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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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
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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RSWB: A Granada Red Toaster Tank BMW by Roughchild
There aren’t many new ways left to customize classic R-series BMWs, and that means it’s harder to make them stand out. You…
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Sonic 90: A Suzuki GSX-R1100 restomod from Spain
Retro sportbikes have huge appeal. Despite the acres of plastic, some models have aged surprisingly well—such as the mighty Suzuki GSX-R1100. Contemporary…
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Project Y: VR Customs builds a Ducati 996 Cafe Racer
We’re not precious about which motorcycles shouldn’t be customized. But we still feel a pang of sadness when a classic is butchered—and…
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Heavy Wind: A gnarly Buell Cyclone from MB Cycles
Hardtail choppers with fat rear tires aren’t typically our vibe, but we’re suckers for anything Martin Becker builds. He’s a Meister of…
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Earthly Delight: A minimalist Honda NX650 from Slovakia
There was a time when the Honda NX650 Dominator was an uncommon, yet surprisingly sensible, donor for a custom project. But Dominators…
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