Red Right Hand of Moto thinks inside the box… The Honda Z series, better known as the Monkey, remains one of the most iconic and beloved motorcycles of all time. Introduced in the early 1960s, […]
Tag: Minibikes
The Monster: Supercharged 1969 Bonanza Minibike!
Wolf Creek Garage builds a blown mini tracker for The Wild One! In 1958, Michael O. Farrand founded a high-performance go-kart company, Custom Kart, in Central California. Operations soon moved to San Jose, and the […]
Mister Donut: Honda RS125 Minimoto Racer
A two-stroke tribute to racing legend Norick Abe… In his early days in the lightweight classes, a teenage Valentino Rossi gave himself the nickname “Rossifumi” — a tribute to Norifumi “Norick” Abe, whose legendary wild-card […]
Senna Tribute: Honda CT70 John Player Special
The Chattahoochee Skunkworks pays tribute to a racing legend… Some of the most iconic racing liveries in history came out of the heyday of tobacco company sponsorship, when the likes of Lucky Strike, Marlboro, Rothmans, […]
Small-Bore Speeder: Honda MB5 Land Speed Racer
Tim Klostermann of Economy Chopper sets out to beat the M-AG 50cc land speed record… For one year only (1982), the US market received the Honda MB5, a 50cc reed-valve two-stroke with a five-speed gearbox, […]
Mad Dog Tracker: “The Mini” by Jake Drummond
“This is a full-on mini race bike.” If you think full-grown adults have no business racing 175cc play bikes, a host of pro racers and amateur flat track stars are here to prove you wrong. […]
Mini Missile: Kawasaki “KV250” Two-Stroke Triple!
Ralf Kraemer shoehorns a KH250 triple into a KV minibike! In the late 60s, the Honda Monkey took the market by storm, becoming a sensation among riders both young and old. In 1971, Kawasaki released […]
Bunker Kong: Honda Monkey 125 Café Racer
Bunker Custom Cycles turns a 2020 Monkey into a Gorilla… The 21st century is seeing a resurgence in the popularity of mini bikes. The Honda Grom and Kawasaki Z125 have been hits on the world […]
Turbo Pitbike: Orion FX-PRO 125 Scrambler
Sweden’s John Aaman builds a turbocharged, snow-going, fat-tire mini scrambler! There are builders who model everything in 3D before they ever loosen a single bolt. They have the entire project conceptualized, the materials sourced, the […]
Mini Smoker: Dyno-Tuned 2-Stroke Mini Tracker
#CoronaVirusBikeBuildOff 2nd Place: Wilco Lindner’s insane 2-stroke mini tracker! Last year, we featured Wilco Lindner’s Yamaha RD125 street tracker built “for the love of screaming two-strokes.” That dyno-tuned 125cc twin would become one of our […]
