Boosted and Ballistic: A 350-pound nitrous-fuelled W650
It might have immaculate retro style, but you wouldn’t pick the Kawasaki W650 for its performance. With 50 horses on tap it’s…
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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: 24 September, 2017
If you’re into 1970s racebikes, you’ll love this Yamaha TZ750-inspired XSR900 from Jeff Palhegyi—it’s one of the best Yard Built customs yet.…
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Gone In 60 Seconds: NCT’s Harley Dyna ‘Eleanor’
When Harley announced the death of the Dyna exactly one month ago, there were howls of anguish. But we’re hoping that folks…
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A Yamaha WR400F tracker inspired by an Eames chair
Custom bike builders often find inspiration from unlikely places. And furniture designers seem to have a particular affinity for motorcycles—Stefano Venier being…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 17 September, 2017
Bare metal cafe racers from Spain and Italy are spinning our wheels this week, plus a Honda XR600R tracker conversion and a…
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Sketches of Spain: A TW125 from the Basque Country
Dumbador is a small workshop based in San Sebastián, the Spanish city that sits on the Atlantic coastline of the Basque Country.…
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Sports Tourer to Street Tracker: Deep Creek’s Ducati ST2
Kris Reniers clearly has a way with Ducatis. The last bike we featured from his Deep Creek Cycleworks shop was a Ducati…
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Ducati Hypermotard custom: ‘Hector’ by Be Unique 2.22
There’s a definite trend towards the sleek and contemporary in the custom scene right now. We see it in the smooth metallurgy…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 10 September, 2017
A slinky Honda CBR250RR from a builder called Lunatic, a BMW R nineT tribute to the Dakar crushing R/80 GS, a 280-pound…
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Smooth Operator: Vagabund’s sleek BMW R100R
For some people, building a minimalist motorcycle simply means stripping off as much stuff as possible. And practicality be damned. But there’s…
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This Buell is a Glimpse into the Future of Customization
Call us romantic, but we love the idea of old-school craftsmanship. The process of starting a project on a piece of paper,…
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Mild To Wild: A Brutal BMW R 1200 GS from Cherry’s
It’s not surprising that we don’t see many customs based on the BMW R 1200 GS. It might be the world’s most…
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Space Hopper: A Yamaha SR250 for bouncing around town
John Eldridge has the kind of life most of us would envy. He’s an accomplished surfer, he runs a board shaping business…
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Runway Success: An aviation-styled Guzzi Le Mans
Not every builder we feature works on motorcycles for a living—for many, it’s a hobby or a sideline business. But we’ve never…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 3 September, 2017
An incredible Ducati 750 Imola replica from Indonesia, a hot-rodded Honda CT70 from the USA, a Bonnie from Spain and a Yamaha…
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