Keep it Simple Stupid: Air-Cooled Motorcycles You Can Still Buy in 2024
There’s no denying the performance advantage of liquid cooling, but if you’re of the opinion that air-cooled machines are obsolete, we say…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Can you turn the BMW F650 Funduro into a street tracker?
Very few people would pick a mid-90s BMW F650 Funduro as a donor for a flat track-style custom build, but Georg Godde…
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Bulletproof: A crisp 1972 Honda XL 250 by Mule Motorcycles
The reliability of Honda motorcycles is legendary. When this 1972 Honda XL 250 arrived at Mule Motorcycles, Richard Pollock had a long…
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Don’t call it a comeback: A custom Buell 1125CR by Ad Hoc
There was a time when David Gonzalez was blowing up our servers on a regular basis. But it’s been five years since…
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Ciao, Vincenzo! A suave Honda CB400 café racer from New Jersey
The coronavirus pandemic continues to shrink into our rear-view mirrors, but its ripples are still being felt in some ways. We continue…
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Take Flight: A custom Honda Hornet by Italy’s Francis Von Tuto
Honda has a long-standing tradition of building middleweight bikes that are highly capable but visually dull. The mid-2000s Honda CB600F Hornet is…
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Two-stroke terror: A twin-engine Yamaha RD350 drag bike
If you suffer from the misconception that Germans don’t know how to have fun, you’ve clearly never experienced the German sprint racing…
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City Bike: A neo-retro Honda CB100 with a GL200 engine
First released in 1970, the Honda CB100 was only available in the US for three years—but it enjoyed a 15-year tenure in…
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This custom BMW R nineT pays homage to classic boxers
The BMW R nineT is one of the most charming factory motorcycles you can buy, and much of that charm comes from…
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Start ’em Young: 5 Fun and Friendly First Motorcycles for Kids
The bicycle is the first freedom machine most of us experienced, but you never look at life the same after your first…
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SpeedRaf: A Honda CB750 hot rod inspired by a seven-year-old
Despite the shop’s name, there’s nothing scrappy about the custom bikes that roll out of Portugal’s Rusty Wrench Motorcycles. This slammed Honda…
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Home Run: A beastly Buell hardtail from a first-time builder
The brutal minimalism of land-speed bikes is downright magnetic. So it doesn’t surprise us that that’s where Corban Gallagher found inspiration for…
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Meteor: A 1946 Harley-Davidson WL flat tracker from Japan
Toshiyuki ‘Cheetah’ Osawa has had a busy year. Hot on the heels of a collaboration with Indian Motorcycle and Sideburn Magazine that…
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Speed Read: An Africa Twin-inspired custom Honda Cub and more
There’s something for everyone in this week’s edition of Speed Read. We’ve got a Yamaha Banshee-powered street tracker from the UK, an…
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Ocean Breeze: A custom Triumph Bonneville T100 by Heiwa MC
You don’t collect trophies from the illustrious Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show without being a master of your craft. But the full…
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