Performance and utility are the words of the week. We kick off with a 1100 cc Kawasaki endurance racer, followed by a farm-built Honda mashup, a street-legal electric utility bike from Cake, and a Ducati Scrambler turned dreamy café racer from Motocrew.
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What do a Kawasaki KZ250 engine, a car’s spare wheel and a bicycle seat have in common? You’ll find them all on this curious contraption from Valen Zhou, along with a smorgasbord of other odd bits and pieces. Straight out the gate, Valen admits that this build isn’t particularly practical—in fact, it’s downright sketchy. But…
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The thought of a Mad Max-inspired motorcycle typically conjures up a very distinct image. But not every vehicle in George Miller’s dystopian film series was a scraggy death trap, covered in scavenged materials and rust. Cast your mind back to the very first Mad Max flick, and MFP officer Jim ‘Goose’ Rains’ 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000…
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The mad scientists at ICON Motosports spend their days concocting motorcycle gear that runs the gamut from stealthy to totally outrageous. And when they’re not busy with that, they’re hard at work in their Portland garage building wild custom motorcycles to match. Meet Quarterflash: an 8-bit dream wrapped in a flurry of neon hues, named…
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Even if you know very little about Kawasaki’s history, you probably know about the KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica. Released in 1982, it…
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The very nature of Bike EXIF means we tend to focus on high-end customs: bikes that push boundaries, set trends, or reveal…
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When the German father-and-son team of Michael and Allen Posenauer launched AMP Motorcycles, it was a way for the two to bond…
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After the Japanese got serious about making motorcycles in the late 1960s, bikes from every country became more sophisticated, more refined, more…
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Our favorite stories this week run the whole gamut from old school to new, starting with a stunning Ducati breathed on by…
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Anyone who has raced motorcycles or spun spanners in a pit lane will know that track bikes are a work in progress.…
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If there’s any proof that motorcycling is a universal language, it’s the global fame of AC Sanctuary. Set up in the mid…
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We’re mixing up classics and oddities this week, with a Kawasaki W650 desert sled, a stylish BMW K100, and an art deco…
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