Custom Bikes Of The Week: 14 June, 2020
A pair of Yamaha TZ racers that have never even been started up, a most unusual 1980s MZ two-stroke, a beastly Honda CBX1000, and a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 gets the steampunk treatment.
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Czech Mate: A Minarelli 50 GP with a curious past
Nothing arouses curiosity quite like a rare racing machine. Bonus points if it’s so vintage and obscure, you need to turn to specialist internet forums to pinpoint its origins. Which is exactly what Cole Mahlowitz, the owner of this beautifully restored 1970s 50 cc Grand Prix racer, had to do. When Mahlowitz bought the bike,…
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Handmade Tale: Building an RD 200 custom from scratch
In the mid 70s, the Yamaha RD 200 delivered more fun than a small capacity motorcycle had any right to. A compact two-stroke, it could cruise easily on the highway and, given a long enough straight, creep past 80 mph (130 kph). The heyday of little two-strokes is long over—in the road going sense, at…
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Super Scooter: A NOS-fuelled Piaggio NRG drag racer
The words ‘drag racing’ and ‘scooter’ shouldn’t belong in the same sentence. But if you ask us, the idea of boosting micro-sized machines to race instead of commute sounds like buckets of fun. Especially when your race bike makes five times its original power, runs nitrous, and weighs next to nothing. This plucky little sprinter…
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Yellow but not mellow: A Kawasaki triple from Motobrix
The riding season is short in Toronto, with snow on the ground for three or four months of the year. But that…
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This scary TZ750 flat track racer is also street legal
When we were talking to Brad Peterson about his XR750 street tracker a month ago, he let slip that he also had…
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Café Express: Freeride’s Montesa Cota 247 cafe racer
If you’ve ridden a two-stroke, you’ll know how addictive the power rush (and sound) can be. So we have a soft spot…
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Deus builds a wild street tracker for Dani Pedrosa
Building a custom bike for a motorcycle racer is a tall order. And the stakes are even higher when your customer is…
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Blast from the past: A Suzuki Vallelunga roars again
There’s something magical about big racing two-strokes. And somewhere near the top of that smokin’ hot tree is the Suzuki-SAIAD GT750 S…
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Superunknown: A first-time builder hits the big time
Purists will say that a full nuts-n-bolts restoration is the only way to treat a rare classic. But when all you have…
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Butchered: An insane custom Vespa scooter from Russia
Butcher Garage is not a familiar name around these parts. But they specialize in a genre we’d love to see more of:…
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Motorcycle Art: Craig Rodsmith’s BSA Bantam
Motorcycle collectors are the unsung heroes of the custom scene. Most keep a low profile, but they all provide an essential service:…
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