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 […]
Tag: Texas
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 […]
Handbuilt GS: “Tanso” Suzuki GS550 Café Racer
Carbon Café Racer from Mike Mitchum of MCAM Moto… In the spring of 1977, the Suzuki GS550 arrived, following close on the heels of the company’s first four-stroke street bike, the GS750, introduced just six […]
Handbuilt Show 2022: Bobbers & Choppers
The Handbuilt Motorcycle Show celebrates hand-built two-wheeled machinery in a world dominated by digital technology and mass production: “It is our vision that those that visit The Handbuilt Motorcycle Show will be inspired to pick […]
Adventure Rig: BMW R100GS Paris Dakar Restomod
A 118,000-mile adventure rig from Eli Carver x Stasis Motorcycles… The BMW R100GS PD (Paris Dakar) was a beast of an adventure bike, combining the 980cc flat-twin boxer engine and paralever suspension of the highly […]
Handbuilt Show 2022: Café Racers!
Cafe Racers, Real Racers, and Superbikes… The Handbuilt Show in one of the best motorcycle shows on the planet, celebrating hand-built machinery in a world that seems to be hurtling toward the virtual, digital, and […]
Handbuilt Show 2022: Trackers & Scramblers!
Hosted by Revival Cycles each year during MotoGP weekend in Austin, Texas, The Handbuilt Motorcycle Show celebrates hand-built machinery of the two-wheeled variety: “The Handbuilt Motorcycle Show is an inspiring showcase of works from builders […]