Cruisers
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Harley-Davidson has launched a 2,147cc motor kit with 123hp at the wheel!
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The new Big Bore V2 is now out under the firm’s performance label ‘Screamin’ Eagle’. The stage IV 131ci kit boosts size and power output over current motors in the range. The official US Harley-Davidson shop is offering the Milwaukee-Eight Stage IV kit for the company’s 114 or 117ci engines. The boost in power doesn’t…
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Nico Bakker’s 160bhp BMW GS built from a K1600GT.
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Renowned chassis builder Nico Bakker’s just revealed his latest project; and it’s a custom BMW K1600GT that’s been turned into an adventure-ready GS. Nico Bakker of Bakker Framebouw is a big name in the world of motorcycle racing – having worked for the likes of Giacomo Agostini and Phil Read back in the ‘70s.…
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CUSTOM KIT now in red, white and black. Turn your Kawasaki Z900 into a ZXR 900.
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Kawasaki ZXR, Spanish custom specialists Japan Legends has created an awesome conversion kit for the Z900. And it’s now available in several different colour schemes. Last year we showed you Japan Legends Kawasaki ZXR 900 kit in the classic green-blue-white colour scheme – but now, the Spanish brand…
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Cake’s ELECTRIC utility motorcycle: the Ösa.
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Make sure you’re sitting down when you read the price of this thing. Following the release of its Kalk dirt-bike style electric machine, Swedish bike builders Cake has just released the details of its newest project: the Ösa. Alright, so this one’s a little bit leftfield. It’s certainly not a looker, but with a claimed…
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Suzuki France’s limited edition Yoshimura Katana. And YOU can buy one.
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Suzuki France has got to work creating its own Yoshimura custom Katana. And with ten going up for sale, you can get your hands on one. Since Suzuki’s latest generation Katana was revealed to the world last year, a range of different parts specialists have got to work creating some trick bits for the…
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Yoshimura’s custom Suzuki Katana set to be unveiled at EICMA. Are you taking notes Mr. Suzuki?
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Have you seen this? Young Machine in Japan has got its hands on some top quality snaps of Yoshimura’s new custom Katana. If you were one of the bikers a little disappointed when Suzuki’s Katana was unveiled last year, there’s some good news on the horizon. Yoshimura’s created a range of parts and accessories to…
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CUSTOM Honda CB190X mini-adventurer from SOX.
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Honda’s CB500X has proved itself as a seriously capable lightweight adventure machine over the past few years – and now, there’s a new, even smaller CB adventurer on the market; the CB190X. Our friends at YoungMachine in Japan have been shouting about this – and we thought you should see it too. Created by Honda…
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Le bobber Francais
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We’ve had a lot of fairly exotic and obscure brands in Back Street Heroes over the years, mostly British or American it has to be said, but I think this is the first time we’ve had a French Motobecane. Words: Nik Pics: Simon Everett Motobecane are most famous for the Mobylette, which many of us…
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VIDEO: Why WAIT for the KTM 390 Adventure when you can MAKE your own right now?
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So this is a bitsa-special made by Indian firm HDT Customs – and you’ve got to admit, it’s a neat bit of bike that kind of ticks a lot of boxes for the next-wave small capacity Adventure machine six months before the official KTM 390 Adventure comes out. Shown for the first time on Motoroids.com,…
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CUSTOMISE your BMW R NineT with Hookie’s bolt-on KIT.
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Got a BMW RNineT? Want to customise it? Hookie’s latest moto-kit is well worth a look. Hookie has made a name for itself over the last few years with its eclectic mix of custom bike builds – but it’s the Dresden-based custom house’s bolt-on kit for BMW’s RNineT that really caught our attention. Halfway between…
