Café Racers Custom Bikes Of The Week: 19 May, 2019Bike EXIF - Chris HunterA Vincent Black Shadow built from scratch, a CB650 built for just $1,250, a shed-built Moto Guzzi Le Mans, and an amazing timelapse video of a sandcast CB750 build. The $1,250 Honda CB650 Bob Ranew of
Yamaha Off brief, on trend: A Yard Built XSR700 from HookieBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeAny designer knows: sometimes you need to give your client what they need, rather than what they’ve asked for. When Yamaha asked Hookie Co. to customize an XSR700 for the Yard Built program, the brief
Drag Bike: A 130 hp nitrous-fueled Indian Scout BobberBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeRight now, thousands of fans and motorcycles are converging on Monza for The Reunion—a weekend-long celebration of custom motorcycle culture. It’s also where the first round of the Sultans of Sprint sprint
BMW A camouflaged BMW K1100 (with an e-bike to match)Bike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeTraditional cafe racers are typically designed with restraint high on the agenda. But we’re just as enthused by customs that trade reservedness for loudness—like this BMW K1100 with extremely sharp lines
San Francisco Bay Area Grey Goose: A Moto Guzzi 1100 Sport from San FranciscoBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeOne of the wonderful things about customization is that it can breathe new life into otherwise unloved motorcycles. Need proof? Just look at the number of amazing Honda CX500s and Yamaha Viragos on the
Café Racers Textbook Refresh: Untitled upgrades the Thruxton 900Bike EXIF - Chris HunterWe’re usually all about high-end customs here, but not everyone has the budget to put an extreme machine in their garage. And we know that many readers have lightly-customized daily riders—often older
BMW Two by Four: A pair of wild BMW S1000 customs from VTRBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeVTR have a rep for building some of the wildest BMW customs. There’s a regular stream of Bavarian metal rolling through their workshop, and it’s only natural: VTR is the custom arm of the Swiss BMW dealer
The Ashes An electric flat tracker rises from the ashes of AltaBike EXIF - Chris HunterElegant is not often a word used to describe electric bikes, but this pared-down tracker is both petite and beautiful. It’s from a new shop called Blatant Moto, based in the Dogpatch area of San Francisco—and
Royal Enfield K-Speed tears into the Royal Enfield Continental GTBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeJust the other day, we praised the simplicity and affordability of the new Royal Enfield twins. They’re easier to pull apart than most modern motorcycles, making them gold dust for custom builders. Then,
Review: Riding the new Indian FTR 1200Bike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeFor a brand that only relaunched five years ago, Indian Motorcycle is making some bold moves. The Scout FTR750 racebike has cleaned up in the flat track scene and Indian has now released a matching flat
Custom Bikes Of The Week: 5 May, 2019Bike EXIF - Chris HunterFrom one extreme to the other: this week we take a look at a tiny Honda land speed record holder and the ginormous new Triumph Rocket 3 TFC. Plus a slick BMW from sunny Lisbon, a classic Norton living
BMW Class Act: A millimeter-perfect BMW airhead from SinrojaBike EXIF - Chris HunterIn just four years, Sinroja has become one of the most talked-about custom shops in England. As immaculately finished bikes set sail from the workshop run by brothers Rahul and Birju Sinroja, word on street
Kawasaki Yellow but not mellow: A Kawasaki triple from MotobrixBike EXIF - Chris HunterThe riding season is short in Toronto, with snow on the ground for three or four months of the year. But that leaves plenty of time for wrenching in the garage or workshop, so there’s a low-key but thriving
BMW Arresting: Renard’s ex-police BMW K75 RTBike EXIF - Chris HunterThere’s a clean, sharp vibe to the bikes that come out of Renard Speed Shop. Estonia’s finest custom builders don’t have a fixed signature style, but the machines from the Tallinn workshop are always finished
Dakar A Dakar-Inspired Royal Enfield Himalayan from FuelBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeIt’s almost time for Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles to kick off their eighth annual Scram Africa expedition. It’s a 4,000 km dirt tour that happens in North Africa, specifically for classics and modern classics.
