Modernized: OWM’s custom Harley Softail Standard
During his first decade of building custom bikes as One Way Machine, Julian von Oheimb worked exclusively on older Harley-Davidsons. Then, about…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Valkyrie: A Honda CX500 café racer by NCT Motorcycles
When Honda released the CX500 in 1978, they had no idea how significant it would become in the custom world roughly four…
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Highlanders: A pair of Royal Enfield 650 scramblers
Royal Enfield is one of few OEMs with a healthy, ongoing custom motorcycle program. Sometimes they farm their projects out to the…
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Cold brew to go! Federal Moto’s Honda CB350 sidecar rig
We’ve all been there: you stay up drinking with your buddies into the wee hours, hatching all sorts of genius plots that…
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Bobbed beyond belief: K-Speed’s Royal Enfield 650
Does the custom motorcycle workshop team at K-Speed ever sleep? Judging by the rate at which fresh and tasty customs roll off…
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Self-Made: Peter Rowland’s Honda CB450 street tracker
Most people stare at their phones when they’re bored—or turn on the TV and stare at their phones while their favorite show…
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Four digit score: This BMW is WalzWerk’s 1,000th custom
Turning motorcycle customization into a sustainable business is hard enough, but Marcus Walz has taken it to another level. His company, WalzWerk,…
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Adventure Time: BAAK elevates the Triumph Scrambler 1200
Triumph makes some of the best adventure bikes out there—including one machine that, on the surface, seems like an unlikely candidate. The…
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Winning Recipe: A Honda CBX 1000 café racer from France
A year after he turned his custom motorcycle building hobby into a business, Dimitri at Lys Motorcycles figured it was time to…
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Three in one: A BMW R100R bobber with an adaptable tail
A design can be elevated by taking elements away rather than adding them. Sometimes it’s about what’s there, and sometimes it’s about…
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Perilous Endeavor: A BMW R69 with half a car engine
Old BMW airheads have always been easy targets for customization. The motors are simple and easy to work on, the bodywork is…
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Baked to perfection: A Sportster-driven Harton café racer
Building the perfect custom bike is a lot like the science of baking. You’re combining ingredients in the correct ratios to produce…
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This one’s a keeper: Hombrese’s Honda XL500 flat tracker
If you fancy yourself a romantic, consider this: have you ever built a custom motorcycle for your significant other? Uwe Kostrewa has,…
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Ice Kool: A custom 1985 BMW K75 by Motocrew
It’s no longer uncommon to see old K-series BMWs go under the knife. But that doesn’t mean that every custom K is…
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Evergreen: This Moto Guzzi V9 is a spin on the iconic V8
The Roman philosopher Seneca said that “luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” If that’s true, then the story of this…
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