In the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, professional road racer Jake Holden set the fastest time ever up the mountain on a carbureted motorcycle. The bike was a custom Kawasaki “ZRX1224RR” built by James […]
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Artride 2026: Bobbers, Choppers, and Moto Miscellany
For our third and final installment from ArtRide 2026, we have the bobbers, choppers, and miscellaneous builds from the show. As you may recall, ArtRide is an exhibition that takes place during the annual Wheels […]
ArtRide 2026: Café Racers & Superbikes
We’re back with another segment from ArtRide 2026, the custom bike and art show at Wheels & Waves in Biarritz, France. It took place June 11-13 at Skatepark Biarritz, just a stone’s throw from the […]
BOLT #008: 1995 Honda CB750 Café Racer
By the mid 1990s, the Honda CB750 — aka the Nighthawk 750 — had morphed into a retro-style UJM with twin shocks and an air-cooled DOHC inline-four with 75 ponies at the ready. At the […]
Kinetic Art: Brough Superior RMB01
Brough Superior and Watchmaker Richard Mille join forces on a work of kinetic art… One of the most striking machines at ArtRide 2026 in Biarritz, France, was the Brough Superior RMB01. Built in collaboration with […]
The Poetry of Motion: 7 Trackers & Scramblers from ArtRide 2026
ArtRide XI: Where Art and Motorcycles Collide… The annual Wheels & Waves Festival in Biarritz, France, hosts some of the wildest two-wheeled spectacles on the planet: Punk’s Peak, El Rollo Flat Track, The Race of […]
Brothers to Dakar: S2D Race Team and Their Husqvarna FR450 Rally Bikes
Brothers Carl and Craig Searles race the Dakar Rally… The Dakar Rally is regarded as the world’s most grueling off-road race, a 5000-mile battle across some of the most epic, difficult terrain on the planet. […]
Flying V: 163-whp Harley Street Bob Street Tracker
V-Twin Torque Monster from former Top Fuel pilot Wayne Pollack of Flying V Racing… We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Some of our favorite builds come from former racers. This absolute ground-pounder […]
Up for Auction: 1970 Honda CB750 Police Bike
Honda’s CB750P Police Special: A lesser-known chapter in the story of the SOHC CB750… When we think of police motorcycles in the United States, Harley-Davidson and Kawasaki tend to loom largest in the imagination: big […]
Pure Fun Survivor: Yamaha RD400 Daytona Special
Purists Beware: Tim Coughlin’s 1990s-Style RD400 Road Ripper… In 1979, with the motorcycle world hurtling fast toward four-stroke dominance, Yamaha released the Yamaha RD400F Daytona Special — a lightweight, giant-killing smoker that would be one […]
