Custom Bikes Of The Week: 23 February, 2020
A classic Triumph flat tracker from the race director of the Wheels & Waves festival, a Virago influenced by 90s Japanese import culture, and the latest oddity from Lazareth.
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Photo galleries and profiles of the most exciting cafe racers, bobbers, scramblers, trackers and other custom motorcycles.
Westlake Tagand Special: A Guzzi 850 T3 from Deus
You’ve probably heard the word ‘bitsa’ thrown around these parts if you’re a regular here. For the uninitiated, it’s a motorcycle that has ‘bits of everything.’ Bitsas are the mongrel dogs of the custom motorcycle world… and just like mongrels, some of them are hard to look at. But others are cross-bred in just the…
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Euro style, down under: Ellaspede’s BMW R100R
In the thriving world of BMW R-series customization, there’s a strong design trend in Europe that hasn’t taken off in other countries yet. The core features are a floating single seat, chunky tires, small guards, lots of black, offset lights and super clean lines. Builds from the Amsterdam shop Ironwood are the perfect example. The…
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Tokyo Nights: Upgrading the classic Honda CB900F
Unless you can identify a motorcycle just by its engine, you’ll have a hard time pinning down the exact year and model of this muscular Honda four. We’ll clue you in: it’s a 1981 CB900F. But it’s wearing parts from so many different donors, it’s hardly recognizable. Calling it a ‘bitsa’ would be highly unfair…
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Ducati SS1000: Redesigning the SportClassic GT1000
Like any proper cult vehicle, the Ducati SportClassic was hugely under-appreciated when it was first released. That’s probably because it was ahead…
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Beach Cruiser: An Upcycled Suzuki GS650 from California
It’s not unusual for car guys to transition to motorcycle customization: after all, the skills required are similar. Johnny Nguyen proves that…
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Daily Driver: A KTM Duke II street tracker from Dubstyle
Twenty years ago, street-legal supermotos weren’t really ‘a thing.’ But in Europe, change was in the air—and the KTM Duke II was…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 9 February, 2020
The BMW that took home the Best In Show award at Verona’s Motor Bike Expo, plus a Kenny Roberts-inspired XS650 from Japan…
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A Hero Karizma scrambler from an Indian back yard
Some folks are dead set on making a career out of customizing bikes, even if they don’t have access to professional tools,…
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Building a Street 750 custom with a No. 8 wire mentality
In rural New Zealand, where I am writing this, you often hear that someone has a ‘number eight wire mentality.’ ‘Number 8’…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 2 February, 2020
A beautifully modified Honda Dominator from Spain, a CB1000R commissioned by Honda Italia, a $58,000 Laverda SFC, and news of a collaboration…
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Chopper Rescue: A CB900 revived by Purpose Built Moto
We don’t usually go in for choppers around here—but we do appreciate the skill and effort that goes into building a truly…
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Yamaha XS650 ‘Techno Tracker’ by Gunn Design
Did you know that the evergreen Yamaha XS650 was launched over half a century ago? Although the production line closed down in…
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Urban Junglist: A tiger-striped ZZR600 from Holland
Some folks feel the urge to ride a different bike every few months. Others stay true to their trusty steeds for decades.…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 26 January, 2020
A BMX with a 125cc engine in a replica Mongoose frame, a Harley Sportster converted into a motocross bike, a Ducati Monster…
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