Rally Raider: A gleaming Yamaha WR450F by Le Motographe
The garage tools and techniques might be the same, but there’s not a lot of overlap between race and custom bike building.…
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Above the law: A street legal Yamaha salt flat racer
This brutal-looking Yamaha RD350 is nearly fifty years old, but when the lights turn green, not much will be able to keep…
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Dream Team: An eye-popping Ducati Scrambler flat tracker
Paint is the last thing that happens on a custom job, but it’s the first thing that people notice. And the livery…
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The Survivor: Team Obsolete’s 150 mph Benelli 350 Four
As well as having the best name of any vintage racing outfit, Team Obsolete has an eye-watering collection of bikes. And they’re…
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Triple Threat: Kiyo’s three-engined land speed racer
Land speed racing has a way of inspiring outrageous engineering. The most common motivation is a relentless pursuit of outright speed. Other…
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Royal Enfield taps Crazy Garage for a rapid GT 650 racer
Royal Enfield is booming at the moment, with rising sales, multiple model refreshes and the new Meteor launch. But the Chennai manufacturer…
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Triple Trouble: Krautmotors’ Kawasaki H1 flat tracker
The mythical Kawasaki H1 Mach III needs little introduction. The triple-cylinder 500 cc two-stroke made a splash when it hit the market…
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Bruiser: A Harley Softail drag bike from Belgium
We’ve followed the wacky Sultans of Sprint race series since day one, impressed by the outrageous purpose-built machines that some of our…
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HooliGhana: A Super Hooligan racer builds a KTM drift bike
It’s been a challenging year for most people. But the restrictions that have come from the worldwide pandemic have sparked new forms…
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Dunstall Drainpipe: A rare Norton resurfaces in the USA
Modern race bikes are shiny, perfect things: they have the air of being extruded from 3D printers in a hermetically sealed laboratory.…
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Exklusiv! The first custom based on the factory BMW R18
Before the BMW R18 officially broke cover, the Bavarian marque teased us with concepts and customs that showcased the whopping 1,802 cc…
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Lightning & Thunder: An FTR flat tracker from Sweden
The flat track bug seems to have permeated all corners of the motorcycling world—including Sweden. We love this very sharp Indian FTR…
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Snow Tiger: Hookie’s Triumph flat tracker is just purrfect
Flat track racing is still going strong in the USA and Europe, and we’re starting to see customizers building personal track bikes…
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Double H: Herb Becker’s supercharged Norton drag bike
History has a strange habit of repeating itself. Exactly ten years ago, give or take a few days, we featured a twin-engined…
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Race prep: Secrets of the Fasthouse Ducati Desert Sleds
Today’s ‘modern classic’ scramblers are more show than go. Stylistically, they hark back to the golden years of Californian desert racing—but you…
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