Based in Caxias do Sul, a town in Brazil’s hilly Serra Gaúcha region, Caffeine Custom is fast becoming a regular on these pages. They celebrated their tenth anniversary last year, and wanted to celebrate in style with a special custom build. The stars aligned when a customer approached them to create a slick Honda CB500F…
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Six cylinders, 1,649 cubic centimeters, 113 liters of storage space, and more electronic aids than you can shake a stick at; the BMW K1600 GTL is a high-tech behemoth, built to devour miles in supreme comfort. It’s the first bike we’d pick for a cross-country trip, grinning widely as its six inline pistons spool up…
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Once I’ve completed the arduous task of poring over our statistics to compile our list of the year’s most popular custom motorcycles, I have the even more onerous task of selecting my personal favorites. Given the caliber of the custom builders that grace these pages, it’s a tall order. Each year’s routine is the same,…
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The mid-sized street bike market is one of the hottest on the planet, and the Triumph Street Triple is near the top of the list. It’s light, makes great power, sounds awesome, and seems generally great to live with. Heck, even the Street Triple’s most divisive feature—its distinctive dual headlight design—has grown on us over…
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Headquartered in India, TVS Motor is one of the biggest motorcycle manufacturers that you may not have heard of. They sell a…
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On the first weekend of December each year, the Pacifico Yokohama convention center is filled to the brim with highly imaginative machines…
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High-end custom motorcycles are a joy to ogle, but owning them is often beyond the reach of us mere mortals. Not everyone…
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Since they first hit the scene, Auto Fabrica has flirted with the concept of motorcycles as art pieces. The machines they build…
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With roughly 2.7 million people living in Brooklyn, New York, the serendipitous tale of this BMW R100R café racer stands out as…
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The smell of two-stroke oil lingers in the air, courtesy of Roland Sands Design’s razor-sharp custom Yamaha RD400. We also profile a…
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As the founder of Spain’s 72 Cycles Performance, and one-half of the collaborative outfit 72 HKG Performance, Antonio Rodriguez has developed an…
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With its casual bobber styling and easygoing twin-cylinder motor, the Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 isn’t the type of motorcycle you’d expect the…
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