Dirt on the Cheap: A Low Budget, High Fun Dominator 650
We all love gushing over high-end custom motorcycles, but the truth is that these incredible machines cost real money to build. Which…
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Your complete guide to scrambler motorcycles, from retro desert sleds to 21st century specials. Here you’ll find traditional Triumph and Ducati scrambler builds plus the latest BMW, Yamaha and Kawasaki conversions—with a few Harleys thrown in too.
Discover the performance upgrades and styling tweaks that’ll make your own scrambler bike more fun to ride and own, whether on the road or dirt.
The Most Stylish Mini Bike Ever: Auto Fabrica’s Type 0.1
Fulfilling a childhood dream as a grown-up is a rare treat. But doing it while you’re still a kid is priceless. That’s…
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It’s About Time: A Suzuki SV650 kit by C-Racer
While everyone’s clamoring for a slice of the heritage market, one manufacturer’s quietly been sitting on a sweet modern-day UJM, ripe for…
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Sketches of Spain: A TW125 from the Basque Country
Dumbador is a small workshop based in San Sebastián, the Spanish city that sits on the Atlantic coastline of the Basque Country.…
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King of Kool: A custom Husqvarna FE 501 from Deus Milano
Nearly forty years after his death, Steve McQueen’s image is still being used to sell everything from motorcycles to T-shirts. But here’s…
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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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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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Giving the BMW R nineT the Paris-Dakar treatment
What’s the most iconic BMW motorcycle from the past fifty years? The R80G/S Paris-Dakar would have to be near the top of…
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The Perfect British Desert Sled … is a Kawasaki W650
If you want to build a pukka desert sled but don’t have a Meriden-era Triumph lying around, the Kawasaki W650 is the…
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Rough Crafts scrambles the MV Agusta Dragster RR
There’s a bit of a thing going on between Rough Crafts and MV Agusta at the moment. A few months ago, MV…
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BMW x Heiwa: The R nineT Scrambler Custom Project
BMW has an illustrious history of working with Japanese customizers. Witness the extraordinary R nineT Custom Project of three years ago, with…
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Part Scrambler, Part Chop: Knuckle Whackjob’s Scorpio
The Indonesian custom scene has a pretty low profile in the West—which is a crying shame, because there’s some really interesting stuff…
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