Soul Survivor: Honda RS750 Dirt Tracker Still in Competition

Mac & Mark McGrew and Their Restored RS750

So awesome to see an RS750 in fighting form today!

Mac and Marc McGrew restored this rare championship machine to ready-to-race status. 

https://www.americanflattrack.com/news/view/soul-survivor-mac-mcgrews-honda-rs750

Bubba Shobert's Championship Bike

Free to Make -- The Maker Movement

Dale Dougherty, the CEO and founder of Make Media and publisher of MAKE: magazine, and the creator of the Maker Faire, has written a book about the Maker DIY movement. This movement has become a global phenomenon, inspiring millions of young and old people alike to see themselves as not just passive consumers, but as creators in their own right. Millions have beeen inspired to take up creative work in crafts, art, and technology. Many of these have made the jump from hobbyist to entrepreneur.

Dale Dougherty was present at the birth of this modern creative renaissance, and has played a formative role in it. In this book, he tells the story of his vision and the movement it inspired, and the major cultural and social impact it has had all over the world.

Follow Dale on Twitter, @dalepd. His website is here.

BIKE EXIF Blog -- One of the Greatest Blogs for Motorcycle Enthusiasts

C.Custom Garage of Portugal, RD200 Cafe Racer

BIKE EXIF blog is one of the best for custom motorcycle aficianados, featuring innovative bikes from at-home and professional builders all over the world. For example, this jewel of a machine from C. Custom Garage in Portugal, built from the ground-up around a 1970's vintage Yamaha RD200 two stroke engine.

It's easy to get posts featuring the style of custom bike you're most interested in because the blogmasters at BIKE EXIF tag each post accordingly: At the top of the homepage is a menu bar with the four main categories of Cafe Racers, Bobbers, Scramblers, and Classics.

For readers who want to modify or design and build their own bikes, BIKEEXIF regularly publishes How-To Guides in topics like Cafe Racer Design & Build, Motorcycle Painting, and Motorcycle Rewiring.

The blog itself is well-designed, easy to navigate, and has new content posted on a daily basis. One of my favorite features is Bikes of the Week, which typically features four or five of the best customs from around the world.

Portland Mustard!

Well, now, Portlandia Foods is bringing mustards to market to complement their wonderful ketchup. Must try it.

Short Film: This Must Be the Place

Here's a very touching short film about an elderly gentleman, Allan Hill, who calls space in the old, long-abandoned Packard automobile plant home. Filmmakers Ben Wu and David Usui of Lost & Found Films are the producers of this little piece of Americana. Check it out. 

2015 Ducati Scrambler

Looks awesome... and only 375 pounds. Check it out at Road & Track... they've got a series of posts about it.

Lucky Devil "Root Beer Float" Bobber

This root beer brown bobber was built by Kent Weeks of Lucky Devil Motor Works and presented at the the AMD Wold Championship bike build-off in Long Beach, CA in 2010. The Root Beer Float was built to order for Nyla Olsen of Bikernet. Bikernet has a multi-part series about the bike design and build. 

Colby Higgins Honda CX500 Cafe Build

CX500 Cafe Racer Build

Industrial designer Colby Higgins transformed a rather beatup Honda CX500 cruiser into this very clean and simple cafe racer. More pictures here at his Coroflot portfolio.

Vintage Voodoo Leaf-Spring Front End

Cool retro-vintage styled custom front end from Vintage Voodoo.

Musket V-Twin Royal Enfield, Check Out the Latest News

Musket V-Twin, Royal Enfield Based Special

See the latest news regarding the Musket V-Twin here. The ORDER page is up now!

The Musket is a Royal Enfield special created by industrial engineer Aniket Vardhan. He designed and made casting patterns for a custom bottom end that used two stock Royal Enfield top ends, either 350cc or 500cc, to make a V-twin engine. It's a beautiful piece of work and is meeting with success in the marketplace.

Beautiful Classic Ducati Cafe Racers

Ducati Cafe Racer at Inazuma Caferacer Blog

Absolutely beautiful Ducati cafe racers at one of our favorite motorcycle blogs, Inazuma Caferacer. 

