Gird Thyself: A Buell Blast Built in a Chicago Apartment
Remember the Buell Blast? The 492cc single-cylinder starter bike was a far cry from the American company’s usual off-the-wall offerings. It was…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
The Orbiter: A scrambled XSR700 from Maria Motorcycles
In two weeks, Yamaha will go public with a new adventure bike—a production version of the T7 concept that a small group…
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C-Seven: Deus nails the vintage Triumph bobber
We owe the Australian company Deus a lot of credit for kick starting the current custom boom. When Dare Jennings and his…
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Iron Riot: Harley Softail custom by One Way Machine
Julian von Oheimb is the German master of Milwaukee metal. He’s been on the podium at the AMD World Championship an incredible…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 20 August, 2017
Dustin Kott returns with the bike he said he’d never build. Plus a sleek Harley Super Hooligan racer, and a Benelli restomod…
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Red Alert: Ducati 900 SS i.e. by Moscow’s Birdie Customs
Customizing a motorcycle is often a game of knowing what to change, and what to leave alone. Some bikes have attributes that…
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A superlight Scrambler Ducati from Rough Crafts
The Scrambler has been a huge sales hit for Ducati, accounting for about a quarter of all Ducatis registered worldwide. It’s also…
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Subtle Deception: A Harley Sportster bobber from 2LOUD
Old bikes are unquestionably cool. But if you buy one, you’re on the fast track to becoming a self-made mechanic, specializing in…
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Blast From the Past: Storik’s Triumph cafe racer ‘Rafale’
New builders tend to slide discreetly into the scene rather than explode. But occasionally someone arrives with a bang—and so it is…
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Done and Dusted: Nailing the vintage scrambler vibe
These days, any mention of a ‘scrambler’ usually sparks a fervent debate about what exactly the name means. But here’s something we…
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Sweet Jane: A seductive CB750 restomod from Rawhide
When you spend your days poring over cafe racers, scramblers and trackers, it’s easy to forget how alluring an original classic can…
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A Moto Guzzi V1000 tribute to Bianchi’s ‘Celeste Green’
Moto Guzzi’s magnificent Le Mans is a firm favorite with European custom builders, but we don’t see many V1000s. So this G5…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 6 August, 2017
A sublime Royal Enfield cafe racer, a Honda GL500 Silver Wing transformed into a scrambler, and a jaw-dropping Ducati F1R homage. It’s…
Read more »This is the DR-Z400 Variant that Suzuki Should Make
Ever start out with a basic idea, only to get hopelessly carried away? A wheel swap and a simple suspension tweak were…
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From Texas barn to the Persian Gulf: A CB350 from Dubai
Antonie Robertson is a perpetual tinkerer. In the 20 years I’ve known him, he’s fiddled with everything from Italian scooters to a…
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