The Escape Machine: A Mercedes-inspired BMW R100R from Brooklyn
With roughly 2.7 million people living in Brooklyn, New York, the serendipitous tale of this BMW R100R café racer stands out as…
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Cut the Cord: 5 Ways to Ditch Your Mechanical Speedometer
Distilled down to its most basic form, motorcycle mod culture is all about limiting the visual invasiveness of extraneous equipment. We ditch…
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Rare and Unrestored: A Barn-Fresh Ducati 750SS Selling at Mecum
A motorcycle like the 1974 Ducati 750SS simply couldn’t be manufactured and sold today, and it’s a small miracle that it even…
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Road Tested: The Cardo Packtalk Pro Bluetooth helmet comms system
Like our readers, we’re discerning when it comes to the motorcycles we ride and the gear we use. So, by extension, we’re…
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Obsidian: A slammed and stripped Harley Softail Deuce from Warsaw
Some custom motorcycle builders are drawn to the simplicity of vintage machines, while others favor the performance and reliability of modern motorcycles.…
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Last of a Kind: The X-ray Vision of Artist and Engineer David Kimble
The debate about what is considered art — and what is not considered art — has filled volumes, spawned entire branches of…
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Speed Read: A custom Yamaha RD400 by Roland Sands and more
The smell of two-stroke oil lingers in the air, courtesy of Roland Sands Design’s razor-sharp custom Yamaha RD400. We also profile a…
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Aurora: A Porsche-green BMW R100R café racer from Texas
As the founder of Spain’s 72 Cycles Performance, and one-half of the collaborative outfit 72 HKG Performance, Antonio Rodriguez has developed an…
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Five Fast Customs Selling Now on the Bike EXIF Classifieds
In our travels profiling custom bikes worldwide, it’s a frequent occurrence that builders mention that a particular motorcycle is available, and that…
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Always Something: ICON’s radical Royal Enfield Shotgun 650
With its casual bobber styling and easygoing twin-cylinder motor, the Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 isn’t the type of motorcycle you’d expect the…
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