“Like straddling two chainsaws…” If you love motorcycles, a trip to the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (BMST) should be on your bucket list. Where else can you see men and women on garage-built machines […]
Tag: Two-Stroke
KH Five: 5-Cylinder Kawasaki Widowmaker!
Kawasaki Quintuple: 883cc 5-Cylinder Two-Stroke from Allen Millyard… Recently, we’ve been looking back at the many mind-blowing creations of Allen Millyard, the mild-mannered English gentleman known for shed-built specials that defy belief. In the past […]
Old Smoker: Suzuki GT550 Restomod
Kickback Contender: Restomod GT550 from Jeremy Missin… By the time Suzuki’s GT series of two-stroke triples landed on the scene, Kawasaki had already cemented a reputation for producing unbelievably fast and feisty “widowmaker” triples. The […]
1000cc Widowmaker: Kawasaki H2 Mach IV 1000-4
120-bhp 1000cc 4-cylinder Widowmaker from Allen Millyard… Introduced in late 1971, the Kawasaki H2 Mach IV 750 was the fastest-accelerating, scariest production machine money could buy. The 748cc air-cooled two-stroke triple-cylinder engine made 74 brake […]
Top 10 Two-Stroke Customs of 2024
Here at BikeBound, we’re big fans of two-strokes — the sound, smell, and sometimes scary powerbands of two-wheeled smokers is hard to beat. We have to say that 2024 was one of the strongest years […]
Holy Smoke: Suzuki GT750 Street Tracker
“Intoxicating in the best kind of way…” In the late 1960s, Japanese motorcycles were quickly evolving from utilitarian transportation into sporting machines that put a premium on performance and acceleration. Honda introduced the CB750 — […]
The Last Resurrection: Futuristic Suzuki A100 Café Racer
#1 Cafe Racer at Kustomfest : Father/Son Duo’s Show-Stopping Custom… Introduced in 1966, the Suzuki A100 was a 98cc two-stroke single-cylinder commuter with a rotary-valve intake and an output of ~10 horsepower. As bikes this […]
The Silver Bullet: Suzuki GT250
A Two-Stroke Bullet from Vintage Sykles… In 1971, Suzuki introduced the GT250 Hustler to their GT (Grand Touring) series of two-strokes. The company had taken a slightly different tack with its street bikes, favoring reliability […]
Giant-Slayer: 500cc Yamaha RD350 YPVS Restomod
Bolt Motor Co. builds a 500cc weapon… The Yamaha RD350 is one of the most iconic sporting motorcycles ever produced. The original air-cooled 350cc two-stroke parallel-twin was produced from 1973-1975, and the RD quickly became […]
Two-Stroke V3: The “Tait Triple”
As Seen at Kickback: Bob Tait’s Two-Stroke V3 Triple… Born in 1935 in Birmingham, England, Bob Tait was an engineer and toolmaker who worked his way up to Chief of Design at Norgren Engineering […]
