TUAB: The Ultimate Adventure Bike from Marlon Motorcycles… The Honda NX650 Dominator has proven itself as one of the most versatile motorcycles of recent history, a single-cylinder dual-sport that’s tough as nails, adept both on […]
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Fastest Horse in Town: Rotax 604 Thunderbike Tracker
Thunderbike Champion Texas Chris builds a faster horse… The Thunderbike class hails from the early days of UK flat track racing, when one of the sport’s godfathers, Peter “Boastie” Boast, wanted to create a class […]
Always Ready: William Wood Indian Scout
Win this Saltire Motorcycles Indian Scout — a tribute to the world’s firefighters… There has always been a deep connection between the world of motorcycles and firefighting. Look at the parking lot of nearly any […]
Bloody Evil: 1052cc Turbo KZ / GSX-R1100
Kai Bailey’s KZ1000 / GSX-R1100 Turbo… For 1977, Kawasaki introduced the KZ1000, their 90-hp inline-four successor to the mighty Z1 and KZ900. Not only was it one of the fastest factory bikes of the era, […]
Kenny Roberts Street Tracker: 421cc Banshee Powered!
A 421cc two-stroke street tracker inspired by Kenny Roberts… In 1978, Kenny Roberts became the first American rider to win a Grand Prix World Championship, beating out British legend Barry Sheene to claim the title […]
Harley Enduro: XL1200 Sportster “Adventure Sport”
Jake Vintage builds a 70s enduro-style Sportster for city and trail… In 2020, we featured one of our favorite bikes of all time, a 1936 Norton V-Twin Special powered by a monstrous 1320cc J.A.P. V-twin […]
Blue Smoke: Yamaha RD350LC Hybrid
Andy Underhill’s resto-modded RD350, boasting YPVS power… Introduced in 1980, the Yamaha RD350LC was the next evolution in two-stroke street performance. Though it succeeded the larger displacement air-cooled RD400, the LC — aka the “Elsie” […]
British Supermoto: Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE
Thornton Hundred’s Supermoto Scrambler… The Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE is the factory scrambler we were waiting for — a machine that backs up its retro aesthetics with real on/off-road performance: “On the road it can […]
Pre-65 Trials Weapon: Velocette MAC 350
“The lightest, most competitive Pre ’65 Scottish eligible machine possible.” The Pre-65 Scottish Two-Day Trial is one of the world’s premier vintage trials events, hosted for nearly 40 years in the Scottish Highlands. What started […]
Legends of Boost: 1980 Honda CBX1000 Turbo
“I was disappointed with the power of the standard CBX.” These were the words of one Colin Baker of Cheltenham, UK, when asked why he built his Honda CBX turbo in the 1980s — the […]
