Like many shops, Purpose Built Moto does a lot to put food on the table. On top of their regular custom bike builds they also fabricate exhausts, do wiring work and produce bolt-on parts. But when the right client and budget come along, the Australian crew loves to pull out the stops. Purpose Built Moto…
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Most customers approach a bike builder with a firm idea of what they want, armed with fat binders of photos and sketches acting as inspiration. But the most interesting builds come from people like the owner of this old Beemer—who wheeled it into Federal Moto’s workshop and said “have at it.” And that’s quite the…
Read more »The landmark moto show EICMA has returned for 2021, and there’s a palpable if cautious sense of relief in the industry. New bikes are relatively thin on the ground in Milan this year, because the no-shows include the American marques, BMW and Ducati. But there’s good stuff coming out, especially from the European manufacturers. Here,…
Read more »What’s your idea of the perfect adventure motorcycle? For some, it’s a liter-plus globetrotter loaded with tech. For others, it’s a monkey bike that can also fly. But for Gareth Hadden, it’s this carbon-clad Husqvarna 701 Enduro called ‘Alchemy.’ An English ex-pat living in Cape Town, South Africa, Gareth earns his keep as an event…
Read more »There’s not much that still surprises us these days, but you can’t beat a crazy suspension setup. And they don’t come much…
Read more »Some established custom shops are so consistent, you immediately know that anything they build is going to be good. But the scene…
Read more »Millions of articles have been written debating the ultimate adventure bike. And not a single one of them matters. Because the team…
Read more »We’re going adventure riding this week, with a mini-review of the new Husqvarna Norden 901, and a look at MV Agusta’s upcoming…
Read more »A quick break from our usual fare, because we have an announcement to make: Issue #45 of Iron & Air magazine is…
Read more »Motorcycles no longer race at the International Pikes Peak Hill Climb, and more’s the pity. The unique race inspires gutsy engineering, and…
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