A burly custom Laverda 1000 Jota leads our selection this week, with a rare collection of vintage British and European bikes sitting at the opposite end of the list. Wedged between them is a pair of wild Suzukis; a custom 90s Suzuki GSX-R750 SRAD, and the new 25th anniversary Hayabusa.

Laverda 1000 Jota by Motorcycle Mania Despite being one of the lesser-known Italian marques, Laverda has always had a certain mystique around them. After their founding in 1949, they went on to produce a slew of unique (and often orange) bikes, meant to take on the likes of Moto Guzzi and BMW.
Laverda came under pressure from the big four Japanese manufacturers in the 1960s. Their answer to the inline-fours from the Land of the Rising Son was a new 1,000 cc triple, based on the gorgeous Laverda 750 twin of the day. The Laverda 1000 made good power?and, although it wasn?t a lightweight, it handled well.
The Laverda 1000 Jota came in 1976?a racing-derived 1,000 cc triple with plenty of go-fast bits. The overall power output was bumped from 85 hp to 95 hp, and it was clocked at speeds of over 130 mph, which made it one of the fastest production bikes at the time.
You don?t regularly see Jotas (or Laverdas in general) riding around, let alone custom examples. This one was built by Stephen Anstis of Motorcycle Mania. Based out of his workshop in Frome, a town in Somerset, England, Stephen has been in the game for more than 40 years.

Stephen started with a 1983 model 120 Jota (named for the...