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If there’s anything we love more than a classic racebike, it’s one with a good story behind it. And this gleaming Commando ‘S’ Roadster from NYC Norton comes with a very unusual history indeed. NYC Norton is run by the affable and knowledgeable Kenny Cummings. He knows his way around a racetrack as well as…
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We love Royal Enfield North America’s Build. Train. Race. program for two reasons: it shines the spotlight on women in motorcycling, and it produces killer bikes. Now in its second season, it’s a grassroots initiative where a selection of women riders are each given a Royal Enfield 650 twin to customize for racing. Then they…
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The garage tools and techniques might be the same, but there’s not a lot of overlap between race and custom bike building. At the simplest level, it’s a Venn diagram, with ‘function’ in one circle and ‘form’ in the other. Occasionally a bike falls into that tiny overlap though, and the results can be incredible.…
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This brutal-looking Yamaha RD350 is nearly fifty years old, but when the lights turn green, not much will be able to keep up. It might not be pretty, but it’s pretty fast. Built by land speed record holder Eric LeVine, it’s a street legal (just add mirrors) race bike. Designed to run in the Bonneville…
Read more »Paint is the last thing that happens on a custom job, but it’s the first thing that people notice. And the livery…
Read more »As well as having the best name of any vintage racing outfit, Team Obsolete has an eye-watering collection of bikes. And they’re…
Read more »Land speed racing has a way of inspiring outrageous engineering. The most common motivation is a relentless pursuit of outright speed. Other…
Read more »Royal Enfield is booming at the moment, with rising sales, multiple model refreshes and the new Meteor launch. But the Chennai manufacturer…
Read more »The mythical Kawasaki H1 Mach III needs little introduction. The triple-cylinder 500 cc two-stroke made a splash when it hit the market…
Read more »We’ve followed the wacky Sultans of Sprint race series since day one, impressed by the outrageous purpose-built machines that some of our…
Read more »It’s been a challenging year for most people. But the restrictions that have come from the worldwide pandemic have sparked new forms…
Read more »Modern race bikes are shiny, perfect things: they have the air of being extruded from 3D printers in a hermetically sealed laboratory.…
Read more »Before the BMW R18 officially broke cover, the Bavarian marque teased us with concepts and customs that showcased the whopping 1,802 cc…
Read more »The flat track bug seems to have permeated all corners of the motorcycling world—including Sweden. We love this very sharp Indian FTR…
Read more »Flat track racing is still going strong in the USA and Europe, and we’re starting to see customizers building personal track bikes…
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