Custom Bikes Of The Week: 22 March, 2020
A show stopping Yamaha GTS 1000 from Italy, a neo-retro Yamaha XT250 from Australia, and a very slick body kit for the BMW R nineT from France.
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Your complete guide to Yamaha cafe racer motorcycles, from classic RD two-strokes bikes to modern-day XSR specials. Here you’ll find everything from traditional XS650 cafe racers to the latest builds based on newer models. Discover the parts, seats and performance upgrades that’ll take your own Yamaha to the next level.
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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Heavy Hitter: K-Speed scales up with an XJR 1300 café racer
We’ve seen some truly out-the-box builds come from K-Speed. They’ve done everything from Honda Monkey cafe racers to a Yamaha XSR155 that looks ready for the apocalypse. But Thailand’s busiest custom shop knows how to play with the big stuff too. This Yamaha XJR 1300 was built for a customer in Phuket. It’s so tastefully…
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Ortolani’s Yamaha TR1 is an ode to turbofan wheels
Olivier Ortolani has a flair for the dramatic. This is a guy who once wrapped a Ducati Panigale 1199 S in hand-shaped polished aluminum bodywork, so there’s no line he won’t cross. Which is exactly why his newest client was happy to let him loose. The owner of this 1982 Yamaha TR1 didn’t have a…
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White Hot: Upcycle hot rods the Yamaha XS1100
We don’t see many Yamaha XS1100s around these days, which is a shame—it was an absolute beast of a machine. It was…
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Muscle Rétro: A Yamaha XJR1300 from Bad Winners
Bad Winners is one of those shops that consistently do good work. It’s owned by Frenchman Walid Ben Lamine, who has an…
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CP3: JvB-Moto’s ballistic Yamaha XSR900 custom
After an incredible seven years, Yamaha’s Yard Built custom program is still firing on all cylinders. In 2012 it kicked off with…
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Speed Block style: A Yamaha XZ 550 restomod
Every time Maarten Poodt completes another project, we feel like we’re looking at some obscure, classic Yamaha that we’ve never heard of.…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 2 December, 2018
A pair of Yamaha cafe racers from the opposite ends of the capacity spectrum, Roland Sands gets stuck into the Indian FTR…
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Solid Gold: Greg Hageman restyles the Yamaha MT-07
Wrap any decent Yamaha in a good King Kenny livery, and you’ve got an instant crowd-pleaser. But this Yamaha MT-07 from Greg…
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Juiced! A McLaren Orange Yamaha MT-10 from deBolex
The Yamaha MT-10 is about as mental as naked bikes get. The 998 cc inline-four makes a stonking 158 hp and 111…
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On Sale Now: The 2019 Motorcycle Calendar
The world’s most prestigious motorcycle calendar is back. The 2019 edition of the famous Bike EXIF wall calendar showcases 13 incredible new…
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