Like all good artists, the best custom builders have a handful of regular customers. They’re usually folks with an eye for quality and shared tastes, and they’re gold dust. Iowa-based Greg Hageman has been in this business for many years now, and one of his most steadfast customers is Mike Martens. ‘Fat SR’ is the…
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A slammed Royal Enfield Interceptor from K-Speed, a gleaming Yamaha TX750 cafe racer from Chicago, a BMW GS given the supermoto treatment, and an inch-perfect Yamaha DT-1 restoration from Germany.
Read more »Most businesses need a succession program. And if you’ve been operating for more than half a century, training up the next generation becomes a rather pressing matter. Egli Motorradtechnik, the famous Swiss workshop that can trace its history back to 1965, has taken big steps to protect its future. And this very smart Honda-powered special…
Read more »Since modern motorcycles are far more complex than their predecessors, it makes them harder to customize. But a few bikes buck that trend—like the Yamaha MT-07, and the MT-derived XSR700. The MT engine and its requisite plumbing are a little cluttered to the eye, but it’s a hella peachy mill, packed into an equally playful…
Read more »After cataloging the greatest custom builds in the world for over a decade, we’re often tempted to think we’ve seen it all.…
Read more »The world’s first big-bore dual sport, the BMW R80G/S, broke cover forty years ago. Born from off-road competition, it soon dominated at…
Read more »It’s a long time since we’ve featured what you might call a ‘traditional’ café racer. The term is used very loosely these…
Read more »The streetfighter scene is marked by outrageous performance and unapologetic aesthetics. In the battle of function and form, fast wins pretty much…
Read more »The Honda CT125 Hunter Cub is one of the most exciting motorcycles to come out of Big Red’s stable in recent times.…
Read more »Most custom builders are low-volume guys. It’s often a sideline to a day job, or part of a wider operation selling parts.…
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