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Honda CX500 Cafe Racer Conversion Kit Turns Your Donor Bike into a Bike Night Eye Catcher

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Cafe racer conversions are all the rage, and, as we all know, anything popular is often done very badly, but every now and then, someone with a bit more skill and a good eye puts his hand to the job and the finished product makes you sit up and take notice. Starting with a rather rough and ratty Honda CX500 donor bike, you can build a sweet little cafe racer by adding your own … [Read more...]

Six Monkeys Daytona 1050 Speed Triple Full Fairing Superbike Conversion

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The Triumph Speed Triple hits all the right buttons with a torquey 1050 3 cylinder engine and a naked street fighter look, it's a fun bike, but suppose Triumph wanted to offer a 1050 superbike, what would they do? Well, Six Monkeys, over in Germany, has a very well done full fairing conversion for the Speed Triple that turns the naked bike into a very muscular looking super … [Read more...]

2013 Motus MST and MST-R Specifications, Pricing and Dealer Network

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It's been almost 3 years since The Kneeslider was the very first to break the story of Motus, a brand new American motorcycle company. It's been a long haul with a lot of work for Lee Conn and Brian Case, working with Pratt and Miller Engineering, where the Motus MST and MST-R were first revealed to the public. Motus has finally announced production plans, specifications, … [Read more...]

GSXR Ducati H2 Custom Looks Like a Popular Combination

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If you remember the superb Kwikasfaki custom we wrote up recently, a GSX-R framed special powered by a Kawasaki 750 triple, you know the combo makes for a really sweet bike and that particular custom showed what it looks like when it's done right. Santiago Chopper, tried to do one of these a little while back and it didn't come out so well. Maybe they saw the Kwikasfaki, too, … [Read more...]

Enigma 1050 Progress Update

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The all British Enigma 1050 project is making great progress, it's up on its wheels, and those are British Dymag wheels wrapped with British Avon Ultra 3D Supersport tires made in Melksham, Wiltshire UK. Metal master, Terry Hall, 70 years old and still turning out exquisite work, is now doing his part. He'll be doing the tank and aluminum masters for the bodywork. Terry is … [Read more...]

1909 Torpedo V4 Replica by Pavel Malaník

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Building replicas of antique motorcycles can be a challenge, but when the prototype was built as a one off promotional model and the whereabouts of the original, if it still exists, is unknown, it's going to be infinitely more difficult. Pavel Malaník, who evidently has some experience building this sort of machinery, put together this absolutely wonderful 1909 Torpedo … [Read more...]