In modern context, we call a 650cc parallel twin a middle-weight machine, but the late 1960s were a different time, with a ...

Brian Kates is what you might call a man of many talents. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Waterloo, worked as a biomedical device researcher at the Sunnybrook Hospital in ...

The guys at Federal Moto (FM) are no strangers to trackers, scramblers, and cafe racer projects, but a chopper is well outside their comfort zone. Brothers Mike and Peter Muller were looking for a ...

We interrupt Hump Day’s mundanities to bring you a pretty piece of stripped ferocity that’s been gaining traction about our two-wheeled web. This neat retro racer – a Yamaha XS650 – is a chameleon ...

What do you get when you pit custom bike shop Motocrew against a 1979 Yammie XS650? A dark horse fit for James Bond’s next action flick – and apparently, this bike shop had quite the tight brief from ...

Speed freaks are known for bringing some truly off-the-wall machines to the Bonneville Salt Flats in search of glory. But a team from a distillery in Montana recently made waves by showing up and ...

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