Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Oldie But Speedy: Championship-Winning TX500 Tracker from Fuch’s Workshop… In 1972, Yamaha introduced their first middleweight four-stroke twin, the TX500, later to become the XS500. Whereas the TX/XS650 resembled the British twins of yesteryear, the […]
Dicky Bastian’s Yamaha MT-25 Street Tracker… The Yamaha MT-25 is a 250cc liquid-cooled parallel-twin naked bike — a close sibling of the 320cc MT-03. Both of these lightweight twins offer the modern streetfighter styling of […]
A Blaze-Green Scrambler from Deus Korea x Garage94… Deus Ex Machina is one of the most recognizable, revered names in the custom motorcycle world. In 2006, the brand opened their first space in Sydney, Australia […]
From Brothers Garage: “Black Widow” 300-lb Yamaha RD350 Restomod… In 1983, Yamaha released the RD350 YPVS — aka RZ350 or RD350LC II — a two-stroke giant-killer destined to become one of the most iconic and […]
For Sale: Marty Coblentz’s BSA-Inspired “Thumpstar”… When Yamaha introduced their air-cooled 500 singles in the late 1970s — the XT500, TT500, and SR500 — many enthusiasts saw them as a Japanese version of the British […]
Twin-Engine Yamaha Venture 1300-Powered Trike from White Line Fabrications… Ron Ebert and Tico Guilera were the founders of Sacramento’s California Cycle Works (CCW) — one of the earliest, most respected and influential shops in the […]
Remembering Yamaha x Öhlins’ Hydraulic 2WD Enduro… Every so often, a motorcycle appears that seems to point toward an entirely different future. The Yamaha WR450F 2-Trac was one of those machines. At first glance, it […]
For Sale: 700cc, 277-Rephased “Xcess” from Marty Coblentz… In the 1950s, Britain built one out of every four motorcycles globally. However, as the Japanese rapidly advanced into the big bike market, employing modern tooling and […]
“It’d be way cooler if it had a two-stroke engine…” Some builders focus more on the art and fabrication of a build, some the performance, and some concentrate on what’s arguably the most important part […]
80s ISDE Style: 1300cc V-Twin Yamaha Scrambler from Finland’s JL Meccanica… The Yamaha XVS950 — also known as the DragStar or V Star 950 — was introduced in 2009, with a 942cc fuel-injected four-valve 60° […]
