Built Under Pressure: HardNine’s Harley XLCR tracker
Building a custom bike is often beset with difficulties: there can be unreasonable client demands, unforeseen technical issues, cashflow problems, and in…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Custom Bikes Of The Week: 19 January, 2020
A box fresh turbocharged Kawasaki Mystery Ship, a slinky Yamaha Virago cafe racer from Spain, a Henderson Model G converted into a…
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Day-Glo dirt machine: A Hercules GS250 with an 80s vibe
There’s a constant tension in the custom world between motorcycles that are meant to be ridden often, and those that will spend…
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A street tracker with race-tuned Yamaha MT-07 power
Building a competitive flat track racer is downright scientific. Countless factors like weight, geometry, power delivery and gearing all have to be…
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Extreme Green: A Kawasaki ZRX1200R by deBolex
After a while, a lot of custom designs tend to blend into a homogenous soup: variations on a standard recipe, slightly tweaked…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 12 January, 2020
A Gucci-inspired Ducati Monster S2R from Estonia, a classic Triton from one of Britain’s best builders, plus a short appreciation of Colin…
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Candy Crush: The last CB750 Origin8or will ever build
When Bike EXIF lit a fire under the custom scene ten years ago, Honda CB750 cafe racers showed up everywhere. And there…
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Turning Honda’s awkward NTV 650 into a funky roadster
Honda have made some truly beautiful machines over the years, but they’ve also had their share of aesthetic bungles. The mid-70s CB750,…
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A Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 built for F1 ace Charles Leclerc
He’s just 22, but Charles Leclerc is one of the fastest drivers Formula 1 has seen in decades. It was only in…
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Holy smoke! A radical BMW K1600 B from CW Zon
The BMW K1600 B is both odd and magnificent. Odd, because the ‘B’ stands for ‘Bagger,’ when it’s really just a low-slung…
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Master of metal: Royal Enfield Electra 350 by J&D Custom
The past few years have seen a big change in the way a lot of custom motorcycles are created. Technology is everywhere,…
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Editor’s Choice: An Alternative Top 10 for 2019
This is tough. Week on week, we strive to curate only the best custom motorcycles for you, our readers. So even though…
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SuperStrada: Revisiting the Ducati 900 SS, 25 years on
Mike Vienne is a man obsessed by weight. His specialty is turning blunt knives into razor-sharp scalpels: or rather, improving sportbikes by…
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Revealed: The Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2019
It’s always the hardest article to write, but also the most fascinating to research. Our annual roundup of the most popular customs…
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A patina-laden BSA A10 from a DIY workshop in Bavaria
For every pro custom builder out there, there are countless hobbyists and enthusiastic amateurs. But whether you’re rebuilding a motor to factory…
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