Repeat custom is the lifeblood of most businesses, including bike builders. Ten years ago, Matt Helders bought a very sharp Triumph T100 from Richard ‘Mule’ Pollock—and he’s just gone back for more. This time, Matt has taken delivery of an absolute weapon: a crisp, vintage-style Honda with a most unusual exhaust system. And despite the…
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There’s a tipping point where a hobby turns into a career, and Sérgio Almeida is sitting on it. Based in Portugal, he started WKND Customs while holding down a full time job as a designer—hence the name. But thanks to an influx of orders, he now splits his daytime hours between bikes and freelance art…
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Honda motorcycles have a reputation for being unkillable, but whoever used to own this Honda CL350 sure gave it their best shot. By the time it ended up at Slipstream Creations, it had a missing muffler, a massive dent in the fuel tank and a Tupperware container for a taillight housing. But true to form,…
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It’s a singles party this week: we’ve got a spunky Honda XL350R scrambler, a Kawasaki AR80 cafe racer, a Kawasaki KX100 land speed racer, and an intriguing single-cylinder Buell project. Plus Beachman releases a new e-bike.
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The NX650 Dominator is a staple of the European dual sport scene, even though production stopped 18 years ago. Like the Suzuki…
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There was a time when the Honda NX650 Dominator was an uncommon, yet surprisingly sensible, donor for a custom project. But Dominators…
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The sequel is seldom as good as the original movie, but the opposite is usually true with custom motorcycles. Taking another crack…
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Miguel Castro seems to be working his way through a checklist of custom motorcycle styles. His first build was a cafe racer,…
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Boundaries are getting blurred in the custom scene. Genre-hopping bikes are everywhere, and it’s getting harder and harder to pigeonhole many builds.…
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A Honda CB650R scrambler inspired by the Dakar rally, a quirky shovelhead from Keino Cycles, and a peek at the latest bikes…
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Way back in the day, scramblers were really just road bikes that were adapted slightly for desert use. And the same is…
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There are some builders who have a very ‘freestyle’ approach, grinding and hammering away at metal until things look right. And then…
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