To most people, the mid-sized Kawasaki ER-6n is the quintessential no-frills commuter—it scores high on usability, but its looks don’t exactly set hearts ablaze. But to the crew at Studio Motor, it’s the perfect donor for a lively street tracker. ER-6n customs are rare, but the Indonesia shop has built several of them already, and…
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The year is 1986, and Tom Cruise is playing Maverick in Top Gun—flying an F-14 Tomcat by day and tearing around on a Kawasaki GPZ900R by night. If you fell in love with that film and the bike ridden by its motorcycle-mad star, you’re not alone. “We all know that movie,” says Michael Muller of…
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There’s something pure and extremely entertaining about drag bikes. They’re hopelessly impractical, usually dangerous, and invariably ridden by folks with a scant regard for personal safety. It’s hard to take that genre up a notch, but the top Indonesian shop Thrive has just gone one better than the typical eighth-miler. This extraordinary machine, nicknamed ‘T…
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A subtle but brilliant Kawasaki Z1 from AC Sanctuary, a wild supercharged Triumph Bobber from England, and a sneak peek at the new, 80s-style Honda CB-F concept.
Read more »Some folks feel the urge to ride a different bike every few months. Others stay true to their trusty steeds for decades.…
Read more »After a while, a lot of custom designs tend to blend into a homogenous soup: variations on a standard recipe, slightly tweaked…
Read more »What does the guy that has everything buy himself for his birthday? For one enthusiast, the answer is something he’s wanted since…
Read more »For some people, building custom bikes is a sideline—an after-hours escape from the daily grind. For others it’s purely a business, with…
Read more »A brutal new Kawasaki restomod from AC Sanctuary, a Crocker Small Tank about to go under the hammer, and a slick Krämer…
Read more »The riding season is short in Toronto, with snow on the ground for three or four months of the year. But that…
Read more »Every time I consider getting myself a super-sensible daily runner, the Kawasaki ER-6n pops up on my radar. It’s cheap, makes decent…
Read more »Everyone loves a good barn find story, but what about digging an old motorcycle out of the weeds? That’s where Edi Buffon…
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