Next year, the Yamaha SR400 will be celebrating its 40th birthday. It’s been in production since 1978, aside from a brief hiatus ten years ago for a fuel injection transplant and emissions upgrade. There are a few other two-wheeled dinosaurs still around, but the Yammie is reliable, can still keep up with urban traffic, and…
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A classic Dunstall CB750 up for sale, a wild Honda Monkey minibike from Thailand, and a BMW R80 wearing the iconic M Division colors. Check out the machines that revved our engines this week.
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The XS 400 often lurks in the shadows of its more popular RD 400 brother, but it’s a good candidate for a compact custom build. Although it makes less power than the two-stroke RD, the engine is far more useable for a bike around town. It’s also cheaper than the bigger XS 650, but has…
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The Honda GB250 is one of those small bikes with a big heart—in this case, an air-cooled single that pumps out a healthy 30 bhp in stock form. The GB250 tips the scales at less than 130 kg (280 lbs), and thanks to low gearing, is capable of out-dragging much more powerful machines at the…
Read more »Let’s say you’re a relatively new convert to motorcycling. And you want a custom bike, something a little smaller and cheaper than…
Read more »When Warwick Lyon started work on this Sportster 48, he wanted to build a modern interpretation of a café racer with elements…
Read more »Brisbane is Australia’s third biggest city. It’s the capital of Queensland, the unfeasibly huge ‘sunshine state.’ Queensland is also an idyllic environment…
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