Shock Tactics: Moto Adonis’ aggressive H-D LiveWire
As the electric motorcycle market continues to grow, so does the custom electric scene. But it’s forcing builders to change tack. Electric…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Fired Up: A wild Honda CBR1000RR from France
Retro-futuristic styling and walloping performance is a mouth-watering match, and this tasty Fireblade from France is gourmet fare. It comes from Atelier…
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Dust Devil: Hello Engine’s Triumph TR6 desert sled
Hayden Roberts once quipped that when he moved from England to California in the early 2000s, it was “about 40 years too…
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Hill Climber: Ant Partridge’s Reality TV Ducati Scrambler
Not all custom motorcycles built for reality TV are bad. Anthony Partridge is the bike guy on Discovery Channel’s Goblin Works Garage…
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Spirit of 69: dB Customs’ Suzuki XR69 race replica
The Suzuki XR69 holds a special place in classic superbike lore. That puts it well inside the wheelhouse of Canadian builder Darren…
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Think Big: A beastly CBX1000 from Purpose Built Moto
There’s never a quiet moment for Tom Gilroy and the team at Purpose Built Moto in Queensland, Australia. Tom started his career…
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Tasty Ténéré: Deus Italia customizes the Yamaha T7
By all accounts, the new Yamaha Ténéré 700 is a smash hit. Its 689 cc parallel twin motor is a total peach,…
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Monkey Bomber: A pocket-sized bobber by K-Speed
K-Speed are well versed in the art of customizing pint-sized Hondas. We’ve seen them turn a Monkey into a cafe racer, and…
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Mumbai Modified: A KTM 390 Duke scrambler from India
These days, the methods used to build custom motorcycles are as diverse as the designs themselves. Some builders lean on modern tech…
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Pick-n-Mix Treat: A W650 hardtail bobber from South Africa
The Kawasaki W650 has been customized in myriad ways, but we seldom see it as a pure engine donor for another project.…
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Semi-professionnel: A Yamaha DT125 from BaaM Garage
It’s getting hard these days to tell if a custom comes from an amateur or professional workshop; the part-timers are really leveling…
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Funduro: Toma Customs reworks the BMW R1150GS
BMW’s bestselling GS range owes its popularity to the R1150GS. Sure, the R80G/S is the granddaddy of all adventure bikes and the…
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Urban Enduro: Moto Mucci’s KTM 300 XC-W Street Tracker
Dave Mucci is a rare talent. He has a boundless imagination and one of the sharpest eyes in the business, plus the…
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Better by design: A Yamaha TRX850 built by an architect
Back in the 90s, the Japanese manufacturers went through a phase of building Italian-style sportbikes. Honda had the SuperHawk, and Suzuki the…
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Origin Story: Max Hazan’s turbocharged Buell S1
Many of us in the motorcycling world have a male relative to thank for getting us hooked on two wheels. It’s often…
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