Bender Built’s Polynesian-inspired Play Bike… There’s little on two wheels as smile-inducing as a two-stroke dirt bike. In fact, with the motocross world shifted to four-strokes, more and more riders are picking up old-school premix […]
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420-HP Turbine Superbike: The MTT 420 RR
“It’s like the hand of God pushing you…” -Jay Leno Such were the words of lifelong gearhead Jay Leno, a self-proclaimed member of the “More Money than Brains Club,” when Popular Mechanics asked him what […]
“Moxie” Honda CB550 Café Racer
Engineer Mat Kubak’s Budget-Built Honda 550 Café Racer… We always love to hear the origin stories of the builders who grace our pages. While many grow up around bikes — riding, racing, and rebuilding dirt […]
Go Time: 1969 Triumph T120 Trackmaster
Vintage Flat Tracker from Caleb Grisson of Storagebuilt… In 1967, Triumph enlisted renowned race tuner Ray Hensley to create a series of lightweight frames purpose-built for flat track racing. These streamlined Trackmaster frames featured race-specific […]
Lightweight Giant-Killer: Yamaha R5 350 Café Racer
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 […]
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 […]
