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Yamaha XJ900R Seca by Hageman MC

Ben Branch September 2, 2015
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha XJ900R Seca is a bit of a unicorn in the USA, it was only imported by Yamaha for one year in 1983,…

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Yamaha SR250 Tracker

Ben Branch June 24, 2015
  • Flat Trackers
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The humble little Yamaha SR250 is a motorcycle that lives in the shadow of its larger and far more famous brother – the Yamaha…

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Yamaha XS650 by Makarne Custom Motorcycles

Ben Branch May 16, 2015
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha XS650 is quite a remarkable motorcycle, the parallel twin engine started life as a 500cc unit in the Hosk SOHC twin that…

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Yamaha XV750 Scrambler

Ben Branch May 11, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

In 1981 Yamaha released the XV750 Virago – their first V-twin motorcycle and a big step into the American-style cruiser market which was dominated…

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Yamaha XS1100 “Eleven”

Ben Branch May 1, 2015
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage
  • Yamaha

Upon its introduction in 1978, the Yamaha XS1100 was the largest-capacity and most powerful production motorcycle in the world. To say it took the…

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Maria’s Yamaha SRV250

Ben Branch December 4, 2014
  • Australian
  • Cafe Racers
  • Motorcycles
  • Women
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha SRV250 was a hat tip to the classic cafe racer long before the modern resurgence of the genre, they essentially took the V-twin out…

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Yamaha XV950 by Marcus Walz

Ben Branch November 27, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

Since the beginning of the Yamaha Yard Built program we’ve seen a surprisingly diverse array of motorcycles developed by custom bike builders from all…

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Yamaha XV950 Custom

Ben Branch November 17, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The new Yamaha XV950 is a motorcycle designed to target the fast growing mid-size cruiser segment, Yamaha released the model in 2013 and it’s…

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Kaillie Humphries’ XS650 by Loaded Gun Customs

Ben Branch October 31, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

We’ve seen a new generation of female motorcyclists emerge over the past 10 years or so, whilst there have always been women who ride…

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Custom Yamaha SR250 by Auto Fabrica

Ben Branch September 29, 2014
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

This feature was written by Bujar Muharremi, the co-founder of Auto Fabrica. It makes a nice change when custom bike builders write the words…

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Yamaha SR500 by ExesoR Motorcycles

Ben Branch September 25, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

Christian from ExesoR Motorcycles is one of those quietly talented custom bike builders who spends months at a time hammering a way in a…

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Yamaha XJR 1300 by Keino Cycles

Ben Branch September 12, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha XJR 1300 is what I like to imagine the Kraken would ride, if it rose from the ocean and decided that its…

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