A classy airhead from Portugal’s Algarve Coast… In 1978, BMW introduced the R65 as a 650 middleweight to the airhead lineup. While the bike had the same frame as the larger R-series machines, it had […]
Tag: Rusty Wrench Motorcycles
Big-Bore Weapon: Suzuki GSX-R1100 “Bushido”
Rusty Wrench Motorcycles builds an 1100cc weapon… In the early 1980s, Suzuki set to work developing a machine that could outperform the formidable Honda Interceptor. In 1984, they released the GSX-R400, an aluminum-framed four-cylinder sportbike […]
Black Mamba: Honda CBR929RR by RW Motorcycles
Inspired by the world’s fastest, most dangerous snake… In 2000, at the very outset of the 21st century, Honda introduced the CBR929RR — the fifth-generation of the Fireblade series of open-class sport bikes, and the […]
Moto Guzzi V7 III “Giulia” by RW Motorcycles
“Classic look, simple and elegant.” In 2017, Moto Guzzi introduced the V7 III to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the V7 series. The bike still boasts an air-cooled pushrod V-twin, just like the original V7 […]
Faro Way: Triumph Bonneville Brat
Last year, we had the pleasure of road-tripping across Portugal — a nation where custom motorcycle culture is truly taking flight. Given the stunning riding roads along the coast and in the hills, it’s no […]
Blue Moon: BMW K100 Café Racer by RW Motorcycles
The BMW K100 seems to be experiencing a renaissance in the custom world. The 90-horsepower, fuel-injected engine offers good punch, and the “Flying Brick” is known to be rock-solid during high-speed cruising. Still, it’s safe […]
“Poseidon” Kawasaki GPz1100 Custom by RW Motorcycles
A Sea-inspired Kawasaki GPz from the Algarve Coast… For a riotous period in the 1980s, the Kawasaki GPz1100 was king of the air-cooled superbikes. A decade later, Kawasaki re-introduced the GPz brand with the liquid-cooled […]
Honda CB750 Cafe Racer by RW Motorcycles
An old superbike gets a modern makeover… The Honda CB750 was the “original superbike” — a four-stroke street, strip, and track weapon that radicalized the UJM (Universal Japanese Motorcycle). However, the 750cc Hall-of-Famer is getting […]
Suzuki GSX1200 Inazuma Custom by Rusty Wrench Motorcycles
A legendary muscle bike gets a burly, two-up makeover… The Suzuki GSX1200 Inazuma was an oil-cooled muscle bike of the late 1990s, offering a neat 100 horsepower on tap and a quarter mile time of […]
