The Nut Kwaka: A Kawasaki W650 hardtail bobber by Deus
In Jeremy Tagand’s early days as the resident wrench at Deus ex Machina Australia, the Kawasaki W650 was his bread and butter.…
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Direct Hit: A 1968 Harley-Davidson FL hardtail from Japan
Takuya Aikawa is on a roll. There hasn’t been a running of the Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show in the last few…
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Exquisite Taste: A classic Moto Guzzi V7 restomod by Unikat Motorworks
Restomods by their very nature appear simpler than fully customized motorcycles, but they’re usually harder to get right. Customization leaves you free…
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Level Up: A BMW K100 café racer with a John Player Special vibe
Despite its increasing popularity, the 1980s K-series BMW remains a difficult bike to customize. There’s hardly an inch of it that isn’t…
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Twinning: A pair of Royal Enfield Continental GT café racers from Mexico
The first Royal Enfield Continental GT came out way back in the early 60s; a 250 cc café racer that couldn’t do…
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Super-tracker: A custom Sportster 1200 with supermoto steeze
The traditional definition of a street tracker is a motorcycle that has all the trappings of a flat tracker, with the addition…
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Cult classic: A Harley XR1200 street tracker from Taiwan
There must be something in the water, because this is the second Harley XR1200 street tracker that’s popped up on our radar…
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The Mighty Six: A brutal custom Honda CBX from The Netherlands
An email commissioning a new project is good news for any custom motorcycle workshop. But the crew at Moto Adonis in The…
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Forever Young: An overgrown mini-bike with a Yamaha snowmobile engine
The last time we heard from Sean Skinner, he’d just built a Yamaha XS650-powered replica of the 1960s Schwinn Stingray Orange Krate…
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Elegant Ingenuity: A custom 1990 BMW R100RS by Wedge Motorcycle
Many feel that BMW boxer customization has become a tedious paint-by-numbers affair. It’s a fair argument—after all, most BMW R-series customs follow…
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Vantage Velocity: A Harley-Davidson Sportster Roadster by Rough Crafts
The Harley-Davidson Sportster Roadster broke cover just six years before The Motor Co. unceremoniously pulled the plug on the aging Evolution Sportster.…
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The People’s Champ: A Harley Panhead with a Merlin hand-crank starter
An invitation to build a custom bike for the annual Born Free show in the US is a massive accolade. But the…
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The Revenant: Macco Motors’ Harley XR1200 Street Scrambler
The short-lived Harley XR1200 was a special bike. If you’ve ever thrown a leg over one yourself, you know what we mean;…
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Everyman Tracker Build Pt. 6: All The Small Things
Unless you start with a pile of tubing, all-new parts and a beautiful mind, your average garage-built motorcycle comes together one piece…
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Retro Radikal: A reimagined BMW K1 from Portugal
With futuristic looks, bold colors, and more plastic than a Tupperware party, the BMW K1 was nothing if not memorable. Released in…
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