Custom Bikes Of The Week: 16 August, 2020
A rare Harley shovelhead Liberator spotted in France, a punchy Suzuki ‘DR Big’ from Brazil, an enormous Honda CB1300 roaming Bangkok, and…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
A Triumph TT special built for a top sound designer
There’s something about a classic Triumph dirt bike: the appealing proportions, the chunky rubber, the swept-back bars and the plush seat. Put…
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Good Ghost: Kingston Customs’ extraordinary BMW R100
Dirk Oehlerking has a portfolio of incredible builds, but there are two machines that stand out. They are the White Phantom and…
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Back In Black: A Ducati 900 SS from Belgium
The motorcycle designer Pierre Terblanche is famous for his Ducatis, but not always in a good way. Most folks would give the…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 9 August, 2020
A jawdropping modified Ducati 1000SS, a very clever custom BMW R1100GS, a rare (and running) BMW R57 that could sell for $70,000,…
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‘Lil’ Pussy’: A Honda Dax chopper with a sense of humor
At the risk of making a sweeping statement, most chopper builders take themselves very seriously. For every Technicolor humorist like Rick Fairless,…
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Fat SR: A chunky Yamaha SR400 from Greg Hageman
Like all good artists, the best custom builders have a handful of regular customers. They’re usually folks with an eye for quality…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 2 August, 2020
A slammed Royal Enfield Interceptor from K-Speed, a gleaming Yamaha TX750 cafe racer from Chicago, a BMW GS given the supermoto treatment,…
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The Apprentice: A Honda Egli returns home for restoration
Most businesses need a succession program. And if you’ve been operating for more than half a century, training up the next generation…
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‘Bombshell’: Deus mods the MT-07 with a sharp new kit
Since modern motorcycles are far more complex than their predecessors, it makes them harder to customize. But a few bikes buck that…
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A Velocette MAC engine in a Yamaha XT600 frame? Ja bitte!
After cataloging the greatest custom builds in the world for over a decade, we’re often tempted to think we’ve seen it all.…
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Ricky 800: Imagining a Rickman BMW R80 desert racer
The world’s first big-bore dual sport, the BMW R80G/S, broke cover forty years ago. Born from off-road competition, it soon dominated at…
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Giant Killer: Honda CB400F ‘Raptor’ by Ripple Rock Racers
It’s a long time since we’ve featured what you might call a ‘traditional’ café racer. The term is used very loosely these…
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Bullenbeisser: A 150 hp Harris Magnum streetfighter
The streetfighter scene is marked by outrageous performance and unapologetic aesthetics. In the battle of function and form, fast wins pretty much…
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A Honda CT125 Hunter Cub … with a ‘Gatling gun’ exhaust
The Honda CT125 Hunter Cub is one of the most exciting motorcycles to come out of Big Red’s stable in recent times.…
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