A Two-Stroke Bullet from Vintage Sykles… In 1971, Suzuki introduced the GT250 Hustler to their GT (Grand Touring) series of two-strokes. The company had taken a slightly different tack with its street bikes, favoring reliability […]
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Canyon Runner: ATK 605 Street Tracker
Street-Legal Dirt Tracker from Vintage Sykles… Austrian-born engineer, Grand Prix motocross racer, and ISDT gold medalist Horst Leitner founded ATK in 1985 after relocating to the United States. The name derived from Leitner’s patented […]
Lil Scrapper: Ninja 250R Scrambler
Vintage Sykles builds a firefighter a tough 250 Ninja… In 2008, Kawasaki unveiled a completely new version of their best-selling sportbike, the Ninja 250R. The baby Ninja has long been a favorite of both new […]
Problem Child: Kawasaki Zephyr 550 by Vintage Sykles
A 70s flat track racer returns to his roots… The Kawasaki Zephyr series was the company’s range of retro-styled naked superbikes, which took inspiration from the original Kawasaki Z1. That meant twin rear shocks, […]
