The Yamaha XT500 was introduced in 1975, and it quickly rose to supremacy among enduro/adventure bikes, winning African rallies like the Paris-Dakar and Paris-Abidjan-Nice, as well as motos in the 500cc Motocross World Championship. The […]
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Yamaha Virago Tracker by Chavazs Machmoedov
Chavazs Machmoedov of The Netherlands is like a lot of us. He has a full-time job, and building custom bikes is a way to escape the stresses of daily life and give shape to his […]
Yamaha Virago Scrambler by Moto Adonis
Moto Adonis of the Netherlands is one of our favorite builders. Their R65 scrambler was one of our very favorite bikes of 2015, and their R80/7 cafe racer is pure class. Now Daan and crew […]
Yamaha XT600 Scrambler by Cafe Racer SSpirit
Cafe Racer SSpirit from San Sebastian builds some of our favorite customs. We’ve featured their Honda CBX and CBX400F, and now the CRSS crew is back again with another killer build. This time it’s a […]
Garage-Built XS650 Brat Tracker: “TruNorth”
It’s hard to beat the Yamaha XS650 for character, durability, and ease of customization. The lines lend themselves readily to all kinds of builds, from choppers to trackers, and what the parallel twin lacks in […]
XS650 Scrambler by Dime City Cycles: “XS744”
Rick Brown, BikeBound’s senior traveling correspondent, recently had the opportunity to spend an enjoyable and educational afternoon with Herm Narciso and the crew at Dime City Cycles in Largo, Florida, including a tour of the […]
Yamaha XS750 Cafe Racer by Backdoor
The Yamaha XS750 and XS850–both triples–don’t receive nearly as much attention from custom builders as the wildly popular XS650 parallel twins of the same era. However, the three-cylinder XS750 was lauded as a “Bargain […]
XS650 Street Tracker by Michel van Rossen
Today, we’re thrilled to feature a bike we’ve loved for years: Michel van Rossen’s XS650 tracker. The Netherlands has become a hotbed of custom motorcycle culture, and Michel van Rossen, a native of Amsterdam, is […]
Virago XV750 by Down and Out Cafe Racers
Down and Out Cafe Racers builds some of the sweetest custom builds to come out of the UK. This Virago is no exception. It sports R1 forks with billet yokes, a MotoLanna seat unit, and […]
Yamaha XS650 Scrambler by Ironwood Motorcycles
We’ve always been big fans of the Yamaha XS650. It’s simple, well-built, has good grunt and sound, and it just lends itself to customization, whether it be bobber, tracker, cafe racer, hard-tail, or scrambler. On […]
