Sportbikes

Back in 1997, BMW took a tilt at the Harley-Davidson market with the R1200C. It was big and relatively underpowered, with just 61bhp—but Teutonic engineering and smart suspension design made up for that. Robert Levinson, however, has transformed his R1200C into a completely different machine. He’s raided BMW’s ample parts bin to create a high-performance bike with a unique look …

Ducati 749 build by Gustavo Penna of Apogee Motorworks, The bike started life as a stock Ducati 749, Gustavo used it as his canyon carver and weekend track bike for a number of years before he decided to take out the spanners and see what was hiding beneath the Pierre Terblanche designed fairings.He installed a more powerful 749R engine, complete …

Three years ago, Ritmo Sereno of Tokyo produced a stunning orange BMW R80 track bike—the highly successful ‘Nakajima’ racer. Now a Ritmo customer has commissioned a road-going version—and this is it. It’s based on a 1991 R100 RS, but many of the other details are close to the track machine. The suspension is Öhlins front and back, the brake system …

Most notably Triumph tend to be firmly rooted in tradition. Occasionally, however, it is nice to see a manufacturer still captivate the sporting spirit of Hinckley but in a thoroughly modern. Weslake is based on a Speed ​​Triple (108 hp, aluminum frame, dual headlights) and was conducted by Olivi Motori, Triumph dealer in Florence. At the Motor Bike Expo in …

SC-Project, sponsor and supplier of the Pramac Racing MotoGP Team presented a special version of the Ducati Hypermotard 1000S with special livery of the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 Sat team. Coloration produced by Bargy Design.

Italian frame builder Pierobon introduced at the 2011 EICMA the X60R: a sporty engine with tubular frame. The X60R almost immediately makes the Ducati 900 SS a bit old thinking. You could say that the X60R than a modern interpretation of the 900 SS. Unlike the 900 SS is the X60R but a pure track bike Day ‘. The sleek-looking …

T                                                                             The Scorpion is a BMW R1200S chassis covered in striking body work by CANJAMOTO, a Canadian company operating out of Toronto. CANJAMOTO …

Motorcycle specials builders based in Scandinavia, Hillbilly Motors’ latest machine – the XBRR Chronos racebike – has been built in tribute to Buell’s quarter-century of innovation. The bike, which weighs 150kg, is powered by a Harley-Davidson v-twin that’s been tuned to make 150 horsepower. So, yeah, the XBRR Chronos has a power-to-weight ratio that’s similar to what you’d find on …

Marco Melandri and Alvaro Bautista’s 2015 Aprilia RS-GP race bike. The RS-GP is an evolution of the Aprilia ART project, now with pneumatic valves, an 81mm bore, and evolved electronics. There is a lot of ahead for Aprilia Racing, Gresini Racing, and their riders. The first check box is developing the chassis, finding one that gives both riders the confidence …