Tyson Carver’s R100GS Restomod… The BMW R80GS, introduced in 1980, is known as the bike that spawned a whole new breed of motorcycle, the adventure bike. Here were big multi-cylinder, multi-sport bikes that could cross […]
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77 Redux: Honda CB750F Café Racer
Rocket Science: CB750F Cafe Racer from a SpaceX Propulsion Engineer… In 1975, Honda unveiled the CB750F Super Sport, a significant redesign of the original CB750K that included both styling and performance enhancements. The engine boasted […]
ALPHA: Kawasaki ZRX1200R Café Racer
Titanium-clad Zed from Alpha.Moto… The Kawasaki ZRX1200R remains one of our favorite machines of the early 2000s, a throwback muscle bike that took inspiration from the KZ1000R Eddie Lawton Replica of the early 1980s. […]
Handbuilt: Yamaha “XSTT 750” Street Tracker
Big-Bore Yamaha XS650 “Steeplechase Champion” by Will Bastas… From April 12-14, our friends at Revival Cycles hosted the 2024 edition of the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas, paired as always with MotoGP weekend at […]
Cheater Slick: Honda XR75 Custom
Custom Minibike: “The Montague Loop Special” from Alpha Moto Co… In the early 1950s, M&H Tires began to offer production racing slicks for drag racers. Since fully slick tires are outlawed on most roads due […]
ONESPEED RACER: Ducati Monster S4 Café Racer
Alpha Moto builds a GP-inspired Monster… By the year 2000, the air-cooled Ducati Monster 900 — the Italian factory’s best-selling machine — was growing long in the tooth, losing traction to a crop of ever […]
From the ZRX Sanctuary: Kawasaki ZRX1200R “Aki”
A young builder transforms a “fallen” ZRX into a 70s-inspired beast… Introduced in 2001, the Kawasaki ZRX1200R was a burly, big-bore muscle bike whose retro style and big-block power harked back to the Eddie Lawson […]
Silver Wing: Honda GL650 Café Racer
Hand-built in Texas by Alpha Moto Co… For one year only, Honda offered the 1983 GL650I Silver Wing Interstate — a midsize touring bike powered by the transverse “twisted” 80-degree pushrod V-twin introduced in the […]
Jackson Motorcycles: “CX500R”
Back in 2019, we showcased a very special build from Craig Jackson, a Texas-born engineer and former motocross racer who competed in the Grand National Championship three times at the Houston Astrodome. About a decade […]
Blue Apex: Honda Hawk GT Café Racer
Bil Harmer’s Honda NT650 Café Racer… The Honda Hawk GT, also known as the NT650 or RC31, is something of a cult bike. Designed by one of Honda’s greatest designers, Toshiaki Kishi, the Hawk was […]