From mild-mannered cruiser to hard-edged café racer, change is a beautiful thing. Check out this Top 10 Yamaha Virago Cafe Racers and see if you agree. The Yamaha Virago was a significant milestone in the Japanese Cruiser family tree, but before we get there, here’s a quick cruiser history lesson. Not surprisingly […]

Another custom XSR700?!? Yes… Since the introduction of the Yamaha XSR700 back in 2016, I predicted that we could a lot of customized versions. With the XSR-series, Yamaha openly aimed at an audience that wants to distinguish themselves with their motorcycles. For this, they offer a complete range of custom, bolt-on […]

Under the label “if it ain’t Dutch, it ain’t much”, Yamaha Motor The Netherlands and watch brand TW Steel, work together to create a line of unique custom motorcycles that are linked to each other. One year ago this unique collaboration started with this cool custom XV950R, built by the guys […]

Just some eye candy of a beautiful Yamaha XSR700 Flat Tracker built by Jigsaw Customs. This bike was featured at the 2017 Wheels & Waves festival in Biarritz and was commissioned by the Yamaha Yard Built program: xsr

The Yamaha XJR1300 is one of those machines we can’t put a clear label on. Yes, they look like a naked bike but they have an engine with superbike specs between the two wheels. We also know that XJR’s are a great base for customization (like this XJR1300 Cafe Racer). In […]

This beautiful machine can be listed under the title: “a good brew takes time”. The story behind this bike started almost 6 years ago in the shed of Joseph Savor for Sydney, Australia. Before this project, he owned an SR400 which he bought from Deus. After he rode this for some […]

  Time flies when you’re having fun…: back in October 2015, Yamaha introduced the DT-07 Flat Tracker concept. A project by Yamaha and JPD Cycles and inspired by the recognizable black and yellow Yamaha XS650 in the old days of flat track racing with “King” Kenny Roberts as a dominant factor. The […]

Small motorcycles usually are built for very specific regions like Asia or South America. Instead of “built for fun”, like a lot of motorcycles are, these small machines are “built to move the owner from A to B”. So if a custom workshop takes one of these small urban transportation machines as […]

While some may have a 12 month motorcycle season, here in Holland we’re glad if we can ride 6 or 7 months a year. Of course, there are some hardcore purists who ride all year, but unless you have a Husqvarna with ski’s, I wouldn’t recommend it. But the spring kicked […]

The first successful naked bikes were launched in the 70s. There was a real battle between the four big Japanese (or big four if you like ;) brands in the naked bike market. Honda had their CB-series, Kawasaki the Z-series, Suzuki the GT-series and Yamaha was pretty successful with their RD-series. […]

The Yamaha XV is and will be a popular base for customization projects, but the last time XV I’ve featured one here was in July 2016 so I was glad to post this one today. It’s built by Cardsharpers Customs from Poland (you may know them from this cool Honda CB600 Cafe […]

The custom motorcycle scene seems to be really kicking of now. In this Bikes of the Month section we have some real cool machines. Why I usually feature around 4 to 5 bikes in this section, I now had a hard time te decided which ones where in, so I’ve put […]

It was no secret that the Yamaha TRX850 was meant as a direct competitor of the Ducati 900SS. Just like the Duc, the TRX850 had a 2 cylinder engine in a tube frame, a sporty riding position and a bikini fairing. The most exciting about the TRX was its engine. It […]

Summer is over and in Sweden you’re always sure that you can expect loads of snow. So for that reason it’s time to adjust your bike if you live in the Nordics. 6/5/4 Motors (you may remember their awesome Ducati 860 GTS Cafe Racer) created this cool Yamaha XT500 Scrambler for […]

Yamaha made a strong move with the introduction of the their 07 and 09 models of the XSR and MT series. Where the 09 models have an awesome, high performing 3 cylinder, the 07 models are fitted with a 270 degree twin engine with Yamaha’s crossplane engine philosophy. Both engines have their own […]

Yamaha Virago’s and that Benelli Mojave tank… It seems to be a golden combo. And to be honest, I still like to see them. I’ve even featured two custom Virago’s with the same kind of setup in our last monthly overview. Though, still completely different, just like this Virago 1000 Cafe […]