The smell of two-stroke oil lingers in the air, courtesy of Roland Sands Design’s razor-sharp custom Yamaha RD400. We also profile a Triumph Bonneville T100 café racer, the new Triumph Rocket 3 … [Weiterlesen...]
Zwei: A 53-kilogram two-stroke land speed racer by Wannabe-Choppers
Enrico ‘Ricky’ de Haas founded Wannabe-Choppers at just 15, brimming with imagination and unaffected by the conventions that often accompany adulthood. 20 years later, he’s still … [Weiterlesen...]
Twinboss: The story of Irwann Cheng’s twin-engine Yamaha RXZ
Remember the Yamaha RXZ Twinboss twin-cylinder two-stroke? Neither do we, because it never existed—except in the mind of Irwann Cheng. The Malaysian custom builder, who operates as FNG Works, has … [Weiterlesen...]
Big Dreams: An RD250-based Yamaha RD56 replica from Canada
The Yamaha RD56 cemented itself in the annals of motorcycle racing history when it carried Phil Read to Yamaha’s first-ever Grand Prix championship title in 1964. But that wasn’t the … [Weiterlesen...]
This five-cylinder Puch proves there’s no replacement for displacement
They say that there’s no replacement for displacement. By that logic, the best way to improve a single-cylinder Puch moped is to turn it into a five-cylinder Puch moped. At least, that’s … [Weiterlesen...]
Forever Young: An overgrown mini-bike with a Yamaha snowmobile engine
The last time we heard from Sean Skinner, he’d just built a Yamaha XS650-powered replica of the 1960s Schwinn Stingray Orange Krate bicycle. The oddball creation was a far cry from the tidy … [Weiterlesen...]
Speed Read: a 48-cylinder Kawasaki two-stroke and more
This might just be our most eclectic Sunday round-up yet. We start with a Guinness World Record-holding 48-cylinder Kawasaki two-stroke, then look at a Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 café racer from … [Weiterlesen...]
Make some noize for the Kawasaki H1 that didn’t race at Glemseck
The Glemseck 101 is the European event for anyone who loves fast, impractical, and highly imaginative machines. Those who partake in it do so with cult-like levels of obsession—returning year after … [Weiterlesen...]
