Every so often a motorcycle comes along that is just too beautiful. On the Superleggera beauty is way more than skin deep.
Street Fighter Flying Brick – BMW K100RS
What was once a K100RS has now become an angular custom that looks like it was sponsored by Halloween. I do think there are some interesting parts of this build – what do you think?
1953 Hoffman Gouverneur
Best known for bicycles and Vespa Scooters (60,000 from 1949 to 1954) the firm Hoffmann-Werke Lintorf hired a noted designer to develop this bike and brought the Gouverneur to market in 1951.
A Gift from Kenny Roberts – 1975 Yamaha TZ750
Cycle World called the TZ750 one of the six greatest motorcycles of all time, thanks to a racing pedigree that included nine straight wins at the Daytona 200.
2014 Honda Grom Custom
Here’s proof that we will hotrod anything, even the little cult bike-ette with the too-cute name—the Honda Grom. Like the purse dog who thinks it’s a Doberman, this 125cc motorcycle somehow presents itself as much larger than the sum of its parts. There’s always the guy who will go way over top, and here’s his project.
Clean Commando – 1974 Norton Commando 850
Thanks to a recent repaint, this 850 Commando looks beautiful, and it’s claimed to run like new. Here’s your chance to re-enact that Peter Egan article from a couple of weeks ago…
1968 Sears Allstate Puch 250 Twingle
Post Listing Update: This Twingle did not get any interest at the BIN of $1,850. It’s early March 1967. Our basketball team had qualified for the State Tournament and I had 4 days in the big city with nothing to do except one game per day. Much of my ‘unsupervised’ time was spent looking at motorcycles (I was already hopeless). …
1960 Cezeta 501
Post-Listing Update: This Cezeta did not meet reserve with one bid of $4,500. The Cezeta 50x series of scooters are some of the most interestingly-styled vehicles that have ever been built. This is an example of the 501, the first of the series made by the Czechoslovakian company.
Vietnam Import – 1964 Honda S90
In 1965, my best buddy got a beautiful black Honda S90. We rode thousands of miles together and learned about motorcycle maintenance and ourselves. It was so sleek…
441cc Single – 1968 BSA Shooting Star
In 1964 and ‘65 Jeff Smith rode a BSA Victor Scrambler to the 500cc Motocross World Championship. To capitalize on that success BSA launched 2 models for 1966 based on the bike – the Victor Grand Prix and the Victor Enduro. They followed in 1967 with a road model based on the bike called the Victor Roadster. By 1968 when …
“Modernized” – 1996 Honda XR600R
After taking this bike down to the frame, the seller of this XR600R brought it back to life with all kinds of goodies and two setups: dual-sport or supermoto.
Picture Intermission – Custom Rumble Scrambler Contest
The Custom Rumble is a competition between Ducati dealerships to see who created the best custom based on a Ducati Scrambler. There are now 40 finalists from 6 different continents, and some of them are really nice.
Purists Will Cry – 1940s Indian Bobbers
Here’s a couple of Indian bobbers that have had some interesting work done, though traditionalists aren’t going to happy.
Video Intermission – Norton’s Tunnel of Love
After sharing the weird BMW K1200R video a few days ago, some of you made me aware of other motorcycle-sponsored videos that you’ve enjoyed (or detested). Here’s one of the former, sponsored by Triumph but starring a Commando.
Sammy Miller – 1965 Bultaco Sherpa T
This gorgeous motorcycle is a game changer. Bultaco came into being in the late 1950s with high quality racing motorcycles. They were involved in all forms of racing, but when they introduced their Sherpa T (trials) model they started to dominate the dirt.