A Black Beauty from De Palma Cycles… Introduced in 1979, the Honda CB650 Four (RC03) would be the last of Honda’s air-cooled SOHC fours — an illustrious lineage that began with the 1969 CB750 and […]
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Bottpower’s Yamaha XSR900: “XR9 Carbona”
Pikes Peak Power: Bottpower’s Yard-Built XSR900… The Yamaha XSR900 is a retro roadster powered by Yamaha’s renowned CP3 (Crossplane 3-cylinder) engine — the same inline triple that powers the MT-09 “Hyper Naked” and Tracer 900 […]
EXO-llent: Tamarit’s Triumph Scrambler
Tamarit Motorcycles of Spain continues to be one of the most prolific builders on the planet. Though they specialize in Triumph builds, they don’t churn out cookie-cutter customs — they’re always trying to push the […]
She Who is Powerful: “Sekhmet” BMW R80
Fit for a Goddess: 72 HKG Performance’s BMW Boxer… Sekhmet was an Egyptian goddess of war and healing, often depicted in the form of a lioness or woman with a lion’s head. Her name can […]
Silenzio, Bruna! Triumph Bonneville Street Tracker
Tamarit Motorcycles creates their “craziest bike” yet… In the 2021 Pixar film Luca, loosely based on Italian myths and folklore, the main character, Luca, tells his friend Alberto that he’s afraid to launch their rickety […]
Fantic Koala: Two-Stroke Beach Bike
Balloon-Tire Beach Baddie from Animal Motor Company! In the late 1980s, Fantic, the Italian company best known for their competition trials and enduro machines, introduced the Koala, a 50cc two-stroke fat-tire bike that resembled the […]
Project Z: 1977 Kawasaki Z1000 Restomod
In 1972, Kawasaki unleashed the 903cc Z1 on the world, a four-cylinder freight train destined to outclass every other production street bike on the planet: “With one stunning model [Kawasaki] scooped up all the prizes […]
“Sportracker 05” – Harley XL1200 Sportster
Lord Drake Kustoms builds a burly Sportster… The Sportster continues to be one of our favorite platforms for custom builds. Our own “Blitzen Tracker” is a favored steed in the stable, and in 2022 alone, […]
Dakar Dualie: Honda XL600LM Resto
ZZ Moto restores a limited-edition Honda thumper… By the mid-1980s, the Paris Dakar Rally had become an immensely popular event on the world stage, and the big factories were competing hard to develop the […]
Black Fury: Royal Enfield Continental GT 650
XTR Pepo transforms an Enfield into an endurance-style racer… Pepo Rosell of Spain’s XTR Pepo built his reputation customizing Italian superbikes under his brand Radical Ducati. After closing that workshop several years ago and taking […]
