Released in 2008, the Harley-Davidson XR1200 should have been a big hit for The Motor Co.; an athletic Sportster fashioned after the iconic XR750 flat tracker. But it never quite stuck. One theory is that it was too sporty for dyed-in-the-wool Harley fans, and not sporty enough to entice new riders. But you could also…
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The German boutique motorcycle manufacturer Krämer blasts onto the page this week with the lightweight Krämer APX-350 MA race bike. Also on offer are a retro-fabulous Ducati 848, a Yamaha Virago café racer, and Thornton Hundred’s hopped-up Triumph Bobber.
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Enrico ‘Ricky’ de Haas founded Wannabe-Choppers at just 15, brimming with imagination and unaffected by the conventions that often accompany adulthood. 20 years later, he’s still breaking the mold. Based in Hüttenberg, just north of Frankfurt in Germany, Wannabe’s latest build is a 172 cc two-stroke land speed motorcycle with a curb weight of just…
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As an established fabricator, Wido Veldkamp’s business involves more than just building custom motorcycles. His shop, WiMoto, gets just as many orders for standalone parts like frames, subframes, swingarms, and exhaust systems, and even has a range of bolt-on subframes for classic BMW boxers on offer. But occasionally, the Dutch craftsman gets to flex all…
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Motorcycle designers of the early ’80s probably ponder how we got here, a time when street bikes with exposed frames, unshrouded headlight…
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The name of Kengo Kimura’s workshop, Heiwa, means ‘peace’ in Japanese, and his logo depicts a flying pigeon. Those sound like random…
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Big bikes bookend this edition of Speed Read. We start with a 1,700 cc single-cylinder chopper and finish with a BMW R18…
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Remember the Yamaha RXZ Twinboss twin-cylinder two-stroke? Neither do we, because it never existed—except in the mind of Irwann Cheng. The Malaysian…
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Even though the Harley-Davidson Evolution Sportster is no longer in production, it’s eons away from going extinct. There are plenty of second-hand…
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Few machines prove that good design is timeless as well as the Honda Super Cub. The iconic underbone scooter has been in…
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