It’s almost time for Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles to kick off their eighth annual Scram Africa expedition. It’s a 4,000 km dirt tour that happens in North Africa, specifically for classics and modern classics. So it’s also a great excuse to build a new custom bike. The Spanish shop has just buttoned up this retro-fabulous scrambler,…
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Most factory ‘scramblers’ are more about style than actual off-road ability. And that even includes the BMW R nineT Urban G/S: although it includes the famed Gelände/Straße designation, we wouldn’t take it too far off the beaten track. But for Karles Vives, ability is everything. He’s the founder of the Spanish custom shop Fuel Bespoke…
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If you want to build a pukka desert sled but don’t have a Meriden-era Triumph lying around, the Kawasaki W650 is the next best thing. Sure, you could pick one of Triumph’s modern classics—but with a more compact frame and a smaller 649cc mill, the W650 is a good-value option on the secondhand market. Ask…
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What happens when a Ducati Scrambler rolls into a workshop famous for building tough vintage dirt bikes? Karles Vives of Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles is the organizer of Scram Africa, a rough-and-ready tour through the deserts of Morocco—so we expected him to ramp up the Scrambler’s off-road cues. But he had another direction in mind when…
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This week we’ve got a 210 horsepower French muscle bike, a new BMW tracker from Fuel Motorcycles, and an officially sanctioned Street…
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‘Svelte’ is not a word that sits comfortably in the BMW design language. These days, the machines that roll out of BMW…
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Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles is not the most prolific of Spain’s custom workshops, but their creations are always worth keeping an eye out…
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One of the most interesting new European custom builders is Karles Vives of Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles. He’s based in Barcelona, Spain, and…
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BMW’s R series is seriously challenging the Honda CB as the custom platform of choice; over the past few months, a remarkable…
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