R7-inspired Restomod Race Bike from DV8 Motorcycles... The late 1980s and early 1990s were heady times for superbike fans. In order to meet the production rules of series like World Superbike and AMA Superbike, manufacturers offered homologation specials like the Ducati 888 SP4S, Hond| BikeBound
Whenever we visit the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Alabama, one of the ultra-rare machines that draws us is the Morbidelli V8 -- a shaft-drive Italian sport tourer with a 32-valve liquid-cooled 847cc 90° V8 that looks remarkable modern for a bike built in the 1990s.The late Giancarl| BikeBound
Crossing The Block: Ultra-Rare Excelsior Board Track Racer... On December 30, 1912, a California Class B racer named Lee Irving Humiston became the first motorcyclist to break the 100-mph barrier on a production-based machine, riding a 61 cubic-inch Excelsior Twin on the Playa del Rey| BikeBound
Anathem Garage breathes soul into a forgotten Flying Brick... Giancarlo Noe of Anathem Garage has one of the most impressive two-wheeled resumes in the custom bike world. He worked as a race mechanic in both World Superbike and MotoGP, winning the 1996 Superbike World Championship wit| BikeBound
Championship Cycles builds a Ducati 748 track bike with retro vibes... The Massimo Tamburini-designed Ducati 916 remains one of the most iconic sporting motorcycles ever made. Introduced in 1994, the Desmoquattro-powered machine won four Superbike World Championships in the 1990s with| BikeBound
Duplex Digger: Karl Ardo's Pre-Unit Triumph Chopper... In 1960, the twin-carb Bonneville 650 received a new “Duplex” frame whose twin front downtubes corrected the "Whip Iron" wobble of the original bike. Today, the 1960-62 Triumph 650 twins remain popular for custom-builders, com| BikeBound
Big Dream: What if Honda had built a 250cc version of the MT125R racer? It's well known that Soichiro Honda -- Mr. Honda himself -- was no fan of two-stroke engines. It's said he found them noisy, smoky, and too difficult to maintain. "Soichiro Honda always hated the so-called| BikeBound
VMX-Style XT600 from Garage Esquinita... Back in 1984, Yamaha introduced the XT600, their new "go-anywhere, do-anything flagship. The 595cc dual-purpose machine could be traced back to the iconic XT/TT500 models, which had proved their mettle on the grueling sands of the Paris-Dakar| BikeBound
Guinness World Record Holder: "Tinker Toy" by Simon Whitelock... Recently we showcased the 7-cylinder Kawasaki two-stroke built by the UK's Simon Whitelock, who's been building custom motorcycles specials since 1985. He says the Kawasaki Triples Rally is where he caught the bug| BikeBound
Rover-inspired "Monster Triple" from Cus'Tom Motorcycle... When Triumph made their Hinckley factory comeback in the early 1990s, they opted for a modular production plan that allowed them to manufacture a wide range of models from a single main design. One of the most successful of t| BikeBound
