As New: Reviving a Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica
There are purists who baulk at the thought of changing even one bolt on a classic motorcycle—and then there’s folks like us.…
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Anglo-Saxon: A Norton Race Replica from Germany
This time last year, I was driving around Munich with BMW Motorrad’s Ola Stenegärd, when he turned to me and said he…
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International Rescue: Rebuilding A 1933 Motoconfort
What’s the best part about the exploding interest in older bikes? For us, it’s not just about the finished product and the…
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This Bimota HB1 replica is even better than the real thing
Bimota: It’s one of the most evocative names in motorcycling. Like most Italian manufacturers, the company has been through the full cycle…
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Salvage Job: Maria Motorcycles rescues a BMW R100 RS
Most custom motorcycles start out stock—blank canvases for builders to splash their ideas onto. And if they’re old, a little restoration work…
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Not So Mellow Yellow: North East’s XT500 resto-mod
The Yamaha XT500 is widely considered as the Grand-pappy of the modern dual-sport. This late 70s enduro marked the point when scramblers…
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Oldtimer: Sven Wedemeyer’s lustworthy Moto Guzzi V7
Sven Wedemeyer is one of Bike EXIF’s best-kept secrets. The Berlin-based photographer is deadly behind a lens, and he’s got impeccable taste…
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Oddball: The 1936 Koehler-Escoffier Moto-Ball Special
One of the weirdest sports the world has ever seen is Moto-Ball: It’s like polo, but with motorcycles instead of horses. It…
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Against The Grain: A Fabrique Nationale with Wood Trim
On the Atlantic coast of France, just 25km shy of the Spanish border, lies the city of Biarritz. We know it as…
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Café Canadiano: Re-Engineering the Ducati 350 Sebring
Kevin Brown has been riding for over 50 years and owns nine bikes. The structural engineer from Canada is a petrolhead of…
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Widow Jane: A custom Vincent Rapide from Keino Cycles
Vincent is one of the most hallowed names in motorcycling. The original company only operated for 27 years, but that short time…
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Ride Tastefully: Union Motorcycle’s Ducati Monza
Union Motorcycle Classics is the kind of shop we love to hear about. It’s based in a 100-year-old barn in the 19th…
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Climb Every Mountain: Guzzi’s 3 Wheel Motorcycle
The most badass 3 wheel motorcycle is not a Can-Am Spyder or Polaris Slingshot. It’s this incredible go-anywhere Moto Guzzi built in…
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From rust to gold: The Gasbox Norton Dominator
We love a good barn find story, but stories of wrecks transformed into custom gold are even better. This particular tale comes…
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Sunburst: NYC Norton’s dazzling 1972 Commando
If you live on the east coast of the USA and you need work doing on your Norton, there’s only one person…
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