Road Tested: The Antigravity XP-20-HD Jump Pack
Like your brake fluid and inner tubes, the battery on your motorcycle is one of those things you don’t think about until…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
The People’s Bike: A custom chopper with a VW Beetle engine
There’s a long history of purpose-built automobiles that use motorcycle engines. Combine a strong enough motor with a light enough chassis, and…
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Think Different: A hopped-up BMW R65 café racer from Slovenia
Last year, Žiga Petek did something truly refreshing—he built a custom BMW boxer that bucked all custom BMW boxer trends. With sharp…
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SoCal Shredder: Norman Reedus’ spicy Indian Sport Chief
There’s no shortage of celebrities that own motorcycles, but that doesn’t make them real riders. Norman Reedus might be best known for…
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Bang for your Buck: 6 Street Bikes Under $5,000 for 2023
Whether you’re about to test for your Class M license, or just itching to add a new toy to the stable, you’d…
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Fantastic Four: A modern Honda CB1100 from Wedge
If there’s one word that describes Takashi Nihira’s style, it’s restraint. His custom bike builds are tidy and unassuming, but they reward…
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Stealth operative: A Honda Dominator scrambler from France
There’s a plethora of reasons to pick the Honda Dominator as a donor for a custom build. But for the crew at…
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Monster Enduro: Gasoline’s gnarly KTM 1290 Super Adventure R
Back in the mid aughts, KTM and BMW’s perennial rivalry reached fever pitch. KTM had just released the 950 Super Enduro R—a…
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The R100X: A BMW boxer enduro bike from an F1 engineer
There’s something special about taking a classic motorcycle, and transforming it to the point that it’s fit for an entirely different purpose…
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Speed Read, April 16, 2023
We’re starting and ending with two color-matched Ducatis this week; a Ducati Pantah restomod from Australia, and a Ducati 749S custom from…
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British Chic: STG Tracker’s custom Triumph Bonneville T100
The modern day Triumph Bonneville no doubt owes its popularity to its looks. It’s a handsome machine out the box, with a…
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Slick Slider: A Godden GR500 speedway restomod from Unikat
Speedway bikes are the very definition of purpose-built. They’re brakeless, single-gear machines with bizarre proportions, designed to do one thing—go around a…
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Unlikely Combo: How Porsche Helped Harley Build the V-Rod
They say opposites attract, and aside from a historic reliance on air-cooled engines, Porsche and Harley-Davidson couldn’t be more apples to oranges.…
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Dominate all trails: HB-Custom’s rally-style Honda NX650
It’s hard to deny the allure of a rally motorcycle. Every inch of it is built to perform, and every part on…
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Slabshot: A custom Suzuki GSX-R1000 with 90s superbike steeze
Any fan of the evergreen Suzuki GSX-R has their favorite model. Some are drawn to the nostalgic appeal of the older ‘slabside’…
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