Smoke Show: Vic Shield’s Dual-Livery 421cc YPVS Smoker… The Yamaha RD350 YPVS — also known as the RZ350 or RD350LC II — remains one of the last and most legendary two-stroke street bikes ever produced. […]
Tag: Superbikes
Free Radical: Honda ELF-E Endurance Racer
Honda’s ELF-E: The Radical Experiment That Reimagined Motorcycle Chassis Design In the early 1980s, motorcycle engineering was undergoing a quiet revolution. Aluminum frames were replacing steel. Aerodynamics were becoming more sophisticated. Manufacturers were beginning to […]
Zed Ain’t Dead: Moto Martin Z1000J “Ghost 8”
Ride and Restore builds a Zed-powered Moto Martin for a Game of Thrones star… In 1970, Georges Martin — a French industrial designer who drew his inspiration from 1970s competition race bikes — founded Moto […]
40th Anniversary Artbike: 1985 Suzuki GSX-R750 Slabside
Mother of the Modern Sportbike: 40th Anniversary GSX-R from NCC x Fuzzy Racing x Woefie-Art… When the Suzuki GSX-R750 appeared in 1985, it was nothing short of revolutionary. Suzuki had created the first real race […]
EXEET MR Competition: BMW M1000R-Powered Hyperquad
1000cc Street-Legal Quad: “Feels like a Formula 2 car with a motorcycle handlebar – positively crazy…” The BMW M 1000 R is the company’s flagship “hyper-naked,” featuring a 207-bhp ShiftCam engine from the S 1000 […]
Bakker Turbo: 252-rwhp Suzuki GSX-R1100
“It feels like the hand of God has just pushed you in the small of your back…” In the early 1970s, accomplished Dutch road racer Nico Bakker decided to construct his own motorcycle frame […]
Legend of the Green: Kawasaki 750 Turbo
Functional Art: Bart Hoover’s Kawasaki ZX750E1 Turbo Restomod… In the early 80s, Kawasaki began development of what would become the 750 Turbo — widely regarded as the best production turbo bike of the era. […]
Dream Gixxer: Suzuki GSX-R750 “Slingshot Racer”
Wildcard Garage’s GSX-R750 Slingshot, built for AHRMA Next Gen Superbike… The Suzuki GSX-R750 was nothing short of a revolution in the superbike world. The original “Slabside” 750 was basically a detuned, street-legal version of a […]
Homage to Friendship: Suzuki Katana 1100 Café Racer
Tribute to a Lost Friend from Germany’s Enno Moto… The original Suzuki GSX1100S Katana made quite the splash in 1981. While the radical space-age styling remains one of the most polarizing designs ever to emerge […]
The Altar of Speed: Worship Moto Show 2025: Round I
“Come Pray to the Gods of Speed…” The UK’s Worship Motorcycle Show might just be our favorite new event in the world of two wheels. Organized by Gary Inman of DirtQuake and Sideburn fame, […]
