The Yamaha XS 650 from the 1970s into the 1980s is one of the best bikes to customize. It can be transformed into basically anything. The guys at Kuna Customs made a killer Yamaha XS650 Brat Tracker.
The simplicity of this bike is what caught my eye. Good on Kuna Customs for keeping things simple and beautiful.
Continue reading “Yamaha XS650 Brat Tracker From Kuna Customs”Usually, when you think cruiser motorcycles, Harley-Davidson comes to mind, but there are other excellent non-Harley-Davidson cruisers out there. Honda, Kawasaki, BMW, Triumph, Indian, and others make great bikes.
However, not all of them are great bikes. I’ve put together a list of the best non-Harley-Davidson cruisers out there. Here are my picks.
Continue reading “5 Best Non-Harley-Davidson Cruisers”Sportbikes are designed for high speeds, tight corners, and pushing the envelope. Good ones need to be true track-focused machines, but still be able to do the job on the street. The best sportbikes need to be able to do both well.
With all that said, I wanted to pull together a list of the absolute best sportbikes out there on sale right now. These are the good ones that you should consider if you want to very best sportbike the world has to offer.
Continue reading “5 Best Sportbikes of 2020”This Yamaha XV750 by Purpose Built Moto is a good example of why the bike is a good one to use to start a dramatic cafe racer transformation. When a client of the shop brought his bike in, he had plenty of ideas.
One of them was to build a Manga-inspired bike. That’s what the shop set out to do.
Continue reading “Yamaha XV750 by Purpose Built Moto”Every week I do a quick roundup of the motorcycle news that I write over at Web Bike World here on Wind Burned Eyes.
The following are the news stories that I think are the most important of the week.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – November 29, 2019”I write daily news stories for Web Bike World, and at the end of the week, I like to do a quick roundup of my favorite three news stories.
This week was all about the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers. Honda, Yamaha, and Kawasaki all had pretty big news this week.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – October 4, 2019”As Ryan F9 of FortNine says in his Yamaha Niken review, people are asking the three-wheeled question, and the Niken tries to answer them.
The Niken is one of the more interesting bikes to come out in recent years. It’s far from perfect, but it may be on to something.
Continue reading “Yamaha Niken Review by FortNine”I write motorcycle news over at Web Bike World, but every week I do a good roundup of my favorite news stories from the week over here.
Here are the best motorcycle news stories from the last seven days.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – September 6, 2019”Heres a look at the latest motorcycle news stories that you should not overlook.
I write news for Web Bike World, and at the end of the week, I try to round up the best three news stories and post them here. That way you get a look at what’s truly important in one spot. Here’s this week’s roundup.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – August 23, 2019”Here are the latest motorcycle news stories for the past week that you need to know.
I write news for Web Bike World, and I like to do a little roundup at the end of the week here on Wind Burned Eyes. Here are the best news stories of the week and a link to the full articles.
Continue reading “Roundup: The 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – June 14, 2019”