Darizt Design Honda GL100 Boardtracker

Daritz Design GL100

Here's a very cool little Honda with boardtracker styling from Daritz Design of Indonesia, courtesy of Bike EXIF blog.

Awesome Earle Motors Ducati Monster Streettracker Available in Kit Form

Earle Motors Monster Streettracker

Alex Earle and his team at Earle Motors in Venice, CA designed and built this fantastic Ducati Monster-based streettracker. Earle announced last year that his company plans to offer the one-piece fiberglass body, fuel tank, wheels, and headlight assembly to builders in kit form.

We believe that it is available now. Interested riders are directed to contact them at inquiries@earlemotors.com.

Earle says that the bodywork and fuel tank can be easily adapted for Harley Sportsters and Triumphs. Anyone interested in one of those applications is also encouraged to email them for further information.

Classic Cafe Racers from Vicente Design at the Kneeslider Blog

Vicente Cafe Racer, photo credit Kneeslider Blog

The Kneedslider blog featured several of Vicente Design's classic cafe racers a while back. We are impressed with the caliber of his designs and his craftsmanship in execution.

We posted a link a week ago to the feature they did about their Triumph Hurricane tribute bike, along with some associated material, including a link to Hurricane designer Craig Vetter's website.

Deus Ex Machina Yamaha 400 Thumper Scrambler Kit

Deus Ex Machina Yamaha 400 Kit

The crew at Deus has put together a kit for customizing the Yamaha SR400. It's got that vintage XT500 scrambler vibe; think of it as kind of a tribute to that popular classic. They call it a "custom meant to be customized." Put your own spin on it, make it more streettracker than scrambler, for example.

More on the SR400 here.

Here's another builder's take on the XT500 at the Pipeburn blog, this one an actual customized version of the original, from Mark Apland of Thumper Stuff in Monroe, WA.

Steampunk Lamp

Steampunk Lamp seen on Pinterest

Saw this on Pinterest. Unfortunately the artisan who designed and built it was not identified there. Thought it was cool, and rated a post here from Steampunk aficionados.

1917 Harley-Davidson L17T Boardtracker for sale at Deus Ex Machina

For sale at Deus Ex Machina

The crew at Deus Ex Machina has a 1917 H-D boardtracker for sale. They say its in excellent condition and ready to race. Follow the link and you'll find the you'll find the contact info, phone and email.

Voodoo Vintage Custom Bike Frame Builders Kits for Boardtrackers

Voodoo Vintage Model 6 Frame

Voodoo Vintage offers frame kits for custom bikebuilders, including several models with a boardtracker theme. The Model 6 frame shown to here is said to be a known fit for Yamaha XS650, Honda CB350 and CB360, Suzuki LS650, and "many others."

Follow the link above and you will find a download button for detailed specs in Adobe pdf format for the six frames featured, including the Model 12 boardtracker for Sportster and Buell powerplants.

Lotus C-01 Hyperbike, Limited Edition

The Lotus C-01 200hp futuristic superbike was designed by Daniel Simon, the designer of the Light Cycle in the Tron reboot. Only 100 will be built. The pricetag? $137K.

The C-01 is in fact created by two German motorsports firms, the Kodewa autoracing team and the Holzer Group. They licensed the Lotus name and logo for this special project.

Check out also the C-10 article at Wired.

Indian Scout Cafe Racer from Analog Motorcycles

We've been really impressed with the work of designer/builder Tony Prust, proprietor of Analog Motorcycles, as he's developed the last couple of years or so that we've been aware of him and Analog. Now we've just seen this classic, elegant Indian Scout cafe racer at the Bike EXIF blog (one of our all-time favorite motorcycle blogs, by the way). Impressive. Check it out.

Bike EXIF has featured a number of other Tony Prust bikes in the past. I liked this 1971 Triumph 250 based scrambler, it's especially nostalgic for me because my first bike was a 1971 250 in the street model configuration.