Many early motorcycles were really motorized bicycles, a normal bicycle with some small engine either adapted or specifically designed to attach to the bike for power. This particular bit of engineering is the Bugatti T72, a 12.66cc single cylinder, twin cam supercharged engine. Think about that. The bicycle the engine is attached to in the above photo is a 1937 Peugeot. The … [Read more...]

Another comment here brings us this bike put together by Dave Hartleip. This time, the bike is a 1965 Ducati Monza 250. This bike has a unique exhaust treatment which is very understated but extremely cool, it works into the overall design like it was supposed to be that way. The whole bike looks really well done. Here's what Dave has to say: This bike was a literal barn … [Read more...]

Regular readers of The Kneeslider have probably noticed how many custom bikes I've been highlighting recently from many different categories, the street trackers based on old Yamaha XS650s, sport touring bikes based on Honda GL1000s, cafe racers from old Kawasaki or Hondas, BMW based flat trackers and even road race bikes built from dirt bikes. What's the common thread among … [Read more...]

Most of the cafe racer conversions you see these days are 4 strokes, due, in no small part, to the fact that 2 strokes haven't been available in street bikes for quite a while. But back in the day of the Kawasaki triples, some really nice work was done to those snarly beasts and this KH750 Cafe Racer for sale on eBay is a nice modern conversion. This one is very highly modified … [Read more...]