What if Honda had created a factory street tracker in the 1970s? The Honda CB450 Black Bomber is a legend in its own right — Honda’s first “big bike,” a 444cc parallel-twin machine unveiled in […]
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Yamaha “SRXT500” Vinduro by 86 Gear
From Street to Scrambler… By 1971, BSA and Matchless had both gone out of business, and with them the British 500 singles whose torque and character had proved perfect for such a wide variety of […]
Carbon Caballero: Fantic 500 Street Tracker
A fully carbon Caballero from Scotland… Fantic Motor was founded in Italy in 1968, and the company soon earned a reputation for their lightweight mopeds, enduros, and trials motorcycles. Fantic’s 50cc and 125cc “chopper” mopeds […]
Scrambler Road Cross: Yamaha “SRC600”
A Dutch motocross racer builds himself a dual-terrain ripper… In 1983, Kawasaki and Yamaha decided to challenge Honda’s domination of the big-bore dual-sport class. Kawasaki introduced their KLR600 and Yamaha their XT600 — a bike […]
KTM Duke 690 Scrambler by KickMoto
Nova Scotia’s KickMoto builds a Duke scrambler… The KTM Duke 690 is the Austrian company’s top of the line single-cylinder supermoto, a fuel-injected 693cc thumper that makes 73 horsepower and 55 pound-feet of torque. “Perfect […]
VX Traveler: Cagiva 900 Scrambler
Venier Customs builds a 1999 Cagiva custom… The Cagiva Gran Canyon 900 was a large-scale dual-purpose / adventure bike powered by the formidable air-cooled V-twin from Ducati’s 900SS. The Ducati 90° “L-twin” was fitted with […]
Turbo Tracker: Kawasaki KZ440 by Slyfox Customs
“Words can’t describe the sound this thing makes as it comes onto boost.” Back in 1974, Kawasaki built a plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, to produce their new KZ400 twin, becoming the first foreign manufacturer to […]
Sunrise Bonneville: Triumph T100 Roadster
The sun rises on FCR Original’s Triumph T100… In 2012, engineers Mathieu Ménard and Sébastien Guillemot founded French workshop FCR Original, quickly demonstrating their skills with victories in the French Dragster National Championships. In 2017, […]
Harley-Davidson XR750 “Streetclone”
An XR750 “streetclone” built by a Special Forces combat veteran… Introduced in 1970, the Harley-Davidson XR750 would become the most successful racing motorcycle in history, winning 29 of 37 AMA Grand National Championships in its […]
Voodoo Interceptor: BMW R1150GS Hooligan
Voodoo Garage transforms an aging GS into an urban assault machine… The BMW R1150GS Adventure was the 1999-2004 evolution of the famed BMW GS series. Introduced in 1980, the original R80GS (Gelände/Straße, German for “Off-road/Road”) […]
