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If it was still in business, this year would have been the Buell Motorcycle Company's 30th birthday. Treated more like a line on the cash flow sheet to its parent company Harley-Davidson than a true self-supporting motorcycle brand, Buell suffered from not being "Harley enough" for the Bar & Shield devout, and conversely wasn't adopted by the non-believers because of its extensive compromises with the Milwaukee brand. The ethos of the brand continues however, with Erik Buell Racing. We still don't know what the future holds for Erik Buell's new company, though a bevy of models are on his company's product road map. We think if you polled a few former Buell owners, they would want to see this poster (full-size after the jump) updated.
Kawasaki’s W800 is back in 2020 alongside the W800 Café for 2020. This new model is a more authentically styled edition that pays homage to the W1 of the 1960s.
The only Modern Art movement to celebrate the motorcycle, the Futurists loved speed, noise, and energy, making them perfect chroniclers of motorcycling.
A Yamaha SR250 built for city scrambling...The Yamaha SR250 is a legendary model, an 21-hp air-cooled single whose heart and performance has always outshone mere datasheets and specifications. The bike shared much with the XT250 dirt bike, making this little SR a perfect scrambler candidate.
The greatest thing about art is that it is limitless. Creativity is an amazing phenomenon that can be found whenever we open our eyes, but we certainly are thrilled when we look at beautiful pieces of art highlighting our topic of choice, motorbikes. We handpicked 10 artists from around the globe that we found across the web for their diversity of styles, techniques, and focus. Each of them is one-of-a-kind and we bet you will be as delighted as us when glazing over their refined artworks. Without realizing it, you may find new decor ideas for your home or new gift ideas for your loved ones. Some of those artists even commission pieces on request, so here is the perfect occasion to indulge yourself and get your hands on your dream motorbike on paper. Kenji Shibata Kenji is one of the most renown motoring artists of this era, achieving recognition through his work for Honda and Yamaha. Still working full-time in his studio in Nagoya, he creates ultra-realistic paintings of iconic motorcycles and automobiles. Kenji Shibata at Work 2014 Honda RC213V - Repsol Honda Team 2016 MONTESA Cota 4RT - Repsol Honda Team 1967 HONDA Monkey Z50M 1968 YAMAHA DT-1 Tomas Pajdlhauser @captain_tom Tomas is an artist and creative director living in Ottawa. In his free time, he enjoys taking motorcycle trips and sketches along the way, using a fountain pen and watercolor. He gets inspired by his travels and draws on location, capturing moments to make lasting memories. Tomas Pajdlhauser aka Captain Tom Noémie Marmorat @gasoline_maab Noémie is a French artist that turned her passion for motorcycles and automobiles into her job. Unlike most artists who use watercolor or oil painting, her unique drawing technique consists of a combination of Promarker felt pens, Posca markers, and colored pencils. Noémie Marmorat Makoto Endo @makoto_endo Makoto from Niigata, Japan, has been involved with art his whole life. Now a full-time painter, he chose motorcycles as his main focus for his artwork and developed his signature technique, consisting of flinging Indian ink using bamboo chopsticks, on canvas. Makoto Endo Adi Gilbert @99seconds_studio Adi is an illustrator and graphic designer based in the UK who works with both traditional and digital techniques to sketch vintage-inspired drawings around motorbikes and bicycles. Claudia Liebenberg @claudia_liebenberg Claudia, a self-taught South African artist, grew up around classic cars and motorcycles. When she started painting professionally, it was just natural to paint what she developed a love for as a kid. She uses watercolor and layering techniques to achieve her beautiful and detailed pieces. Claudia Liebenberg Daniel Marshall @danmarshallart Daniel is a prominent watercolor artist currently based in Denver whose inspiration comes mostly from coastal life. He dearly enjoys plein air painting and makes incredible pieces on classic motorcycles.Daniel Marshall @brusco Brusco is an illustrator from Barcelona who’s always been linked to the motorcycle world. On top of doing illustrations, he also does sign painting, tattoo designs, and much more. Brusco Peter Hutton Drawing has always been part of Peter’s life. He eventually ended up working as an illustrator for the biggest automobile brands in the world and still contributes to projects to this day. His work today focuses on series of collector cards and prints. Peter Hutton Takashi Urashima @ein883 Takashi is a Buddy Custom Cycles staff based in Japan using a variety of tools such as pinstripe brushes and paints to paint on motorcycles. Additionally, he illustrates on paper with a watercolor pen and digital techniques.
In the world of cross bikes, there's something just inherently honest about a single speed race machine. It's gotta be the big, knobby tires, cantilever brakes, unicrown fork and no-nonsense utilitarianism, right? Wrong. It's pink and it's a Vicious Cycles! This bike in particular is over 10 years old and it has been raced extensively over that time period. It's been wrecked, loved, hated, spit on, puked on (maybe?) and it's still alive, begging for more. When I was at the Bicycle Sport Shop Six Shooter, this was one of the first bikes that caught my eye. See more in…
Better known for twins, the BMW R25/2 with its 250cc single carried the company to prosperity.
ROA motorcycles crafted the BMW R80 a hooped subframe, which finishes with a smooth flowing line that mirrors the groove on the brown saddle.
Following an inspiring road trip in California to Joshua Tree, our designer is updating a 1987 Honda 600 Transalp in a resto-mod spirit.
What's in a name? A lot apparently, and when it comes to giving a vehicle a moniker, the big auto
All the vibes of a classic English scrambler, but with reliable Japanese mechanicals.
Cyclists are known for their toned calves, strong thighs and overall cardiovascular fitness. We may be able to output a ton of power into each pedal stroke, but when it comes to flexibility and range of motion, most of us are lacking. The best way to combat this is with regular and targeted stretches for cyclists.
Searching for the Ducati motorcycle from the movie Tron Legacy? Here's all you need to know about the Tron Ducati Sport 1000 and where you can buy one.
La special minimalista che viene dalla SVezia
1976 BMW R90/6 - R100/6 Classic
If there’s a growing trend in custom motorcycles today, it’s towards street trackers: road-legal versions of the flat track bikes that raced in the 1960s and 1970s. With small tanks, wide bars and fat tires, they’re good-looking bikes stripped down to the essentials. Machines like this lovely BSA Trackmaster, resurrected by New Jersey’s Phil Capozzi,…
Bought the bike as a tired US spec Special that was a non runner. It was a solid low mileage bike but way too stock for me. I stripped the bike down and got it running for a season and tried a few different bar and suspension setups. In the end I went with wide
