The NUEN N1-S: A production-ready electric motorcycle from Vietnam
In the world of electric motorcycles, the upstart is king. A small company with big ideas can grab an off-the-shelf electric drivetrain, rapidly prototype its concept, and massage it into a working motorcycle. And they can do it...
5 Bikes from Bonhams’ 2024 Autumn Stafford Sale
The leaves are falling (in my hemisphere anyway), and in addition to running up our odometers in the coming weeks, fall also means another one of Bonhams’ remarkable Autumn Stafford Sales. The current tally for the 2024 sale...
First Look: The new CCM Street Moto and Street Moto R
Lightweight thumpers are a dying breed, and more’s the pity. There’s nothing quite like wringing the neck of a punchy mid-sized single with gobs of torque on hand, but very few marques still produce bikes like these. Luckily...
First Look: The 2025 Triumph Speed Twin 1200 and Speed Twin 1200 RS
One of our favorite modern classics has just received a major update for 2025. Triumph has refreshed its popular Speed Twin 1200—but the news that has us giddy is the addition of the new, higher-spec Triumph Speed Twin...
Speed Read: The lightweight Krämer APX-350 MA race bike and more
The German boutique motorcycle manufacturer Krämer blasts onto the page this week with the lightweight Krämer APX-350 MA race bike. Also on offer are a retro-fabulous Ducati 848, a Yamaha Virago café racer, and Thornton Hundred’s hopped-up Triumph...
Zwei: A 53-kilogram two-stroke land speed racer by Wannabe-Choppers
Enrico ‘Ricky’ de Haas founded Wannabe-Choppers at just 15, brimming with imagination and unaffected by the conventions that often accompany adulthood. 20 years later, he’s still breaking the mold.
Based in Hüttenberg, just north of Frankfurt in Germany, Wannabe’s...
Alfonso: An outrageous BMW boxer from The Netherlands
As an established fabricator, Wido Veldkamp’s business involves more than just building custom motorcycles. His shop, WiMoto, gets just as many orders for standalone parts like frames, subframes, swingarms, and exhaust systems, and even has a range of...
2024 Middleweight Naked Bikes Guide
Motorcycle designers of the early ’80s probably ponder how we got here, a time when street bikes with exposed frames, unshrouded headlight assemblies and flat handlebars have become commonplace. The phenomenon started at least 30 years ago, and...
So Fresh, So Green: A lush BMW R100 street tracker by Heiwa
The name of Kengo Kimura’s workshop, Heiwa, means ‘peace’ in Japanese, and his logo depicts a flying pigeon. Those sound like random facts, until you look at the custom motorcycles that Kimura-san builds and see these themes repeated...
Speed Read: A bonkers 1,700 cc single-cylinder chopper and more
Big bikes bookend this edition of Speed Read. We start with a 1,700 cc single-cylinder chopper and finish with a BMW R18 from CW Zon. Sitting in the middle are a classy Honda CB200 café racer from Indonesia...
