Tag Archives: japanese builders

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found on one of my favorite blogs, chalopy. he has a brief description of this bike, called “molly-k,” and one photo. i do not think the exhaust is that big of a deal as he thinks, but i’d scrape the ...

and now for something completely different. from yesterday’s gl1000 gold wing post to this one about the smallest of custom bobbers, choppers and cafe racers because what’s 900 more cc’s and three extra cylinders between friends? most of these bikes ...

got a couple emails with a bunch of info and pix of two bikes from daniel at xtreme bikes magazine from spain ten days ago. one of the bikes has been here before, but at the time i offered only ...

here is one more cool little shop i discovered a few weeks ago that is making simple metric bobbers and choppers called garage duck tail. they even make cafe racers. located in fukushima, japan, the guys here seem to work ...

found these japanese cats and this build on bubble visor. they’re called stoop and while they do mostly harley stuff, this incredibly interesting royal enfield is worth checking out. if my japanese translation is correct, there were arguments and much ...

check out a ton of great pix from the mooneyes yokohama show, including a funny yamaha xs650 bike that looks like a 1970’s kid’s bicycle with a leopard-skin banana seat and ape bars here at sparetime. heiwa honda cb77 brat ...

this is so kick ***. the wheels (moon covers over spokes i assume), the exhaust, the carburetion… while i don’t suspect the rear shocks give much considering the fender is less than one millimeter above the tire, who cares on ...

This clean and green Kawasaki W1 bobber was built by a shop in Japan called Jesus Cycle. They’re in Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and their phone number is 0968-68-5056. They’re closed on Wednesdays, which might be Thursday, or Tuesday, depending ...

Got this from one of my favorite blogs, Chalopy: The following scoots are for sale at CMS, a shop in the Netherlands where you can find 1.8 million Japanese motorcycle parts, including hard to find aftermarket craziness like turbochargers for ...