This is what the Buell Blast should look like to begin with. I've never been a big fan of the Blast, maybe the styling just left me cold but the guys over at Crossroads Performance of Somerset, Wisconsin, who make a lot of aftermarket pieces for the Buell, put this cafe racer together called the Blastard and it looks really nice. The bike is a 2000 Buell Blast with a long … [Read more...]

Here's one of those look and then look again photos of a Kawasaki Z1 or what appears to be a Z1. In fact, it's a mini Kawasaki actually powered by an engine from a Kawasaki Z500. It's the work of Patrick Caralp of Mitik Moto in Tours, France. I don't have much detail but it looks really cool, certainly nothing like the pocket bikes we see all over the place. With the 500cc … [Read more...]

Look at the cafe racer here and you think, another nice old Norton or Triton, until you look closer and see an engine with Kawasaki on the side. Look closer still and you find a front fork from a Suzuki GSX-R400, a Suzuki GT750 front brake and a Kawasaki H2 rear hub, plus a big helping of self made pieces that look rather nice. Phil Klawsuc, over in the U.K., had a 1968 … [Read more...]