Crane Moto’s 295-lb two-stroke giant-killer… In 1970, Yamaha introduced the R5 350, featuring a steel duplex cradle frame derived from the company’s Grand Prix chassis and a 36-hp two-stroke parallel-twin engine — features that made […]
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The One Moto 2023: Trackers, Scramblers, and More!
We’re back with another segment from The One Motorcycle Show 2023! Last time, we featured The One Moto Show 2023: Café / Sport / Road Racers. Now it’s time to veer from the tarmac to […]
Duke 2.0: KTM 640 Street Tracker
A Killer Kato from Dubstyle Designs… When the KTM 640 Duke II arrived at the cusp of the 2000s, it was a pure hooligan dream machine — a big-bore thumper with supermoto roots and […]
THE XX: Harley Sportster Street Tracker
Hooligan-Inspired Harley from South Africa’s Stoos Customs… Across the industry, we talk about custom motorcycle builds, but the truth is, some projects involve a lot more building than others. On the near end of the […]
“GT1100s” Ducati 1098 Café Racer
Modern Meets Classic: Ronaldo Ferreti’s Ducati 1098 Café Racer… In 2007, Ducati unveiled their new 1098 superbike, boasting a 160-bhp Testastretta Evoluzione engine — the most powerful production V-twin ever made at the time. It […]
Handbuilt Show 2023!
2023 Handbuilt Motorcycle Show Gallery…300+ photos! The 2023 Handbuilt Motorcycle Show was April 14-16 at the Austin American-Statesman on historic South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas — the same weekend as the Red Bull Grand […]
Got Your 6 Racing: “GY6R.001” Victory Super Hooligan!
A Victory-powered Super Hooligan racebike from Got Your 6 Racing… “Hooligan racing” got its start in the 1960s and 70s, when flat-track racers would bring out their street bikes to compete for fun and bragging […]
Vintage Days Winner: Harley-Davidson XR1000 Street Tracker
SBK Stash’s Champion-framed XR1000 street tracker… Here at BikeBound, we’ve got a soft spot for Harley-Davidson street trackers, particularly those that recall the legendary XR750, so when we saw this Champion-framed XR1000 at the 2023 […]
ONESPEED RACER: Ducati Monster S4 Café Racer
Alpha Moto builds a GP-inspired Monster… By the year 2000, the air-cooled Ducati Monster 900 — the Italian factory’s best-selling machine — was growing long in the tooth, losing traction to a crop of ever […]
From the ZRX Sanctuary: Kawasaki ZRX1200R “Aki”
A young builder transforms a “fallen” ZRX into a 70s-inspired beast… Introduced in 2001, the Kawasaki ZRX1200R was a burly, big-bore muscle bike whose retro style and big-block power harked back to the Eddie Lawson […]
