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Pro-Street Vintage Super Bike Replicas. Handcrafted in Canada with Passion & pride by VSB Moto!
Pro-Street Vintage Super Bike Replicas. Handcrafted in Canada with Passion & pride by VSB Moto!
We are honored to have our latest VSB Moto Vintage Super Bike Replica Build featured on Bike EXIF!! Big thank you and shout out Chris Hunter (Publisher) and Wes Reyneke (Senior Editor) for showcasing our latest custom build on the world's premier website for custom motorcycles. Founded in 2008 by Chris Hunter, it’s the go-to source for profiles of the latest café racers, bobbers & scramblers enjoyed by an upmarket & engaged audience from around the world. The site attracts over a million page views per month & generates three million monthly impressions on social media. Top manufacturers choose Bike Exif to reveal their ‘factory’ custom builds.
We like to finish breaking in our builds on the Dyno and finish jetting the carbs to make sure our engines are perfectly tuned.
Launched in 2006 Return of the Cafe Racers is one of the Internet’s longest-running Cafe Racer and Custom Motorcycle Websites. With a social media following in excess of 700,000, it's also one of the biggest, reaching a massive global audience of Motorcycle Enthusiasts.
Author Geoff Baldwin is the editor of Return of the Cafe Racers and that’s Geoff on his Kawasaki W650 Cafe Racer, the bike that started it all. Back in 2005, Geoff had heard about cafe racers but there wasn’t a lot of information online. So, Geoff took it upon himself to start documenting the cafe racer scene and launched this awesome website. Since then cafe racers have become one of the most popular trends in motorcycle customization.
To view the feature article on our Katana build and to learn more about Return Of The Cafe Racers, click link!
To link over to the featured article just published by Return Of The Cafe Racers on our award winning Katana build, click on the link below!
Inspired by the early 80's AMA Super Bikes that raced back in the day, my passion for all things 2 wheels has only grown where I still love to ride & build Vintage Super Bike Resto-Mods. Just North of Toronto, Ontario Canada is where my shop is located. As a licensed technician, I have mastered the art metal fabrication, machining & tig-welding along with the many other skills required to build Award Winning Show Bikes. My specialty is building Resto-Mod 80's AMA inspired Super Bikes for the street that pay homage to the original great looks but incorporate modern suspensions and big brakes along with Hi-performance engines. Our current builds include a Pro-Street Katana, as featured on our Home Page and we just finished our 1000R ELR S-1 Race Replica in early 2022. We also make available some specialty & hard to find items as shown in our VSB Moto Parts Tab. Please feel free to contact us with any inquires. Thanks for visiting our hobby site!
Our Pro-Street Katana took home 1st Place Best in Show in our Builders Class! This now makes it two 1st's, a 2nd & a 3rd at 4 Key Bike Shows. It's been a fun project to build and ride as well!
Just like the Country of Italy, MAGNI also has a rich History steeped in Tradition, located near Milano.
MAGNI has been building Custom Motorcycles for over 40 Years! Check out their photos "New Retro News"
Click below to view Photo's of MAGNI's New 750S TRIBUTO Motorcycle!
Neoclassic Design Definition; "belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles". Holding true to this definition, it would appear that MV AGUSTA has nailed it again! Last week (Nov. 5-11) MV AGUSTA displayed it's new SUPERVELOCE 800 which is a preproduction concept that will be made available in mid 2019. Lets hope that MV AGUSTA's production version of this classic 70's racer, look & styling is not far off it's concept as shown at this years EICMA 2018 Show in Milan, Italy.
More information & photos are available on our New Retro News page on this exciting Concept!
WSM’s Tag Line says it all “Walt Siegl Designs Contemporary High Performance Motorcycles with Timeless Styling”. VSB Moto is privileged to feature photos of WSM’s New Custom Super Bike. It’s available for the street or the track with 2 basic engines, a 4 valve liquid cooled or a 2 valve air cooled. Walt’s passion for motorcycles is evident as WSM’s latest offering confirms it.
More information & photos are available on our New Retro News page on this exciting new WSM Super Bike!
This project started 7 years ago on paper when I decided to commission a build for a more modern Pro-Street version of the original Katana, without changing the great original lines of this iconic bike. Fast forward, this build is my modern vision of what I have been thinking about for years and I have to tell, I am very pleased with how our Pro-Street Katana build turned out! An original period CALFAB swing arm was used which extended the wheel base from the stock 59.8” to 61.3”. The extra 1.5” longer wheel base really helps to keep the front end down under hard acceleration from the 180/55 rear tire with almost 145 H.P. at the rear wheel.
The fully built 1135R puts close to 175 H.P. at the crank & is a real blast to wind out. This Katana was built for the street with performance & comfort in mind. With a higher rear tail, modern suspension, 17” wheels with a steering head stock mounted Ohlin’s damper, the longer wheel base has little effect on the razor sharp handling. Highlights include: Fully Braced Frame, over-sized oil cooler and custom rear exhaust hanger, custom wiring with a fully modern under-seat mounted digital electronics package with RFID Key Fob Ignition Switch. Topping off the list, is a Custom Black & Silver (simulated carbon fiber) Seat Cover to complement the Wes Cooley inspired Custom Paint Job.
In 2018 we took 2nd & in 2020 we took 1st place in our Builder’s Class at the Toronto International Motorcycle Super Show. In 2019 we also took home a 1st place at the Toronto Spring Motorcycle Show and in 2018 we placed 3rd overall at the Barber Vintage Festival Weekend Ace Café Corner Motorcycle Show. While showing our Pro-Street Katana we have met and spoken with thousands of bike enthusiasts who absolutely love our Katana build, it’s been awesome meeting and speaking with so many like minded bike people. Our Pro-Street Katana is now complete! Thanks for having a look at our build and please follow us on Instagram @vsbmoto as we try to post photos regularly.
Thank you Mondo Lulu for Photographing our build; mondolulu@me.com
Once again Kawasaki knocks one out of the park with a grand slam. Their new retro Z900RS is a huge hit with a number of different models.
The next salvo is about to be fired by Suzuki in the Retro Modern Motorcycle Market Place as Suzuki gets ready to launch it's new 2019 Katana 1000.
Check out this Factory Honda Race Bike owned by our good friend Scott who vintage races it. No other Honda CB750F sounds like this winning bike!
Have a look at our Resto-Mod Build Page to see some of our featured builds, like this 1979 Z1R
Follow our latest Replica Build through our New Blog to document it all. You can also sign up to receive email updates when we add to our Blog.
VSB Moto Parts offers some hard to find Suzuki GS & Kawasaki KZ Performance Parts. Have a look!
