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Yamaha XT500 by (H) Garage

Ben Branch August 23, 2014
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Enduro
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha XT500 is one of the more important motorcycles from the Yamaha back catalogue, it’s based on the same engine as the iconic…

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Yamaha SR400 by The Wrenchmonkees

Ben Branch May 27, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Kits
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha SR400 is one off the icons of the custom motorcycle scene, the single cylinder powered bike is remarkably simple to work on…

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Yamaha RD350LC

Ben Branch May 19, 2014
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha RD350LC is a motorcycle that was initially released in 1980 – just about the time the world thought the end of the 2-stroke was…

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Yamaha SR250 by Auto Fabrica

Ben Branch April 7, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha SR250 is the hardworking little brother of the inimitable SR400/SR500, many of the components are shared between the SR models making repairs…

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Yamaha SR400 Custom

Ben Branch April 1, 2014
  • Australian
  • Main
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha SR400 is a cornerstone of the international custom motorcycle scene, the indestructible single cylinder thumper has one valve in, one valve out…

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Yamaha XS750 Custom

Ben Branch March 4, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha XS750 was produced from 1977 to 1979 before being replaced by the larger XS850, the model never saw the same production numbers…

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Turbo Yamaha Salt Flat Racer by Super Rat

Ben Branch February 3, 2014
  • American
  • Art
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

  Madness takes many forms. For some it’s a slow descent into oblivion, characterised by increasingly erratic behaviour, illogical obsessions and a fondness for…

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Yamaha Virago XV535 by Old Empire Motorcycles

Ben Branch January 13, 2014
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

This Yamaha Virago XV535 custom, dubbed “Bulldog”, is the latest two-wheeled release from Old Empire Motorcycles – a British custom motorcycle workshop that’s become…

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Norman Reedus’ Classified Moto Yamaha XV920R

Ben Branch December 31, 2013
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

Those of you who watch The Walking Dead will already be well aware of who Norman Reedus is, his character is a new breed…

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Yamaha GTS 1000

Ben Branch December 30, 2013
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

This is the fourth piece in a series on Silodrome written by the talented Jason Cormier, Jason is a writer, an avid motorcyclist, a…

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Yamaha XJR1300 Kit by Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch December 28, 2013
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

This Yamaha XJR1300 Kit by Deus Ex Machina is the Australian company’s interpretation of what the XJR1300 could have been, in an alternate universe…

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Dale Singleton’s Yamaha TZ750

Ben Branch December 16, 2013
  • American
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha TZ750 is a motorcycle that anyone who watched motorcycle racing during the 1970s will remember well, the machine was an absolute monster…

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