“It’d be way cooler if it had a two-stroke engine…” Some builders focus more on the art and fabrication of a build, some the performance, and some concentrate on what’s arguably the most important part […]
Tag: Two-Stroke
Pure Fun Survivor: Yamaha RD400 Daytona Special
Purists Beware: Tim Coughlin’s 1990s-Style RD400 Road Ripper… In 1979, with the motorcycle world hurtling fast toward four-stroke dominance, Yamaha released the Yamaha RD400F Daytona Special — a lightweight, giant-killing smoker that would be one […]
Five-Cylinder Smoker: 1972 Kawasaki S2 415
Up for Auction: 1972 Kawasaki S2 415 with Allen Millyard Engine… Allen Millyard has a gift for making the impossible look factory. That has always been part of his magic. Many builders can build a […]
Veloce Ethereal: 500cc Two-Stroke Café Racer
145-hp 500cc Two-Stroke Ethereal from Veloce Motorcycles… In the modern world, a 500cc two-stroke intended for road use seems almost unthinkable. However, that’s exactly what Oxfordshire-based Veloce Motorcycles is promising with the Ethereal — a […]
Veloce Aperion: 280-BHP 1000cc Two-Stroke Café Racer!
Veloce Motorcycles unveils a 1000cc X8 two-stroke café racer! Built by Oxfordshire-based Veloce Motorcycles, the Aperion is a 1000cc, eight-cylinder, two-stroke naked bike — or perhaps more accurately, an engineering provocation with lights, wheels, and […]
“Is Pepsi Okay?” Suzuki RGV250 Kevin Schwantz Tribute
Nabspeed Moto’s Kevin Schwantz Pepsi RGV Replica… The legendary Kevin Schwantz earned the title of “Wheelie King” at the 1988 Macau Grand Prix, where he shaved an incredible 7 seconds off the outright lap record […]
Back from the Dead: 1973 Wassell Antelope
1984sc resurrects a circa ’73 Wassell Antelope after 30 years in a basement… Today, Wassell Limited is a leading supplier of classic British motorcycle parts, but the company’s origin story traces back to one man: […]
Seventies Smokeshow: Spondon Kawasaki H1 500 Triple
Tarty Two-Stroke: Manx Road Racer and Toolmaker Builds a 70s-Style Smoker… No street bike is as infamous as the Kawasaki Triple. For the 1969 model year, the original H1 Mach III 500 came howling and […]
Norsaki: Norton Dominator x Kawasaki Two-Stroke Triple!
From Davmomoto: 1955 Norton Dominator Meets 1974 Kawasaki S3 Mach II… Yes, you can believe your eyes. What you see before you is a 1955 Norton Dominator with a featherbed frame mated to a 1974 […]
Project Cobra: ’72 Suzuki T500 Street Tracker
Vic Shield helps a good mate ride again… The Suzuki T500 — known as the Cobra, Titan, or Charger — appeared in 1968, marketed as the “the sports cycle that couldn’t be made.” At the […]
