In our quest to pack Speed Read with every style of motorcycle imaginable, we’re kicking things off with a groovy 70s-style Royal Enfield Super Meteor cruiser. It’s followed by a vintage Triumph chopper from The Netherlands, a Police-spec BMW R80 that’s been turned into an enduro bike, and a rare Bimota Tesi 1D 904.
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Two Yamaha singles book-end our selection this week. We kick off with a sharp custom Yamaha XT600 street tracker, then profile a BMW R100RT café racer and a gorgeous 1952 Vincent Comet. A Yamaha SR400 from Deus Ex Machina in Japan brings us home.
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This week’s list starts with the first custom Honda Gyro X we’ve ever featured, courtesy of Deus ex Machina’s Japanese outpost. We then feature a Harley Evo chopper by CW Zon, a Moto Guzzi Le Mans by 46Works, and a Honda CB360 from the only builder not based in Japan—Slipstream Creations.
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As custom BMW boxers go, the BMW R100R doesn’t get nearly as much love as its older siblings—but it should. BMW released it in the early 90s as a road-focused version of the popular R100GS dual-sport, but also as a modern classic of sorts. With an adventure bike fuel tank and seat, ‘retro’ chrome on…
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When I was a kid, my skateboard took me everywhere. It was a chunky Variflex (that’s all I could get in our…
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Deus ex Machina returns to their roots with a no-nonsense Kawasaki W650. We also profile a Honda CB550 café racer, a Kawasaki…
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Dieter Rams said that good design “involves as little design as possible.” Colin Chapman said “simplify, then add lightness.” Both principles are…
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We can’t get enough of custom Cubs around these parts: we’ve featured more than 20 of the step-throughs over the years. But…
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Deus leads the charge this week, with a Royal Enfield sporting the same style as their earlier builds. Plus we look at…
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We’ve got them in all shapes and sizes this week—from a Yamaha SR500 that’s gone electric, to a BMW R nineT built…
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We’re kicking off this weekend’s Speed Read with a cute Honda Monkey from Deus Korea. We’ve also rounded up a gnarly Suzuki…
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As Robert Burns once quipped, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and this statement has become exponentially more…
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