Rise of the Oilheads: An ice-cool BMW R1150 cafe racer
There’s a growing sentiment that BMW’s R1150-series boxers are future classics, particularly the globe-trotting R1150 GS. When 1980s airheads become too old…
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
A Moto Guzzi Breva cafe racer inspired by Red Bull F1 cars
Calling the Moto Guzzi Breva 750 a ‘commuter bike’ is a bit cheeky, but it does fit the profile. Manageable power, neutral…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 12 March, 2017
A riotous BMW R65 scrambler from Ironwood, a Ronin 47 with pop art graphics, and a concours-level Guzzi cafe racer from Stile…
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Next Level: A BMW R90/6 with a vintage racing vibe
Estonia is one of those countries that are hard to find on a map. (Full Disclosure: we tried and failed.) It’s a…
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Monster Tracker: Speedtractor’s Ducati M900
Just over a year ago, Speedtractor boss Matthew Roberts was tapped on the shoulder to become the head wrench for the Japanese…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 5 March, 2017
Sleek new metal from Rough Crafts, a museum-worthy Honda race replica from Down Under, and BMW turns its youngest engineers loose on…
Read more »Dark Passenger: The Case of the Cursed Honda CB750K
Motorcyclists are often superstitious creatures. Some riders put guardian bells on their bikes, others won’t ride green motorcycles, and some regard dropping…
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This hardtail Sportster terrorizes the streets of Carefree, Arizona
There’s more than one way to skin a cat; or, in moto terms, there’s more than one way to customize a Sportster.…
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Perfectly scrambled: NCT deconstructs the BMW R nineT
It seems like the Austrian outfit NCT Motorcycles can do no wrong. Since they exploded onto the custom scene a little under…
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Euro Fighter: Lazareth’s crazy, futuristic Yamaha YZF-R1
It’s pretty common for a crashed bike to become a custom project. But how often does a bike get built for a…
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Turning Japanese: A KZ1000 resto-mod from Venier
Custom trends will come and go, but the art of the resto-mod will always have a place in the pantheon of motorcycle…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 19 February, 2017
Remember the notorious Honda ATC250R three-wheeler? Now you can get that funky 1980s style without the dodgy third wheel. And if you…
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Hell On Wheels: ICON 1000’s Kawasaki Vulcan tracker
ICON 1000 are the guys we turn to when we need reminding that not every custom should be a 70s throwback. We’ve…
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Crash hot: Revival Cycles rebuilds a damaged Hellcat
Most builders like to treat a bike as a blank canvas when it arrives in the shop. But when a Confederate arrives—well,…
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This Aprilia-powered Brute is Not Your Average Shed Build
Not sure quite what you’re looking at here? Neither were we when this brute caught our attention in the magazine Performance Bikes.…
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