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”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”I write daily motorcycle news over at Web Bike World, and at the end of the week, I like to take a look at all of the news stories I’ve covered and do a nice motorcycle news roundup here on Wind Burned Eyes.
This week, Kawasaki, Yamaha, and MV Agusta all stood out in the news. There’s some seriously good stuff happening right now. Let’s dive into the news stories for this week.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – May 29”Of all the types of bikes out there I love bobbers the most. It’s these bikes that first drew me to motorcycles. The simplicity of them. And this Yamaha XS650 bobber built by Eastern Spirit Garage is a perfect example of the kind of custom bike I love.
The Yamaha XS650 is a common motorcycle for customizing, and it’s clear why, it can be made into anything, and looks great as a cafe racer, scrambler, or (as seen here) bobber.
This particular bike is an excercise in simplicity and attention to detail. It’s a master work built by master craftsmen.
Continue reading “Yamaha XS650 Bobber By Eastern Spirit Garage”The Yamaha XS650 is one of the best bikes to find and customize, and this Yamaha XS650 Bobber “Big Wheel” by A&J Cycles is a perfect example of this.
The bike is an absolutely beautiful machine from the overall style of the bike down to the paint job on the tank. It’s simple, stripped-down, and just plain cool.
Continue reading “Yamaha XS650 Bobber “Big Wheel” by A&J Cycles”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”
