Created by Bill Becker, a Philadelphia-based retired architect with a gift for restoring motorcycles, the bike was commissioned by a client who wanted a vintage-looking street tracker, and Bill ove

We're talking, obviously, about the somewhat funny CS_ prefix followed by a number that precedes the actual name of the bike, and the monocoque philosophy. The CS has a very simple explanation: the

The deafening chorus of engines scream by. The crowd collectively gasp, as legendary Grand Prix World Champion, Barry Sheene dangerously cuts up his opponent’s inside but somehow manages to slip ba

MRU: Well, who are you, what do you do, and what’s your claim to fame?RP: My name is Rob Phillips, I live in a small town 90 miles North of New York City near Poughkeepsie.

The SR500 was the road-going version of the Yamaha XT500, an indestructible off-road motorcycle that is best remembered today for its dominance in the early days of the grueling Paris-Dakar Rally –