Phew! Home From Holiday Travels! Here's AN Excellent Reader Ride, Kawasaki H2 - 2 Stroke Restoration Till I Get Things Caught Up!

Philip Rochette writes in:HelloHere are some shots of my 1972 Kawasaki 750 H2 that I have recently restored.It was a long term and very interresting project .I enjoy my bike and I have a lot of fun riding it in the beautifull french Alps.Here is the link to my site about that restoration and more;http://kawasaki750h2.free.fr/Best regardsFantastic Restoration!  Thanks for the excellent pictures

A Friend of Mine Built Himself A Really Fun Little Honda Cafe from Spare Parts.

Nice Job Butch!

Reader Ride! GSX 1100 From Croatia!

Ivan from Croatia writes in:Hi,I like to read your blog, it's one of the first things I do each morning. Today I was surprised Icouldn't open it, but later it was accessible. It's great and you have a lot of great pics!I'm sending you a photo of my work, so that you can see what we are doing through the winter, herein Croatia.Thank you Ivan!  Great bike!  I like the all the upgrades.  We're all

Reader ride! Another Cafe BMW from Jay.

I really like the scrapes on the knee pucks AND especially the valve cover. Nice job! You've been putting her to work!

Reader Ride. Jay Sends In Another Fantastic Custom BMW .... This One's A Scrambler!

Damm That Is Sweet!  And stay tuned for another nice Cafe...

Built by Gene and Ron Atherton.It is a 83 Honda VT500 Ascot. It was our ice bike, before that Gene tried to dirt track it but it didn't work out. We built it during the winter of 09. Gets road most ever day in the summer.ThanksRon

UPDATE: A few more. Reader Ride. Outstanding BMW Cafe Racer.

Jay sends in this excellent R100SYour site is my morning coffee. Here is one of the few café I built. 

Ducati Dirtbike Video... OUCH!

The former owner commentd on this beauty from an earlier post HERE and included this somewhat painful video. Great Stuff!Death Valley on a Ducati from Joe Finn on Vimeo.

Reader Ride. Cool Ducati and Cool Story.

It's like the bike found the right buyer at just the right time!  sometime you find a bike and sometimes a bike finds you.Brian Writes in:Howdy,First off I wanted to say I love your site. The bike porn you feature always gives me inspiration. So much in fact that I finally get tosubmit my ride and story!I looked for a vintage Ducati for years here locally in Seattle. Lastyear one finally turned

Reader Ride. A Pair Of Great of Great Yamaha's From A Confrssed XT Junkie!

Paul Hutchins Writes in:Swerved into your site and thought you might post my Big Wheel photos.I have a almost pathological interest in the 500 Yam and recently sold most of my examples of this great cult classic. My street ride was this SR custom, White Bros. 540cc motor, high lift cam, 38mm carb, with Omar's bodywork. I also restored this 1976 XT, the first ever model in the States, it was mint

Reader ride. Really Great BSA Custom From Dogtown Cycles!

Man oh man! These old Japanese and British Hardtails are really starting to grow on me.Love the article in the Spanish mag - my bike is top of the page!!!  The only thing I could translate was "addictive blog" - it is!  My go to site while having coffee in the morning....  Keep up the good work.   Cheers! My pleasure! Keep up the great builds!

Reader Submittal. A really Great Home Grown Honda Bobber!

I saw the pics of the finished bike over on ADV Rider and knew there had to be a good story behind such a cool build. So I pm'd the owner to see if he's be interested in sharing a few details and I was not disappointed!. Thank You John! There's a lot of personal touches and one-off parts in this one. It's obvious that you've put some time into it. Thanks Again!John Writes in:Hey Steve,I would

Reader Ride. A mercy purchase leads to a cool Cafe...

Keith Montgomery writes in:To me a bike that doesn't need to be worked on or"fixed up" is of no use.I bought this one from a guy whose house burned and the bike was kinda sitting out in the drive for a long time. I was visiting my friends shop,  Monster M4 Suzuki one day and I stopped and left a card with my name on it for the owner to call  if it was for sale.Sixty dollars later it was sittin

Reader Submittal. SR 500 Custom Rebuild

It there anything you can't do with these thumpers?  From Frank Naaykens Speed Dealer customs Joplin,mo.

Reader Ride. 1983 KZ1000 R2.

Chuck Margiott Writes in:Hello, Just sending you a photo of my bike. Just took it out of storage from 13 years ago. It looked like this when I put it away It is a 1983 KZ1000R2www.kz1000r.com for bike of the months photos.You've got a GREAT storage room there Chuck!  Thanks for the pics!

Another Briggs and Stratton Bobber from... Bob.

The build sheet: Specifications For Black Briggs BobberFrame---------------------------Probably nos aftermarket hardtail from the 60sWheelbase---------------------58 in.Rims-----------------------------18 x 2.15Tires-----------------------------18 x 4Hubs-----------------------------Honda 350Brakes--------------------------DrumSwept Area--------------------56.5 sq. in.Brakes

Reader Ride. A Triumph Scrambler In It's "Native" Environment

If I had half a brain I'd go buy one of these and never look back. Nice to see one being used correctly!Thanks to Jamie LaMent for this beauty!

Reader Ride! Amazing Wanderlust Pics! 16,000 Mile Trip on 1978 KZ1000!

The ride of a lifetime and proof that you don't need a $20,000 specialty motorcycle to go on a real adventure.Vic Wilkens writes in:Hello,I'm a fan of your awesome blog. Thought I'd share a few photos from my recent 16,000 mile trip through the United States. Pictured is my '78 KZ1000 that carried too much stuff, and took more than her share of abuse. (you may notice the tach is missing) Keep

Update: Worlds Fastest Briggs and Stratton Custom Motorcycle! Seriously.

Updated with more pics!  Thanks again Bob!  And once again Nice Job!  I REALLY like these sorts of builds.  Very Creative. Bob Decker sent in some pics and links to this really cool custom Briggs and Stratton powered custom but this is the only one I could get to that was big enought to use. I'll update the post if Bob can get me some more. I love this concept. I've looked at the big Briggs

The Metro Racing Calandars Are Out!

Great Stuff! Be sure and Get yours soon!Metro Racing! Thanks For the Eye Candy Don!