Dirt Is Good: A rough and ready scrambler Triumph
Maria Motorcycles are known for wrapping their builds in exquisite liveries. But today’s offering wears little more than the original paint on…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Custom Bikes of the Week: 6 December, 2015
A drop-dead gorgeous BMW from Austria, a KTM from Columbia, and a machine with the worst name ever given to a motorcycle.…
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Single Shot: Kruz Company’s SR500 hits the bullseye
If there’s a bike deserving of ‘legend’ status, it’s the Yamaha SR series: the air-cooled single has been in production since 1978,…
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Road Bomber: Bad Seeds’ brutal Honda CBX
Sportbike development has progressed at a brisk rate over the last few years. So it’s easy to forget how quick some of…
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The Boxer Twins: A fine pair of BMWs from K-Speed
Why are boxer BMWs so popular in the custom world? Availability is often cited as a reason: they’re tough and plentiful. But…
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Custom Bikes of the Week: 29 November, 2015
A radical Le Mans from Auto Fabrica, the most stylish Yamaha XT660r we’ve ever seen, and an Indian Scout ready to race…
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Street Smarts: an urban Suzuki DR650 by Diamond Atelier
Since the scrambler is the style du jour, street bikes are being reconfigured as dirt-bikes on a daily basis. So it’s a…
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Mr Purnell’s magical Triton cafe racer
Most builds we feature start out as a ‘donor bike.’ This Triton cafe racer started out as an idea—turned into reality by…
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Triumphant: a Supercharged Triumph Street Tracker
If you love yourself some flat track racing, you’ll probably recognize the number on this stunning Triumph. In the late sixties, ‘9’…
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Endurance style: Walt Siegl’s custom MV Agusta
Walt Siegl, I’d wager, is the world’s best custom Ducati builder. But it turns out that the machines from Bologna are not…
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MX EVO Bonneville Scrambler: The desert sled revisited
A ‘scrambler‘ used to be a motorcycle purposed for off-roading. But these days, people use the word to describe anything with knobby…
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Custom Bikes of the Week: 15 November, 2015
A slinky BMW R nineT from Holland, a candy apple red CB550 from the USA, and a Harley Sportster with a Norton…
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A hyper-caffeinated Guzzi Le Mans with V11 power
If you want a modern Moto Guzzi, the V7 and V9 models capture the spirit of yesteryear in a modern package. They’re…
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The Sinner: A Devilishly Good XJR1300 by Macco
If you live in sunny Spain and fancy a custom Bonneville, you’d do well to give Macco Motors a call. The Málaga…
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Faster Wasp: A Yamaha Yard Built FZ-09 with a sting
There’s one thing you can’t buy in the custom world: pedigree. And Roland Sands has one of the best pedigrees of all.…
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