Custom Bikes Of The Week: 21 June, 2020
A Honda CB650R scrambler inspired by the Dakar rally, a quirky shovelhead from Keino Cycles, and a peek at the latest bikes…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
M Power: Giving the BMW K100RS a modern edge
A few years ago, building a cafe racer usually meant imbuing it with a sense of nostalgia. But these days, the custom…
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Maxxed Out: Yamaha TMAX 500 by Unikat Motorworks
Folks who ride motorcycles today often started out on scooters, especially in Europe. But Maciej Bielawski of Poland did it the other…
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Little Wonder: Another knockout Honda Cub from 2LOUD
They say you should never do business with friends. Yet the custom scene is full of builders whose friends who have become…
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French Bob: A dose of vintage flair for the Triumph Bobber
The success of the Triumph Bobber has not gone unnoticed by the more savvy custom shops. It’s the fastest-selling motorcycle in the…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 7 June, 2020
A crisp Honda V30 Magna tracker, a swooping Norton/Vincent hybrid, a Ducati Hailwood replica up for auction, and a very sharp Ducati…
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Unkonventionell: Eastern Spirit Garage’s BMW R80
Eastern Spirit Garage is probably Poland’s premier custom workshop. But they focus on quality over quantity, with fewer than a dozen builds…
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Nemesis: A Sol Invictus scrambler built to tackle Tasmania
Factory-made modern classics are everywhere these days, but they’re usually premium motorcycles at the upper end of the engine size scale. If…
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Dr. Skin: An S&S bobber built for a dermatologist
Like many accomplished customizers, Martin Becker has lived an eventful life. For almost twenty years he’s been building bikes in the beautiful…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 31 May, 2020
A sleek and sophisticated Thruxton from Massachusetts, a tiny BMW balance bike from the Netherlands, a rare Royal Enfield Interceptor up for…
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Winner Takes It All: Rod Motorcycles’ Bullet 500
David Zima isn’t a man to shy away from a challenge. When news of a custom build-off popped up in the Czech…
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Danger Zone: Federal Moto’s Kawasaki GPz1100
The year is 1986, and Tom Cruise is playing Maverick in Top Gun—flying an F-14 Tomcat by day and tearing around on…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 24 May, 2020
The Buell X1 gets its turn with the amazingly prolific builders at K-Speed. Plus an impossibly elegant CB550 from Kott Motorcycles, and…
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Gentleman’s Express: Revival’s ‘BMW R90Esq’ restomod
The custom scene is replete with R-series BMWs, but they still split opinion. Purists say they’re classics that should be kept original;…
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Desert Fox: A Honda XR650 scrambler from Hungary
Way back in the day, scramblers were really just road bikes that were adapted slightly for desert use. And the same is…
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