Ezio Covelli has a nice little business building custom motorcycles. Like any builder, he's always trying to hit that sweet spot, the right combination of modifications, color, stance and performance and then bringing it all together in one bike and it looks like he did it with this one. What started out as a very ordinary 1978 KZ650 has become an extraordinary KZ830 turbo, … [Read more...]
The Honda GB500 You’re Waiting For is Here
You'll see a Honda GB500 TT come up for sale now and then, sometimes they've been "improved" by their owner and other times they've just been abused, but this one hits all the right buttons. It's in beautiful condition all around and mileage at just over 8300 is relatively low. There's no corrosion or pitting obvious anywhere and it has the same small hairline crack … [Read more...]
2000 Kawasaki W650 – How Japan Might Have Built a Triumph
The Japanese motorcycle companies went through a period when their designers focused their attention on the older British classics, like the Triumph Bonneville, and figured they had a better idea or interpretation of the concept. The Honda GB500 was their way of doing an English cafe racer and the Kawasaki W650 you see here recreates the classic Bonneville. These W650s, just … [Read more...]
1968 Suzuki Raider 305 Completely Restored
Back in ancient times when two strokes roamed the highways, there was an assortment to choose from in the showrooms of most every manufacturer. The 1968 Suzuki Raider 305 is a good example and this one in particular is about as nice as they come. It had a nut and bolt restoration, anything worn was replaced with NOS parts, everything that was chrome was re-chromed … [Read more...]
1973 Honda CB750 K3 Unrestored and Low Miles
There are a lot of Honda CB750s around which makes sense because Honda sold so many of them. What makes these earlier models so special is they represent the bike that changed everything. You can look at motorcycles as before the CB750 and after, it was an overnight sensation and all of the other manufacturers around the world had to respond. The British, had nothing and their … [Read more...]