Custom Bikes Of The Week: 2 August, 2020
A slammed Royal Enfield Interceptor from K-Speed, a gleaming Yamaha TX750 cafe racer from Chicago, a BMW GS given the supermoto treatment, and an inch-perfect Yamaha DT-1 restoration from Germany.
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Custom motorcycles and cafe racers based on Royal Enfields, from the iconic Bullet to the modern-day Continental GT.
MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan
Royal Enfield have made a habit of commissioning customs from top workshops. But they’ve got a big range of skills lurking in-house—and a whole lot of creativity, too. This wily Royal Enfield Himalayan, dubbed ‘MJR Roach,’ is what happens when you combine a pile of leftover parts with a vivid imagination, over a series of…
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Winner Takes It All: Rod Motorcycles’ Bullet 500
David Zima isn’t a man to shy away from a challenge. When news of a custom build-off popped up in the Czech Republic, he didn’t really have time to build anything—or spare money for a donor. But he jumped in headfirst anyway. Build-off contests are everywhere these days, and this one was run by the…
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Flat Out: Jillian Deschenes’ Royal Enfield flat tracker
Minnesota native Jillian Deschenes is not a pro custom motorcycle builder: from Monday to Friday, she’s a hospice nurse in the suburbs of Minneapolis. But on the weekends she’s a flat track racer—and a fierce one, too. In just her second year of racing, Jillian’s already the number one plate holder in the women’s class…
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Master of metal: Royal Enfield Electra 350 by J&D Custom
The past few years have seen a big change in the way a lot of custom motorcycles are created. Technology is everywhere,…
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Moose Project: An Enfield street tracker from Bangkok
Royal Enfield’s 650 twins have only been on the market for just over a year. But they’ve become a hit with both…
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Deadline smashed: A Continental GT 650 built in six weeks
How much custom work can you cram into six weeks? If this stellar Royal Enfield racer is anything to go by, quite…
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‘Twins FT’: A Royal Enfield x Harris flat tracker
Four years ago Eicher Motors, the owner of Royal Enfield, bought the famous British company Harris Performance. Since the 1970s, Harris has…
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The 30: A caffeinated Continental GT 650 from Java
Last weekend, the center of the custom universe was the bustling, sweltering city of Jogjakarta, on the island of Java. It’s the…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 15 September, 2019
A low-riding Sportster cafe racer from Andorra, an angular Royal Enfield Continental from India, a Honda RCB 1000 homage from France and…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 4 August, 2019
The Bathtub is back, thanks to BAAK’s Interceptor 650. Plus an Indian Chief with a barbecue grill attached, a cool kit for…
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The Revival X Royal Enfield ‘Desert Runner’ Interceptor
It’s never shouted from the rooftops, but custom builders occasionally get pre-production versions of new bikes before they are revealed to the…
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