Slipstream Creations’ first Kawasaki build… When Honda released the CB750 in 1969, Kawasaki head engineer Ben Inamura didn’t focus on rivaling Honda’s 750cc four, but beating it. Three years later, the 900cc Kawasaki Z1 appeared…and […]
Tag: Trackers
Trigger: Yamaha FZ-09 Street Tracker
Triple-Cylinder Super Hooligan Street Tracker from Triston Rue… In 2014, Yamaha introduced the original FZ-09, a naked middleweight packing a feisty three-cylinder crossplane “CP3” engine good for 100+ horsepower and 60 pound-feet of torque. Known […]
DRZ Scorpion 434: Suzuki DR-Z400 Custom
Four Years in the Making: DRZ Scorpion 434 by Parr Motorcycles… Back in 2018, we featured a very auspicious Suzuki DR650 “Retro-Moto” from first-time builder Spencer Parr, an Indiana police investigator who’d lost the vision […]
TT Special: Honda CL72 Street Tracker
A Record-Setting Ascot TT Special from the 60s… In 1962, Honda released the CL72 Scrambler 250 with an eye toward the American market, where high pipes, semi-knobby tires, and an off-road attitude were fast becoming […]
Wheels & Waves 2024: El Rollo Flat Track
In the words of Gille Leenknegt (@gilleee | www.theroadshow.es)… The El Rollo flat track race took place in the Hypodromo De San Sebastian in Spain, a really cool location in the middle of a one-mile sand […]
Chequered Past: BSA Lightning Street Tracker
Aldana-Inspired BSA A65 Street Tracker from Richard Bloomfield… In 1964, BSA introduced the Lightning as a sporting roadster, a hotter version of the company’s A65 twin. The bike’s twin-carb unit construction engine was lighter and […]
Chem Trails: Yamaha RD400 Street Tracker
A Smokin’ Two-Stroke Tracker from DubStyle Designs… There are workshops who turn out a kaleidoscopic range of custom bikes, always experimenting with a style or era or make they haven’t yet explored, often at […]
Road 2 London: “Riscatto” Beta M4 Supermoto
All-Metal Supermoto from Rome’s Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche… At the 2024 Bike Shed Moto Show earlier this month, six builders from six different Italian cities brought six different bikes from their native Italy to the […]
Hyper Mono 659: Custom Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono
From Fuller Moto: World’s First Custom Ducati Hyper Mono! Last year, Ducati unveiled their new Superquadro Mono 660 single-cylinder engine to scintillating fanfare. Superquadro means “oversquare” in Italian, and with a bore/stroke ratio of 1.86, […]
Yamaha SR500 Tracker from “Kid McQueen”
A 70s-inspired SR500 tracker from 20-year-old Moritz Bree… Back in 2016, a 12-year-old custom phenom from Austria, Moritz Bree, came onto the scene. He was involved in designing custom bikes for Free Spirits and Zaeta, […]