A modernized “Elsie” with a dyno-proven 103.7 bhp! The Yamaha RD350LC was the successor of the RD400, featuring the same bore and stroke as the original air-cooled RD350 (64x54mm) but with liquid cooling and a […]
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Supercharged Speed Triple 1050 RS by Thornton Hundred
“It’ll eat Panigales for breakfast.” About three years ago, we featured a Ducati 900SS cafe racer from a 22-year-old builder out of the UK, Jody Millhouse of Thornton Hundred Motorcycles. A couple of killer builds […]
Harley XR1450: 1450cc Sportster Street Tracker
A 1450cc street weapon inspired by the legendary XR750… The Harley-Davidson XR750 remains one of the most dominant racing machines in the history of motorsports, no matter the number of wheels. The “most successful […]
Ultimate RD: Yamaha RD400 Restomod
An 80-bhp Harris/Mark Dent RD400 Special… Introduced in 1975 to replace the RD350, the Yamaha RD400 would quickly become the alpha wolf of the late 70s sport middleweights, producing ~40 horsepower at 7000 rpm. Front […]
Wolf Special: CCM Spitfire Cafe Racer by Wolf 77 Customs
Wolf 77 Customs builds a custom Spitfire for Motorcycle Live… Clews Competition Machines, better known as CCM, was founded back in 1971 by Alan Clews, a successful off-road racer who began building BSA-powered motocross bikes […]
Walking Dead Inspired: Honda CB750 “Lucille”
Louis James builds a CB750 that would make Daryl Dixon proud… Daryl Dixon is the longest surviving character of The Walking Dead TV series, an expert tracker and survivalist known for his crossbow and post-apocalyptic […]
Re-Imagined: BMW G310R Cafe Racer by Michael Horn
A motorsport composite tech builds a carbon-fiber cafe racer… Unveiled in 2015, the BMW G310R represented the company’s foray into the sub-500cc streetbike market. The entry-level roadster is powered by a 313cc liquid-cooled single-cylinder engine […]
1936 Norton V-Twin Special by Jake Vintage
Jake Robbins Vintage Engineering builds a 1320cc Norton V-twin! The Norton 16H was the model designation for the British manufacturer’s single-cylinder side-valve machines manufactured from 1911 through the mid-1950s. These 490cc engines all had the […]
Honda Hornet “Scout” by LV Custom
“Scout,” a Hornet 600 built for a British Airborne veteran… Produced from 1998 to 2013, the Honda CB600F Hornet — known as the Honda 599 in the USA — was powered by the liquid-cooled inline […]
Supercharged Honda GL1000 Goldwing
Railman Mark Nevitt builds a supercharged Goldwing! Introduced in 1974, the Honda GL1000 Goldwing was the first Japanese production motorcycle to boast a liquid-cooled four-stroke engine — a 999cc flat-four that gave the 600-lb touring […]
