Tribute: A Decade of Design from The Wrenchmonkees
Building custom motorcycles sounds like a dream job, but the reality can be harsh. Builders who can actually make a living from…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Ready to Rip: NCT Motorcycles’ Racy Honda CX500
It seems strange to see tire warmers on a Honda CX500. The CX is known for its unique engine layout, shaft drive…
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Second Chance: Revival resurrects the BMW R1200S
When the R1200S landed in showrooms in 2006, it was the most powerful production boxer that BMW had ever made. Performance was…
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One Way Machine’s lightly scrambled Sportster
Julian von Oheimb is one of our favorite custom Harley builders. There’s a low-key elegance about his work at One Way Machine,…
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Street Smarts: A Harley-Davidson Street 750 makeover
Everyone has an opinion on the Harley-Davidson Street 750, but that hasn’t stopped it from being a big seller for the American…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 21 January, 2018
Death Machines Of London return with an aero-inspired Moto Guzzi. A BMW R 1200 ST gets the radical supermoto treatment. And a…
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Red Hot: A bobbed Bonneville Bobber hot rod from Paris
The fastest-selling Triumph motorcycle in history has been in showrooms for around a year now. But we haven’t seen many custom jobs,…
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50 Not Out: Sato Marine Cycle’s 1968 Harley Shovelhead
We have an ongoing fascination with the Japanese custom scene. But it’s not only the skills and design chops that keep us…
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Honda launches the 2018 Super Cub with a K-Speed custom
The Honda Super Cub truly is super. It’s been in production for six decades, and in that time 100 million units have…
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Spicy: Urban Mechanics’ mustard yellow Honda XR 250
Trends in the custom world are as fickle as any other industry. But there’s one style that seems to be enjoying a…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 14 January, 2018
A stunning new concept from the designer of the BMW Alpha Landspeeder, a gorgeous Hodaka Ace restomod, a 200 hp turbocharged Indian…
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Not so Plain: Jane Motorcycles’ gleaming BMW R nineT
Any mechanic will tell you: if you’re customizing an old bike, first make it work, then make it pretty. But if you’re…
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More fun than a month of Sundays: KLX 150 by Deus Bali
If you’re after a job in the motorcycle industry, Deus Bali has got to be one of the best places in the…
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WTF: El Solitario just built two super-practical dirt bikes
A camera pans slowly across a dimly lit workshop—home of The World’s Most Hated Motorcycles. David Borras’ gruff voice spits out a…
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This CB750 took three years to build—and it’s perfect
As soon as we laid eyes on this Honda CB cafe racer, we knew there was more to it than meets the…
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