Classic bikes

AD rounds up the bikes that represent the pinnacle of power and style

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride: Launched six years ago by Mark Hawa, it's now a permanent fixture of the custom, classic and retro bike event calendar.

Finished in Porsche's classic 'Olive' color, a beautiful BMW R75/5 restomod from Roughchild of Los Angeles.

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The Yamaha XS650 is a well-known classic medium displacement standard. Produced between 1968-1985 (though the US stopped getting them in 1983), they weren’t a game changer but I’m on a …

A slammed Royal Enfield Interceptor from K-Speed, a gleaming Yamaha TX750 cafe racer from Chicago, a BMW GS given the supermoto treatment, and an inch-perfect Yamaha DT-1 restoration from Germany. Yamaha TX750A by Ron George At a glance, the 'speed blocks' and perfectly formed bodywork on this Yamaha make it feel like an immaculately restored classic racer … except it's not. It's actually a custom TX750A—a bike that Yamaha made to replace the XS650, but ended up being a total flop. Most…

The popular Wheels and Waves festival returns to sunny Biarritz next week after a two year hiatus. So it's safe to assume that some European workshops are frantically buttoning up their bikes to show off at the event—or to compete in the infamous Punks Peak hillclimb. Newcomers Wayders are ahead of the curve though. They've just completed their first custom bike, a Yamaha MT-07 café racer, with time to spare. And it's a knockout debut performance from the Belgian outfit. Wayders is a two man…

Ben Giese is a man of exceptional taste. As the creative director and editor-in-chief of the aesthetically superior motorcycle magazine, Meta, he has to be. But he's also a rider, who grew up racing motocross. So when his 2017-model Triumph Scrambler went under the knife, both form and function vied for top spot. “I wanted to transform it into a true 'scrambler' that could take me well beyond the paved city streets of Denver, and deep into the mountains and deserts of the Southwest,” Ben…

Restored Kawasaki Z900 A4 - 1976 Photographs -

A rusty 1925 Brough superior SS-80 motorbike which was bought directly from its maker George Brough and has been in the same family for 80 years is going on sale.