
KICKBACK 2025 at Sammy Miller’s Moto Museum… KICKBACK is the longest-running indoor custom motorcycle event in the United Kingdom, regularly attracting thousands of riders, enthusiasts, and custom bike builders to their shows. Just like the […]
KICKBACK Custom Classic Show 2025: Class Winners!
The 30th edition of The KICKBACK Custom Classic Show took place at the Three Counties Showground in Great Malvern in April. Set out in five event halls, over 6,000 bike lovers came to enjoy the […]
Old Smoker: Suzuki GT550 Restomod
Kickback Contender: Restomod GT550 from Jeremy Missin… By the time Suzuki’s GT series of two-stroke triples landed on the scene, Kawasaki had already cemented a reputation for producing unbelievably fast and feisty “widowmaker” triples. The […]
Two-Stroke V3: The “Tait Triple”
As Seen at Kickback: Bob Tait’s Two-Stroke V3 Triple… Born in 1935 in Birmingham, England, Bob Tait was an engineer and toolmaker who worked his way up to Chief of Design at Norgren Engineering […]
Back to KICKBACK: Custom Classic Bike Show, Part II
Part Deux: KICKBACK 2024 at Sammy Miller’s Moto Museum… KICKBACK Custom Classic Bike Show is said to be the longest-running indoor custom moto event in all of the UK. The Great Malvern show this past […]
