While Alabama-based Motus Motorcycles don’t have the same name recognition that bigger manufacturers possess, this small American moco founded in ’08 nonetheless makes some impressive top-shelf bikes. Their first bikes so far are the MST and MSTR, and luckily enough the example for sale today is the R-spec which is the elite version of an already stunning Sport-Tourer powered by …
Winning History – 1941 Indian Chief Flat Track Racer
Post Sale Update: After just 2 bids on eBay, this Chief sold for $15,100. Flat Tracker builds are popular nowadays – we’ve featured several in the last few weeks – but very few of them have a history like this fantastic purpose-built Chief. It most recently scored a victory at the 1/2 mile in Wauseon, Ohio last year, but it’s …
Harley or Indian? Early 1900’s American Board Track Racer “Replicas”
From the 1910’s to the 1920’s board track racing in the US was thriving. The races were exciting as the wooden tracks were wide enough to allow for ample overtaking and banked to enable high speeds while stadium-style seating was easily placed around the ovals (or sometimes circles) so audiences could enjoy all of the action. Unfortunately the Great Depression …
Built for Shaq – 2001 West Coast Choppers El Diablo
Post Listing Update: Despite 73 bids on eBay up to $44,100, this Shaq-sized chopper did not meet reserve. Wild custom choppers like this aren’t usually my cup of tea, however this one stands out because it’s big…it was designed to fit Shaquille O’Neal – both his 7’3″ frame and his size 26 shoes! The build process was shown in Motorcycle …
Servicustom – 1967 Harley-Davidson Servicar
With the rise of the automobile, motorcycle companies were forced to respond in the way of producing utilitarian scoot-based machines with the most common example being the Harley-Davidson Servicar. These machines were manufactured from 1932 to 1975 and saw dozens of changes and updates in its 43 years of production with some models having a car-like rear differential. While this …
Kosman Framed and S&S Powered – 2005 Harley-Davidson Street Tracker
Pretty much anything with an S&S engine powering it is going to be pretty impressive. Most bikes lucky enough to house one saw their builder(s) go all out in an effort for the rest of the machine to be on par with the excellence of its powerplant. According to the seller, this professionally-built tracker was the sister bike to the …
Mostly Correct – 1947 Indian Chief
Post Sale Update: After being relisted, this Chief sold for $22,000 with 42 bids. One of the best looking cruisers in history is the ’47 Chief, which is part of the reason why they aren’t cheap. This matching-numbers example was given a full mechanical restoration. You can tell what the seller was going for when he says “the paint came …
Hammarhead Woodsman – 2009 Royal Enfield Bullet G5 Classic
Post Listing Update: Lowering the asking price to $7,300 wasn’t good enough to get any interest. 6-11-2017 Update: Nearly a year later, this bike is back up for sale on eBay. The asking price is a pinch lower – find it still in Brooklyn with a BIN of $7,300 or best offer here on eBay. Anyone who’s perused Bike-urious before …
NHRA Pro V-Twin Drag Racer
Drag racers are particularly interesting motorcycles engineered to perform an extremely specific task, nonetheless these ridiculously powerful two-wheelers do have a place in the professional racing scene. While riding a bike in a straight line may seem like a fairly simple proposition, there are a myriad of elements that making this activity far more difficult than most realize. Few people …
LC Fabrications Build – 2006 Triumph TT Deluxe
Post Listing Update: This custom Triumph did not get any interest at the opening ask of $24,999. Starting with a ’06 Triumph Bonneville motor, Jeremy Cupp of LC Fabrications created a hybrid of antique style with modern motivation. What do you think of it?
1947 Saginaw Powerbike
Built by the Saginaw Products Corporation, the Powerbike was a conversion kit that you could slap onto any pedal-driven bicycle. All you had to do was remove the bicycle’s rear wheel, bolt on the Powerbike, and then hook up a fuel tank, fuel lines, and the throttle cable. They were successful enough that Sears started to offer pre-converted Powerbikes. The …
Custom Streetfighter – 2003 Buell XB9S
Most custom street fighters you find online are born out of a lazy effort to clean-up a set of thrashed fairings more often than they’re built out of an ambition to purposefully actualize a vision of something cool. This custom Buell however unmistakably falls into that seldom-seen latter-category. This heavily-modded 2003 XB9S has had all kinds of work done to …
1972 Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker
In 1969, an AMA rule-change would force Harley-Davidson’s then racing manager Dick O’Brian and his team to build the XR750 racer. It used a smaller version of its predecessor’s (the KR) 900cc engine. The first years of the XR had a lack of power as well as overheating issues so in 1972 parts of the engine were changed (aluminum head …
Los Angeles Sheriff – 1961 Harley-Davidson FLH
View PostRoland Sands Design Custom – 2005 Harley-Davidson Night Train FXSTBI
Roland Sands Designs has been designing award-winning riding-gear and performance parts as well as building countless award-winning custom bikes of just about every type. To model the myriad of aftermarket and performance parts for the Harley-Davidson Softail, an engineer at RSD has built this beautiful custom 2005 Night Train Softail made up of almost two dozen RSD components. While anyone …