Street tracker motorcycles take their design cues from racing flat trackers (or dirt trackers, as they are sometimes known).
Unlike the racers, a street tracker custom will have front brakes to make it road legal. It will also usually have matching 18- or 19-inch wheels, a slim and elongated fuel tank, a short and kicked up tail unit, and sometimes a high-mount exhaust.
Dave Mucci is a rare talent. He has a boundless imagination and one of the sharpest eyes in the business, plus the ability to turn his concepts into reality. And he’s not afraid to break new ground either. This ultra-sharp street tracker is a testament to Dave’s prowess as a motorcycle designer. Visually spry and…
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The Suzuki SV650 will go down in history as one of the best bang-for-buck motorcycles ever made. The ‘poor man’s Monster’ gets non-stop praise for being reliable, fun and inexpensive, even if it is a little aesthetically dull. It’s such a perennial favorite in fact, that when Suzuki tried to replace it with the ill-fated…
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Building custom motorcycles is a changing profession these days. The lathe in the corner is oft replaced by a CAD workstation wired up to a 3D printer. The simple website has probably become a full-blown store selling custom parts, not just tees and caps printed up by a mate. And one of the partners in…
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The definition of a commuter bike varies from the East to the West. In Europe, a prime commuter would be something like a Royal Enfield 650. But in Asia, scooters and tiny singles rule the roost, and companies like SYM make a killing. This right here is an early 2000s-model SYM Wolf 150 Legend. As…
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Read more »Most of the customs we drool over on these pages have little or no history. They’re usually modified after a few mundane…
Read more »Crooked Motorcycles is a name worth watching on the custom scene in Europe. Just a couple of months ago, they impressed us…
Read more »The Kawasaki ER-6F ticks all the right boxes as a daily runner, but it’s not much of a looker. And it’s an…
Read more »The Honda CB650R has a lot going for it. The middleweight roadster is easy to ride and well made, and it comes…
Read more »This time each year, we gather our web and social media stats and pick the ten most popular custom motorcycles of the…
Read more »Let’s face it—it’s been the year from hell for most of us. But builders kept on building, in sheds and workshops and…
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