Steve McQueen Custom Bikes Of The Week: 28 April, 2019Bike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeEach week, we scour the internet to bring you the juiciest five motorcycles that we haven’t already featured. Today we’ve got a Yamaha SR500 street tracker from Milan, a BMW R nineT from Belgium, and vintage
Le Mans Lean, mean and green: A new Le Mans from KaffeemaschineBike EXIF - Chris HunterKaffeemaschine is one of the big success stories in the European custom world. Founder Axel Budde specializes in high-end Moto Guzzi cafe racers, with modern updates and immaculate build quality. Axel
BAAK builds a modern day ‘Bathtub’ TriumphBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeTriumph are great at recalling the past via the design of their modern day classics. But there’s one element Hinckley hasn’t brought back: the infamous ‘bathtub’ fairing. Edward Turner’s idea to enclose
Play buttonRoyal Enfield TXX Interceptor: A custom Royal Enfield 650 from ThriveBike EXIF - Chris HunterThe new Royal Enfield twins are a godsend for custom builders. By modern standards, they are simple on both the mechanical and electrical fronts: you don’t need a degree in Electrical Science from MIT
The man brave enough to cut up an MV Agusta F4 SennaBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeCutting up an MV Agusta F4 Senna is a gutsy move. The F4 is a surefire future classic, and the Senna version’s carbon bits, and upgraded suspension and brakes, make it even tastier. Plus, MV Agusta only
NCR Custom Bikes Of The Week: 21 April, 2019Bike EXIF - Chris HunterAn incredible Norton sidecar racer from Australia, a tribute to NCR co-founder Rino Caracchi from Italy, and a chunky go-anywhere BMW R100GS from the States. Plus news of a land speed record attempt featuring
1980s An 80s style Iron 1200 from Prism Supply Co.Bike EXIF - Chris HunterDespite being steeped in the custom scene, Harley-Davidson doesn’t often donate bikes to custom builders. So this Sportster Iron 1200 from Prism Supply Co., dripping with early 80s style, is something
Yamaha The Omen: A Yamaha MT-07 With a Custom Perimeter FrameBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeThere are many ways to visualize a custom motorcycle before actually putting grinder to metal. Some builders start with a pencil and paper, while others use Photoshop or create 3D renders. But how about
Mighty Guerrilla: A Harley Fat Bob from Rough CraftsBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeIt’s been almost nine years since we featured the Rough Crafts ‘Iron Guerrilla‘—a murdered-out Harley-Davidson Sportster that flung Taiwanese customizer Winston Yeh firmly into the spotlight. It was only
Calling all designers: a $10,000 competition for you.Bike EXIF - Chris HunterAre you a designer looking to kickstart your career in the moto industry? A major new competition launched today by Rizoma could be just the leg-up you need. Anyone who follows the custom scene will know
Custom Bikes of the Week: 14 April, 2019Bike EXIF - Matt NeundorfWe’ve got all shapes and sizes this this week—starting with a slick Triumph Bonneville kit, and finishing off with the cutest electric cafe racer. Amd a Yamaha dirt bike, a Grom and a Suzuki SV90 wedged
Birdcage: Revival Cycle's Titanium-Caged BMW BoxerBike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeBMW Motorrad have something big in the works. All they’ve shown us so far is a boxer engine and a drivetrain…but they’ve teased these in the most spectacular fashion. First, they commissioned a build Custom
A new age of customizing: Fuller Moto’s Majestic ‘2029’Bike EXIF - Chris HunterOne of the most genre-smashing motorcycles of all time is the 1929 Majestic. It looked like nothing else on earth—a streamlined Art Deco torpedo, with hub-centered steering and sliding pillar suspension.
Shakedown 1979: Hookie's super-practical R100/7Bike EXIF - Wesley ReynekeThe battle between form and function rages on a daily basis in the custom scene. As much as we hate to admit it, some customs are destined to spend their lives on display, or seldom ridden. But for every
Carbon Fiber Racer-X: Testing the limits of electric motorcycle designBike EXIF - Chris HunterElectric motorcycles tend to look strangely conventional. Even the oddball $60,000 Curtiss Zeus has a ‘tank’ and a seat where you’d expect them to be. So although the powertrains are revolutionary, the
