The Disruptive: Bad Winners’ Yard Built Yamaha XSR700
Yamaha’s annual ‘Yard Built’ competition was one of the first and most highly publicized custom competitions, delivering a steady stream of killer…
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Urban Tracker: A V-Max for a mixed martial arts enthusiast
We love subtle, understated style on custom bikes. But we also have a sneaking regard for machines that are aggressive and in…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 26 April, 2020
A Yamaha Virago with Ducati superbike suspension from the US, a stripped down Ducati 1198S Corse from France, a Norton Commando from…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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