WKND Customs builds a shaft-drive sled for the Parisian streets… In the 1980s, the Suzuki GS1100G was the company’s largest shaft-drive motorcycle, featuring an 8-valve DOHC inline four that produced 92 bhp and 62 lb-ft […]
Tag: Muscle Bikes
Resto-Monster: Honda CB1100F Restomod
1123cc Honda Restomod from AC Sanctuary… In 1983, the Honda CB1100F arrived as the company’s king sport bike, designed to battle head-on with the 1100-class superbikes from Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha — bikes that were […]
Monster Zed: Kawasaki Z1-R Restomod
AC Sanctuary’s “Radical Construction Manufacture” Z1-R… In the world of high-powered Japanese restomods, one name has long stood apart: AC Sanctuary. Founder Hiroyuki Nakamura opened his shop in the 1990s. Since then, they’ve built a […]
Retro Muscle: Kawasaki “GPz1136” Restomod
A Blood Red Big Block from Atlanta Motorcycle Works… In 1981, Kawasaki introduced the GPz1100, which would be the ultimate evolution of the mighty air-cooled Zed fours born from the legend itself, the Z1. Before […]
Yamaha XJR1300 Café Racer: “Kojirō”
Dezmembrez Moto builds a high-tech XJR — and it’s for sale! If we had to choose one model of the modern era that we wished we received here in North America, the Yamaha XJR1300 would […]
Austrian Bulldog: Yamaha BT1100 Custom
BT1100 Bulldog from Martin Buchmayr x i-flow… Introduced in 2002, the Yamaha BT1100 Bulldog was quite an interesting machine, a hard-to-classify V-twin roadster with Italian roots: “The Bulldog has been conceived, developed and assembled by […]
Retro Superbike: Kawasaki Zephyr 1100 “Shōzō”
72 HKG Performance builds a ZR1100… Introduced in the 1990s, the Kawasaki Zephyr 1100 harked back to the mighty air/oil-cooled four-cylinder monsters of the ’70s and early ’80s — a time when riders like Eddie […]
Beast Café: Yamaha XJR1300
Hedgehog Motorcycles builds a beastly XJR… The Yamaha XJR1300 was a proper old-school muscle bike. The air-cooled inline four powerplant began life in the 1984 FJ1100. By the time it reached the XJR1300 in […]
Muscle + Elegance: FCR Original’s “Graphic Bobber”
A Triumph Bonneville Bobber from FCR Original… In 2017, the Triumph Bobber hit the scene with a 1200cc “High Torque” parallel-twin engine and “post-war” styling that recalled the early bobbers of the era after WWII. […]
French Design, American Muscle: Avinton “Black Swan”
Ortolani Customs transforms an S&S-powered Avinton… Avinton is a French motorcycle maker inspired by American muscle cars, particularly the 427 Cobra of Carroll Shelby: “The Avinton Collector GT is handmade in France based off of […]
