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1979 XS650 Street Tracker

August 26, 2026

When Peter Chase, of Rhode Island's Cafe Cycles, was tasked with completing a project that had sat idle for the last decade, per the customer's initial requests, he thought he was in for a quick and easy street tracker build.

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Timebomb Kustoms: Honda CB750

Juli 29, 2026

Being involved in the custom bike scene for many years we have seen a lot of different painters and artists in the midwest and many of them of course ride, so its always neat to see what a custom painter or tank artist choses to ride themselves. We took a trip down to the small town of Bedford, Indiana where one such painter Jason Mattox of Timebomb Customs had just finished up his own CB750 custom chopper. Jason has always had an affinity for vintage Japanese bikes so we wanted to find out more about his latest project and his shop in general and see why he chose this last year single overhead cam 1978 k model CB750 for his daily rider.

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Northbilt Customs: Urban Scrambler

Juli 10, 2026

We recently met up with Brett Johnson of Northbilt Customs in the heart of the racing capitol of the world, Indianapolis, Indiana where he has a shop on the famous "Gasoline Alley" home to some of the finest machine shops and racing specialists the city has to offer. We were actually visiting one such shop right there recently to have some XS650 valve work done when the shop owner told us about Brett and his incredible Honda scrambler project he was just finishing up, built from a CB350F. We said, well that sounds amazing but couldn't be possible since the CB350F was notoriously an inline four and scramblers are always two cylinders.

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From Concept to Legend: The Suzuki Katana

Juni 04, 2026

When Suzuki dropped the Katana on the world in 1979, everything changed.
The 1970s saw the rise of the universal Japanese motorcycle (UJM), however, by the end of the decade, manufacturers and consumers were growing tired of this conservative design language. Suzuki, the creator of the fantastic GSX series of motorcycles and superbikes, decided to try a design experiment that would take the creation of their new motorcycle to an outside design firm.

Liquid Cooled Pioneer: The Suzuki GT750

Mai 22, 2026

The Suzuki GT750 is one of the most beloved Japanese bikes of all time. Released in the early 1970s during the formative age of the superbike, the GT750 was designed primarily as a sports tourer. Its smooth acceleration and comfortable ride made it a more refined alternative to the Kawasaki Z1 or Honda CB750.

But what really earned the Suzuki GT750 a prominent place in motorcycle history was its innovative engine. The GT750 was the first Japanese motorbike to employ a liquid cooling system for the engine rather than the traditional air-cooled setup.