1982 Benelli 254. Owner: John Goldman, San Francisco, California.
Here was a delicious little machine, a transversely mounted 231cc in-line four, putting out some impressive horsepower and weighing, fully fueled, a modest 269 pounds. With a top...
Our Yamaha Star Eluder project bike is a V-twin bagger that offers more comfort, functionality and style than a stock machine. (Photo by Joe Agustin)
This is the final video in our three-part series about our Yamaha Star Eluder project bike, a... -
Written by Marlon Slack
Christmas has been easy for you. You lot have been stuffing your faces and lying comatose on the couch. But meanwhile, we at Pipeburn HQ have been tearing our hair out. Coming up with a list of finalists from the bikes... -
It’s that time of year when we throw the data out the window and pick our personal favorite customs of 2018. Our traditional Bike EXIF Top Ten is based on bikes that melted our servers?but these are the bikes that also melted our hearts.
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There?s something magical about big racing two-strokes. And somewhere near the top of that smokin? hot tree is the Suzuki-SAIAD GT750 S Vallelunga.
The story of the Italian-built Suzuki is a curious tale, and it?s rare to see one of these... -
Riding in Montana is big: big skies, big trees, big rivers and big fun. Photos by the author.
It’s with a nod to the late, great music show host Lawrence Welk that I start this ride spanning a couple of Montana’s scenic blue highways. The... -
A bone-stock 2018 Yamaha Star Eluder GT in Raven served as the platform for our customization project. (This photo courtesy Yamaha; other photos by Joe Agustin)
For 2018, Yamaha launched two all-new V-twin touring cruisers built on the same... -
Squeezing two Harley engines into one chassis is a special form of lunacy, most commonly found in the drag racing scene in the USA.
In the glory days of the mid-70s, Bonnie Truett linked a pair of Sportster motors and nitro-injected them. A... -
For 2018, Triumph offers Tiger 800s in a six-bike lineup, all incorporating extensive upgrades. The top-dog 800 XCA we tested features six riding modes: new Off-Road Pro, Off-Road, Road, Sport, Rain and a Rider-Customizable mode, as well as... -
What a year it?s been for the custom scene. With so many great bikes crossing our radar, it?s almost impossible to pick out any personal favorites.
So it?s just as well that our annual Bike Of The Year roundup is purely data driven. It?s based on... -
Here at MO, we love electric motorcycles. So, imagine our excitement when this press release slipped over the transom this morning. Perhaps, with this increase in production, we can arrange for a full test, instead of a brief but speedy ride, of the... -
Laing gazes across a salt field on the ancient bed of the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Hamilton Mack Laing’s way was rutted.
Clay mud lined with the tracks made by car and wagon wheels had dried, hindering the passage of his Harley-Davidson. “We... -
Nicky Hayden left a massive hole in the motorcycling world?and in all of our hearts?when he passed away unexpectedly in May last year. In a fitting tribute, the Kentucky Kid was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame earlier this month.
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