The 90s sportbike revival is in full swing, and custom builders like Marc Bell are setting the pace. A full-time metal fabricator with an unwavering love for retro sportbikes, Marc has built some of the best late-80s and early-90s restomods we’ve seen under the HAXCH Moto banner. If it’s got perfectly proportioned bodywork, a lust-worthy…
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Motorcycling can be a selfish endeavor—and yet, motorcyclists can be some of the most charitable people around. If you’re one of those motorcyclists, CROIG and Yamaha have a treat for you. This wild Yamaha XSR900 is being given away to raise funds for Waves for Water, a nonprofit that provides clean water to communities that…
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Your bike is as much an extension of your body on the open road as it is your personality when parked at the curb, and as such, the desire to set your machine apart from the herd is universal. In the hunt for more speed, harder cornering and increased curb appeal, we swap handlebars, exhausts…
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Some motorcycles beg to be ridden in anger. Others drip with nostalgia. If you draw a Venn diagram of those two paradigms, you’ll find the Yamaha XSR900 GP smack dab in the middle of the intersection. The Yamaha XSR900 GP just about melted our servers (and lit up our comments section) when it first broke…
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VTR Customs leads the charge this week, with an aggressive take on the gigantic BMW R18. We also look at a couple…
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Ducati and Yamaha share equal billing this week. We start with a Yamaha XSR900 fairing kit from Taiwan and a Ducati Multistrada…
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Every time we think the motorcycle industry’s heritage segment has reached its zenith, another major manufacturer cashes in and the cycle continues.…
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Two very different Yamahas dominate this weekend’s edition of Speed Read. We take a closer look at the new Yamaha XSR900 DB40…
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Modern superbikes are complex machines, both inside and out. Not only have their engines and electronics evolved in leaps and bounds over…
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Some custom builders work to a strict formula, while others have a signature that shines through in the details, regardless of the…
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If Yamaha let you choose any one of their bikes to customize, which would you pick? For David Sánchez and the wildly…
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It’s an eclectic pick this week—from a Honda Monkey chopper to a one-off Triumph prototype from the 80s. We’ve also got a…
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