Custom Bikes Of The Week: 14 June, 2020
A pair of Yamaha TZ racers that have never even been started up, a most unusual 1980s MZ two-stroke, a beastly Honda…
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Fast Family: A WR400 from a father-and-son team
At its heart, motorcycling is a solitary pursuit. But it also brings people together, sharing their enthusiasm and skills when the hand…
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Czech Mate: A Minarelli 50 GP with a curious past
Nothing arouses curiosity quite like a rare racing machine. Bonus points if it’s so vintage and obscure, you need to turn to…
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Taste of Tsukuba: A classic Suzuki GS1200SS race bike
If you like to play Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport, you’ll know the Tsukuba circuit. It’s hugely popular with the street tuner…
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Ice Blue Racer: A Fantic Caballero destined for flat tracks
If you live outside Europe, one of the most interesting bikes you can’t buy is the Fantic Caballero Flat Track 500. The…
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Flat Out: Jillian Deschenes’ Royal Enfield flat tracker
Minnesota native Jillian Deschenes is not a pro custom motorcycle builder: from Monday to Friday, she’s a hospice nurse in the suburbs…
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T 22 Synthesis: A twin-engined Kawasaki drag bike
There’s something pure and extremely entertaining about drag bikes. They’re hopelessly impractical, usually dangerous, and invariably ridden by folks with a scant…
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A KTM 450 flat tracker built for a Dakar Rally racer
If you’re a custom builder, one of the most difficult briefs is for a race bike. No matter the genre or discipline…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 1 March, 2020
A nitrous-fueled Indian Scout racer in Siberia, the first Yamaha Yamaha FZX750 we’ve featured, a classy Monster from Revival Cycles, and what…
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Hyper8: A race-ready Ducati Hypermotard from Analog
There’s an unspoken truth about building custom motorcycles: you don’t have to change everything. Sometimes it’s enough to just switch up a…
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Battle of The Twins Redux: A 310-pound BMW race bike
In the lore of motorcycle racing, Battle of The Twins has few equals. First staged in the US at Daytona in 1981,…
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Super Scooter: A NOS-fuelled Piaggio NRG drag racer
The words ‘drag racing’ and ‘scooter’ shouldn’t belong in the same sentence. But if you ask us, the idea of boosting micro-sized…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 22 December, 2019
A jewel-like Hartford from Cowboy’s Chopper, a body kit for Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 owners, a killer vintage drag bike and…
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‘Twins FT’: A Royal Enfield x Harris flat tracker
Four years ago Eicher Motors, the owner of Royal Enfield, bought the famous British company Harris Performance. Since the 1970s, Harris has…
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How to turn a Husqvarna FE 501 into a rally motorcycle
This website is fueled by our fascination with beautifully crafted motorcycles, and the world around them. That usually keeps our focus on…
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