Sekhmet: A BMW boxer café racer with an 80s vibe
It’s amazing how versatile the classic BMW boxer is is. Do you want a long, low and mean drag bike? A rough…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Custom mad: A Honda SLR 650 street tracker from Spain
Do you remember what first piqued your interest in custom motorcycles? Santi deWolf does; it was a Honda CB café racer, built…
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Steel dream: A scratch-built Yamaha SR400 bobber
Today’s custom motorcycle scene is a melting pot of old and new techniques. Traditional handcrafting methods coexist with software-based design and modern…
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Hometown Hero: A SR150 scrambler from Taiwan
Yamaha’s beloved SR has come in an array of sizes over the years, all closely resembling each other. Of all of them,…
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Happily ever after: Foundry’s custom Moto Guzzi 750
Anyone with an email address knows that the internet is rife with scammers. It’s easy to get hoodwinked if you’re not vigilant—but…
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Four to the floor: Purpose Built’s custom Suzuki GSX1400
Modern inline-four muscle bikes from Japan appeal to my practical side—they’re big, comfortable, reliable and have gobs of power. My only gripe…
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Rare Bird: A 1970 Sportster XLH Turned Desert Sled
You’ll find no shortage of custom Harleys on builder Kento Oketani’s home streets of Long Beach. But you won’t find anything quite…
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Fixation: A bicycle-inspired Yamaha XT250 bobber
In the bicycle world, single-speed and ‘fixie’ bikes are enjoying an upsurge in popularity. Like the custom motorcycle scene, it’s an entire…
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More neo than retro: JVB-moto remixes the Triumph Bobber
The Triumph Bobber is one of the most beautiful production bikes on the market right now. From its faux hardtail frame, to…
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Team effort: A ripped Indian FTR 1200 from Switzerland
The Indian FTR 1200 is one of the few factory-made motorcycles that brings flat track style to the street. But, despite being…
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Gleam Machine: Rodsmith’s Ironhead Sportster café racer
A sleek frame, a mechanical aesthetic, a distinct lack of plastic and a lot of polished metal. This Harley-Davidson Ironhead Sportster café…
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Fresh angle: Giving the Katana 1100 a retro racer vibe
Some aficionados believe that the only way to design an attractive motorcycle, is to maintain a perfectly horizontal foundation line. But the…
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Corner Killer: An AMPed up KTM 690 supermoto
As factory supermotos go, you could do a lot worse than the KTM 690 SMC R. Featuring a 72 hp single packed…
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KM37: A custom Moto Guzzi SP1000 with Alfa Romeo paint
There’s no denying that I’m a huge fan of Axel Budde and his custom motorcycle outfit, Kaffeemaschine. Axel flew onto my radar…
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Out of left field: Tim Cumper’s three wheeled BMW boxer
The Malle Mile is an event filled to the brim with quirky motorcycles. But if there’s one thing you wouldn’t expect to…
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