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Yamaha Yard Built

In garages all over the world, owners dream of creating their very own customised motorcycle. Yamaha has enabled this by asking talented custom bike builders to provide inspiration on how to transform modern Yamaha models into what they have called ‘Yard Built specials.’

The best cafe racers, bobbers and prototypes from around the web.

Custom Bikes Of The Week: 3 March, 2019

We’re back with an extremely oddball selection: possibly the world’s ugliest MV Agusta, a Yamaha XSR700 homage to Claude Fior, a gorgeous…

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Testbed: A Yard Built Yamaha XSR900 crammed with cutting-edge tech

Testbed: An XSR900 crammed with cutting-edge tech

The new wave custom scene was originally built on a love for the old school. But these days, we’re seeing more ‘neo’…

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Space Explorer: Lucky Cat Garage’s sci-fi Yamaha XV950R

If you grew up in Japan in the 1950s or 1960s, you probably wanted a ‘Sonicon Rocket.’ It was a little battery-powered…

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Tribute to the ‘Gauloises’ Bol d'Or racer: A Yamaha XSR700 Sultans of Sprint bike

A smokin’ XSR700 tribute to the FZR750 ‘Gauloises’ racer

Epic 80s endurance racers and over-the-top sprint bikes both get our motors running here at EXIF. Now Workhorse Speed Shop has just…

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New from Auto Fabrica: three Yamaha stunning new Yard Built customs

Triple Whammy: three new Yamahas from Auto Fabrica

Put together a top ten list of the world’s best custom bike builders, and Auto Fabrica would have to be in there.…

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The best cafe racers, scramblers and bobbers of the week

Custom Bikes Of The Week: 10 December, 2017

Got wood? Yamaha’s latest Yard Built custom has plenty of it, and looks amazing. We’ve also got a super-tough Honda CBX1000 streetfighter,…

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The best cafe racers, scramblers and bobbers of the week

Custom Bikes Of The Week: 24 September, 2017

If you’re into 1970s racebikes, you’ll love this Yamaha TZ750-inspired XSR900 from Jeff Palhegyi—it’s one of the best Yard Built customs yet.…

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Yamaha XSR700 scrambler by Maria Motorcycles of Portugal

The Orbiter: A scrambled XSR700 from Maria Motorcycles

In two weeks, Yamaha will go public with a new adventure bike—a production version of the T7 concept that a small group…

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Juicy: Jigsaw’s candy orange Yamaha XSR700 tracker

Juicy: Jigsaw’s candy orange Yamaha XSR700 tracker

The Yamaha XSR700 is a smash hit with both owners and journalists in Europe, and two years after its introduction, it’s becoming…

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Q&A: A manufacturer’s view of the custom scene, with Yamaha’s Cristian Barelli

Q&A: A manufacturer’s view of the custom scene

Over the past couple of years, no manufacturer has commissioned more custom bikes than Yamaha Motor Europe. The Yard Built program has…

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The best cafe racers, scramblers and bobbers of the week

Custom Bikes Of The Week: 5 March, 2017

Sleek new metal from Rough Crafts, a museum-worthy Honda race replica from Down Under, and BMW turns its youngest engineers loose on…

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Custom Yamaha SCR950 by Brat Style

All Systems Go: Yamaha’s Brat Style SCR950

EXCLUSIVE: Every time someone refers to their bike as a ‘brat-style’ build, we let out a groan. There’s only one builder that…

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