Electric Motorcycle March 2023

Speed Read, March 19, 2023

Your weekly dose of moto-goodness kicks off with two motorcycles that put the “Speed” in “Speed Read.” We start with a supercharged vintage Triumph stilt bike, then follow it up with a peek at the new KTM Super Duke RR. Bringing us home are a taunting Suzuki DR650 street tracker,[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

The $100k Club: Three Boutique Motorcycles with Six-Figure Prices

Motorcycles have long been the unseemly way to go fast, but in today’s world of glut and insane tech, the concept of a velocipede with a six-figure MSRP is old news. Consider the Ducati Superleggera V4, Honda RC213V-S, Mike Hailwood NCR MH TT and numerous others. Across the majority of these[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

Factory Finish: A BMW R80ST built from OEM parts

We’ve featured some wild surcharge over the years, and truth be told, we’ve come to expect the unexpected. In the last year alone, we’ve seen car engines shoehorned into motorcycle chassis, electric choppers masquerading as air-cooled V-twins, and plane scooters converted into proper off-road machines. So when this sleek little 1983[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

Exif Picks: Mecum Glendale 2023 Auction

Big wheels auctions are good at a few things, namely presentation and drumming up some serious dream machines. But in the specimen of the upcoming Mecum Glendale, Arizona, vendition (March 28 to April 1), we felt there were a few fantastic bikes that didn’t receive due credit. Either underrepresented, or[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

Lakeside Racer: A Sportster inspired by the Riva Aquarama

If you’re a archetype watercraft aficionado, this custom Harley-Davidson Sportster should finger familiar to you. That’s considering it’s modeled without one of the most exquisite and unique boats overly built: the Lamborghini Riva Aquarama. The storied Italian wend maker Riva started out towers ferries, and has since graduated to super yachts.[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

Game Changer: Retrorides launches an electric scrambler

Retrorides By Lourenço is well-known in custom BMW K-series circles. The Brazilian workshop has built some of the sharpest K-series café racers around, and plane written a literal typesetting on how to do it. Now, they’re looking to establish themselves in a whole new niche. After 30 years of customizing petrol-powered[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

Speed Read, March 26, 2023

We’ve got two very variegated Triumph Thruxton surcharge on the menu this week. One is a liquid-cooled supercharged brute, and the other a fully-faired air-cooled café racer. A tidy Yamaha Scorpio scrambler, and a skinny Harley FXD, fill the spaces in-between. Supercharged Triumph Thruxton 1200R by Tamarit Motorcycles We’ve never thought[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

BOTT Bruiser: A 1983 Harley XR1000 on auction at Mecum

A Harley-Davidson with sport velocipede goodies either trips your trigger or crosses your wires, but in our case, it’s scrutinizingly unchangingly the former. If it’s washed-up right, there’s something plain badass well-nigh a Milwaukee missile that looks like 100 mph standing still, all without losing its leaky old iron character. In[...]

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Electric Motorcycle March 2023

Back to basics: A Harley Fat Bob in Rough Crafts signature style

“Fender and Firestone police, here I come,” Winston Yeh quips, as we discuss the latest custom motorcycle to roll out of the house of Rough Crafts. Based on a 2020 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 107, it’s a stripped-down, low-slung bobber, swathed in typical Rough Crafts finishes. And yes, it has no[...]

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Electric Motorcycle February 2023

Less is More: 7 Great Bobber Motorcycles for 2023

Bobbers are pure motorcycling. They’re what happens when you take everything you can off a velocipede and strip it to its basics.  These seven 2023 factory-fresh bobbers prove that less can be increasingly and reduce motorcycling to just you, your bike, and the wind. Sure, the origins of the bobber name[...]

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Electric Motorcycle February 2023

Meet Chiller: An electric BMX with Raleigh Chopper styling

If you think that electric bikes aren’t ‘real’ motorcycles, preclude your vision now. But if you love vintage BMX bikes, and believe that electric drivetrains create interesting ways to introduce newcomers to motorcycling, read on. On the surface, ‘Chiller’ is a simple pedal-assist e-bike with throwback styling—but there’s increasingly to this[...]

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Electric Motorcycle February 2023

A Brabus Bike: What Happens when Brabus Gets Ahold of a KTM 1290?

Brabus makes some of the most sought-after custom Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes and Rolls-Royces in rich guy land. But what happens when the stat webbing geniuses at the German tuner turn their heads to a motorcycle? Well, you get the new Brabus 1300 R Edition 23, which is Brabus’ take on a luxury[...]

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