The world of motorcycles is a robust one. There’s a motorcycle designed for pretty much every use out there. The companies selling bikes are trying to appeal to every area of the market from the folks who love to cruise to the racers to the adventurers.
Then there’s the custom bike scene. Geniuses, craftsmen, artists take motorcycles and turn them into rolling pieces of art.
I try to cover a little bit of it all. From the new bikes rolling off the production lines at the various motorcycle manufacturers to the littlest of custom shops and individuals tinkering around in their sheds.
Here are the main types of motorcycles I typically write about on this site.
Note that this isn’t an exhaustive list, and the article linked above about the different types of motorcycles will explain the full picture.
The fun doesn’t stop with the various types of motorcycles. There are also tons of brands that sell each type of motorcycle. I’ve written an article on the different motorcycle brands out there, and that should give you a pretty clear idea of what you’ll find.
Motorcycle type and the different brands matter a ton, but I often find myself and other riders classifying motorcycles by their engine size or displacement.
This is typically how the industry categorizes motorcycles. You’ll see a 250cc class, a 600cc class, etc. To learn more, check out my article on the various engine sizes out there in the world of motorcycles.
Lastly, I want to talk about the price of motorcycles. Everyone has to work in a budget, and you can buy a nice bike for very little money, but you can also spend a ton.
Price is a big deciding factor, and I would hope you take it into account. Here are my thoughts on motorcycles and their prices.
Below are the latest articles on various motorcycles.
Nicola Martini is known as Mr. Martini in the custom bike world, and he built a Harley-Davidson Softail Cafe Racer out of an HD Fat Boy.
When most people think Fat Boy, they don’t think cafe racer. The Softail model is a cruiser best known for its solid cast wheels and badass attitude.
This transformation is a striking one and shows just how versatile the Fat Boy can be in the right hands.
Continue reading “Harley-Davidson Softail Cafe Racer by Mr. Martini”Motorcycle news is always changing. At the end of the week, I like to do a news roundup to showcase the best news stories.
This week BMW and Kawasaki were the two biggest players in the news and both have some interesting things coming in the future.
Here’s a look at some of the news stories you need to know about.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week July 3”If you love a good sportbike but you also love a long, long ride, then you need to think about sport touring motorcycles.
Sport touring motorcycles offer the best of sportbike world and the best of the touring world in one fantastic package.
These are my favorite options, and what I consider to be the best options out there.
Continue reading “5 Best Sport Touring Motorcycles You Can Buy”At the end of every week, I like to look over the motorcycle news stories I’ve written at Web Bike World and grab three of the most notable or my most favorite.
This week we have EICMA, Norton’s former CEO, and Yamaha in the news with some good stories.
So, without further ado, let’s dive into this weeks biggest stories.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – June 26”The Yamaha XT550 is one of my favorite bikes to see customized, and this bike called La Lupa built by Francis Von Tuto is no exception. It’s a beautiful motorcycle.
The XT550 is a unique motorcycle and it makes for a great scrambler or tracker design as you can see here.
It is a bike that came out in the 1980s and it has aged really well. This custom is great because it’s still recognizable as a Yamaha XT550.
Continue reading “Yamaha XT550 “La Lupa” by Francis Von Tuto”In an effort to have the name more accurately reflect the company’s values, Confederate Motorcycles has changed its name to Combat Motors.
The company’s CEO, Ernest Lee, who I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with before, emailed me to let me know about the change.
It’s the right move by the company, and one I’m glad to see.
Continue reading “Confederate Motorcycles Becomes Combat Motors”Every Friday, I like to take a look at the past motorcycle news stories I write up at Web Bike World and then do a news roundup here on Wind Burned Eyes.
This is a great way for me to pull the most important motorcycle news stories and give them to you in an easy-to-digest format.
This week, Ducati, MV Agusta, and Harley-Davidson are all in the news. Let’s dive in.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – June 19”Scrambler motorcycles get my blood pumping every time, and this Yamaha Scorpio 225 Custom by Backyard Customs is a perfect example of why.
The bike is a rugged and beautiful scrambler. It was customized with care but built to not be a showroom piece. It was purpose-built.
Backyard Customs is a shop in Bali, and the buys at the shop did a wonderful job with this machine.
Continue reading “Yamaha Scorpio 225 Custom by Backyard Customs”Feast your eyes on one of the best-looking cafe racer motorcycles I’ve seen in a while—this custom Honda CB750 RC42.
Hondas always make for beautiful cafe racers, especially CB750 Honda motorcycles, and this one is no exception. The fact that it’s the Honda CB750 RC42 certainly helps its cause.
What’s exceptional about this build is the work the Kaspeed Moto did to make it look genuinely different and absolutely beautiful.
Continue reading “Honda CB750 RC42 Cafe Racer Build by Kaspeed Moto”There can be a lot of developments in the motorcycle news in just one week. I write motorcycle news daily at Web Bike World, but at the end of the week, I like to do a roundup here on Wind Burned Eyes.
This week, the news comes in a few different forms from electric bikes to cybercrime, and even self-balancing bikes. Harley-Davidson, 2electron, and Honda are all the big news stories this week.
Let’s dive in.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – June 12”
