The German scooter specialist SIP Scootershop has built a bonkers custom Vespa to celebrate three decades of business. On the other side of the world, K-Speed has turned the new Triumph Speed 400 into a svelte café racer, while a pro fabricator from down under has built a retina-searing Sportster chopper. We conclude the weekend’s…
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Motorcycles have to be just about the most relative machines on wheels, as everything we enjoy about the way they accelerate, corner and handle terrain is relative to what else you’ve ridden and how you ride. We buy based on carefully selected factors, and while Honda might fit best for you, your buddy may insist…
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Long relegated to youth and playbike riders, the heyday for electric dirt bikes has somewhat lagged behind the catapulting popularity of other e-bike segments; I guess many of us just aren’t ready to give up our clutch levers. Expect that to change in coming years though, as today’s electric bikes are coming closer to meeting…
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Motorcycle designers of the early ’80s probably ponder how we got here, a time when street bikes with exposed frames, unshrouded headlight assemblies and flat handlebars have become commonplace. The phenomenon started at least 30 years ago, and one possible explanation cites the re-styling of wrecked sports bikes in Europe as the cause. Some call…
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Track racing enthusiasts, hide your wallets; the spicy 2024 KTM RC 8C has just broken cover. Built by hand and limited to…
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The 2024 MotoGP season kicks off in Qatar this weekend, so we’re taking a quick break from our regular programming for our…
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We’re purveyors of the finer elements of internal combustion, and as such, we treasure things like the symphony of mechanical parts at…
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This year is off to a small start… for us, at least. As the new year revs up and fresh custom motorcycles…
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It’s that time of the year again. The numbers are in, the data’s been analyzed, and our brains hurt—all in the name…
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There’s something special about Shiro Nakajima’s work, and it’s painted all over the elegant lines of this custom KTM 690 Duke. Nakajima-san’s…
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In KTM’s ongoing quest to build more powerful motorcycles and design weirder headlights, the Austrian powerhouse has just yanked the covers off…
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The massive annual motorcycle trade show, EICMA, is in full swing—and new releases keep coming out of the woodwork. This time it’s…
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