Young gun, old metal: A BMW K100 LT from a rising star
If there’s anything we like better than discovering a new builder, it’s discovering a young builder with potentially decades of work ahead…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Diabolical: K-Speed’s gnarly Honda Dax custom
Every time Honda releases a modern iteration of one of their iconic pint-sized motorcycles, K-Speed pounces. The Thai workshop and parts manufacturer…
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Urban Drifter: A Kymco street tracker from Taiwan
Kymco isn’t a big name in the West, outside of scooter circles. But it’s a different story in their home country of…
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Gelände/Strasse: The Dyna Low Rider S, done two ways
The 2016-model Dyna Low Rider S was the last hurrah for Harley-Davidson’s beloved Dyna. The Motor Co. was on the cusp of…
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Value Proposition: An Estrella BJ250 from KlassikKustoms
The very nature of Bike EXIF means we tend to focus on high-end customs: bikes that push boundaries, set trends, or reveal…
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Mallorca Bound: A slammed Triumph Bonneville by Tamarit
Some of the most prolific custom shops out there have found success by settling on a winning recipe, then replicating it countless…
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VR1000 tribute: A two-faced Buell S1 from GDesign
If there’s a bike that symbolizes the uneasy relationship between Harley-Davidson and sporting performance, it’s the VR1000. Developed in the late 80s…
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Eye of the Storm: An aircraft-inspired custom R nineT
The custom motorcycle scene truly is a global village. We’ve featured bikes from Indonesia and Japan this week—but today we’re heading south,…
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Unbound: A custom Moto Guzzi Griso 1100 from Japan
Like many of Japan’s top motorcycle customizers, Kenji ‘Katsu’ Katsumoto got his start with vintage Harleys. But he’s not bound to any…
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Stile Italiano: Giving the Honda C100 a retro Euro vibe
We can’t get enough of custom Cubs around these parts: we’ve featured more than 20 of the step-throughs over the years. But…
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Just the Basics: Heiwa’s custom Suzuki TU250 Grasstracker
High-end custom motorcycles are often criticized for favoring form over function, but Kengo Kimura rides that line masterfully. As Heiwa Motorcycle, he’s…
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Slick Brick: TooHard re-engineers the BMW K75
You never know what to expect from TooHard Motor Co. A few months ago, the Spanish garage wowed us with a stunning…
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Still Got It: OWM scrambles the outgoing Harley Sportster
With the release of the Nightster, the decades-old Harley-Davidson Sportster has now fully passed the torch on to the next generation. But…
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Hello Darkness: Hidemo debuts a 2022 Nightster custom
It’s only three weeks since Harley-Davidson pulled the sheets off the 2022 Nightster, giving us a look at the spiritual successor to…
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How custom trends influence motorcycle design
Motorcycle historian Paul d’Orléans takes a deep dive for Iron & Air into the uneasy but essentially productive relationship between the modern-day…
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