High-end custom motorcycles are often criticized for favoring form over function, but Kengo Kimura rides that line masterfully. As Heiwa Motorcycle, he’s racked up numerous awards—including multiple wins at the prestigious Mooneyes show. But he’s also fond of building real-world beaters like this sassy little Suzuki scrambler. Simply dubbed ‘GrassTracker No0006,’ the bike was commissioned…
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Small electric motorcycles face off against big-bore icons this week. In one corner, a custom electric commuter from Indonesia, and a golf-themed Super73 S2. In the other, a picture perfect Katana and a breathtaking Norvin.
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If you haven’t succumbed to the charms of smaller motorcycles by now, it’s probably because you haven’t ridden one yet. That’s the opinion of Tom Gilroy, founder of Purpose Built Moto in Queensland, Australia. And judging by the work his shop’s done on this cheeky Suzuki GN250 scrambler, you can tell they’re true believers. “Once…
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After the Japanese got serious about making motorcycles in the late 1960s, bikes from every country became more sophisticated, more refined, more practical, and more reliable. Back then, no American or European motorcycle company would ever admit it; fortunately, those culture wars are now behind us. When we look back at the Japanese motorcycles that…
Read more »The Buenos Aires-based custom shop STG Tracker has a very specific style. The clue’s in their name—builders Marcelo Obarrio and Germán Karp…
Read more »It’s not unusual for creative types to butt heads with their clients over design decisions. That includes custom motorcycle builders too—which is…
Read more »Slavo Danko’s one-man custom motorcycle shop has the most appropriate name in the biz: Free Spirit Motorcycles. He marches to the beat…
Read more »The 90s was a weird and wonderful time for graphic design. And nowhere was this more pronounced than in the motocross scene,…
Read more »From one extreme to the other: a wild SRAD Gixxer built for classic racing, and a funky little SR250 that zooms around…
Read more »There’s something strangely appealing about board tracker motorcycles. To modern eyes, cars from a hundred years ago usually look odd and ungainly—but…
Read more »Building a custom bike is usually a succession of challenges. And sometimes, the bike itself isn’t the biggest challenge: it’s the builder’s…
Read more »This week’s bikes come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve got a Ducati Scrambler Cafe Racer from Poland, a Suzuki Thunder 125…
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