Heavy Wind: A gnarly Buell Cyclone from MB Cycles
Hardtail choppers with fat rear tires aren’t typically our vibe, but we’re suckers for anything Martin Becker builds. He’s a Meister of…
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Mini-chop: A solid gold Kawasaki W175 from West Java
The Indonesian custom scene is a rich seam of gold, and this compact chop from Tole Motorworks is 24-carat perfection. It’s based…
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Obsidian Fighter: A Frisco-ed Sportster from Rough Crafts
Even though there’s been no official word from The Motor Co., it looks as if the venerable Harley-Davidson Sportster is slowly fizzling…
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Building a mini chopper out of a … Honda CG110
We don’t feature too many choppers: the innovation and irreverence that permeated that scene in the 60s and 70s is harder to…
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‘Lil’ Pussy’: A Honda Dax chopper with a sense of humor
At the risk of making a sweeping statement, most chopper builders take themselves very seriously. For every Technicolor humorist like Rick Fairless,…
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Korean style: An S&S shovelhead from Winterless Craft
We’ve never run a feature on a bike from South Korea before. The local custom scene is tiny, and builders are heavily…
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Laid Back: Proof that you can turn a Cub into a chopper
They represent a thriving sub-culture, but we don’t feature a whole bunch of custom scooters here. And we probably showcase even fewer…
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Chopper Rescue: A CB900 revived by Purpose Built Moto
We don’t often go in for choppers around here—but we do appreciate the skill and effort that goes into building a truly…
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A photographer’s perspective on the Mooneyes show
Japan is a cornucopia of eye-opening delights. The people are exceedingly polite, the whisky is top-notch, and getting directions in English is…
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Banana Bike! An XS650 inspired by 1970s chopper bicycles
I’ll let you in on a little secret: the Bike EXIF team doesn’t always agree on what’s hot and what’s not. But…
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Are we ready for an electric chopper?
Are electric bikes the future? We’re not sure—but with EU regulations getting progressively more restrictive, it’s not completely unfathomable. If that day…
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Samurai Chopper: The Zero Engineering Type 9
Zero Engineering has one of the best pedigrees in the chopper motorcycle business. So the launch of a new model is a…
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