A Ducati Scrambler with a weird Manga vibe, a Yamaha XJR1300 with monocoque bodywork, and one of the best custom Bonnevilles we’ve seen in years. Check out the motorcycles that revved our engines this week.

Ducati Scrambler by Vibrazioni Art Design The first motorcycle to capture my imagination as kid was the Delta Mk IV Megafighter from the admittedly abhorable 1982 Hal Needham movie, Megaforce. The Suzuki RM125s were outfitted with weapons and solid block wheels, and they could fly. At four years old, this was enough to convince me that bikes were the coolest thing on the planet.
This Ducati Scrambler from the welding-masked men at Vibrazioni Art Design has a very similar vibe. ?Flamingo? doesn?t have cowl-mounted missiles, but it looks ready for war. The remote reservoir, balance-free-fork style front suspension should tackle any terrain, and the high-mount oil cooler with integrated headlight exemplifies form meeting function. If the multi-faceted and heavily-dented bodywork with Texaco logos isn?t your ideal, just let your eyes fall south?and focus on the weld work on the exhaust. [More]

Yamaha VMAX by it roCkS!bikes It seems a week can?t pass without falling in love with yet another Yamaha Yard Built project. This time, the yellow and black object of affection is a quarter-mile VMAX from the Portuguese duo at it roCkS!bikes, dubbed ‘CS_07 Gasoline.’
This is Osvaldo Coutinho and Alex Santos? third bike for the Yard Built series. Built to celebr...