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Ducati 1199 Panigale Superbike
Powered by what the company is calling "the most powerful twin-cylinder production engine on the planet," the Ducati 1199 Panigale Superbike ($18,000-$28,000) promises uncompromising speed — and it delivers in spades. At its heart is the aforementioned Superquadro engine producing 195hp, which thanks to tremendous frame and engine integration resides in a bike with a dry weight of just 164kg — that's roughly 362 lbs — along with class-leading tech like a sporty ABS system, traction control, Ducati's Electronic Suspension, quick-shift, Engine Brake Control, and Ride-by-Wire systems, and a TFT display that changes to suit your environment. Not that you'll have time to notice.
It’s usually Yamaha’s XS650 that gets the custom treatment, so it’s nice to see a smaller capacity XS get a workover. This tracker-style machine has a Yamaha XS400 motor squeezed into an XS250 frame, and it was built over a couple of years by Drew Scialpi-Sullivan , from rainy Manchester, England. He modified the frame to fit a Harley XR750 tail section, and designed a tank that would conceal a BMW brake master cylinder—to keep the Renthal bars looking as clean as possible. The engine has been freshened up with a light porting job, and fitted with NOS carbs and a custom fabricated exhaust. The clutch window is home-made and an XJ1300 blue spot caliper and TZR 125R disc help with the braking duties. “The graphics are inspired by a pseudo 60s Japanese-stroke-Godzilla post war type thing,” says Drew.
Yamaha XS400
Copenhagen based custom bike shop Wrenchmonkees has given a retro feel to the Honda CB550 which is little more than a downsized CB750. The Wrenchmonkees removed the rear frame, and built a custom exhaust system and new fenders. A new lower tank, shortened forks, small single saddle and big fat firestones lower the bikes overall appearance and give it an aggressive stance.
Honda CX500 by Wrenchmonkees | Custom Motorcycles & Classic Motorcycles - BikeGlam
Yamaha XV750
Yamaha’s underrated Virago from the 1980s is really gaining favor as a custom base. Classified Moto have already shown the way, and here’s another terrific example—this time from Greg Hageman of Doc’s Chops . It’s a 1982 Yamaha XV750, and it was built for Season Two of Discovery Channel’s Cafe Racer TV show. Hageman built a new subframe to support the lovely, wasp-like seat unit, and lowered the forks by two inches to improve the stance. There’s a Tarozzi fork brace to tighten the handling, along with Tarozzi rearsets and clip-ons for a better riding position. At the back is an adjustable, air-assisted shock and a simple Acewell unit has replaced the standard instruments.
"So why did you name the bike Willow?" This is the first question we asked Troy Helmick, the builder of this amazing bike. "Willow trees are strong but fluid" he replied. Very zen, sensei Helmick. Troy is a retired photographer who now runs an Alpaca farm in West Virginia. "It is my attempt to evoke a picture in a person's head when they hear a name and then couple that name with the image they see before them in my machine" he explains.
Honda CL 360 - 'Willow' - Pipeburn - Purveyors of Classic Motorcycles, Cafe Racers & Custom motorbikes
We received this cool Video today from our good friend Yuji from Japan. He was over here in Bali last month and was shooting the Temple vibe on 16mm Film, check it out! Thanks Yuji. The past 72 hours on our island home have been quite eventful to say the least.
Deus Bali: Mr Wellman graces our racks.
Rare Motorcycles That Even Indiana Jones Couldn't Find | Motorcycle Center Blog
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Motorcycle Photography: An Art Form | Motorcycle Center Blog
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2012 Street Bike Lineup | Motorcycle Center Blog
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softails - Roland Sands Design
We finally got the opportunity to sink our teeth into HD’s best handling big bore Vtwin, the Dyna. The goal was to maintain the stock sheet metal and stance while improving the handling and acceleration using all the RSD parts we have available for the Dyna. A little extra fab and some paint and the Dyna Fighter was born.Moto Guzzi
Here’s an unusual take on the classic Moto Guzzi custom. It’s called ‘Motomorphosy’, and it started life as an 850 T5 from 1984. When Alessandro (“Speedy”) bought the bike in the late 80s, he stripped it down for a more spartan but conventional custom look. The 850 became a feature around the bars of Piedmont in Italy until Alessandro dismantled it, taking the parts to Frankino Torredimare of the Chivasso custom shop Chopworks. Alessandro’s brief was to turn the Guzzi into a vintage American-style bobber.When I did the first list of motorcycle (de)motivational motorcycle posters, it was an enormous success ( article , part 3 ). So it's time to do a second series. When I set out to scout the world wide web for motorcycle motivation posters, I immediately stumbled upon a forum which had a lot of them, so I didn't need to look any further. SVRider.com