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New Harley-davidson Softail Holdfast Two-up Luggage Rack

Got stuff" Sure you do. Bring it along on your 2018 Harley-Davidson Softail with the new Holdfast Two-Up luggage rack. H-D: CARRY EVERYTHING NEEDED ...

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Inside Arai Helmets

Michio Arai, son of company founder Hirotake, and Michio’s son Akihito (on bike), two of the three generations of Arais that have been making p ...

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Hjc I70 Full-face Helmet | Gear Review

HJC i70 Full-Face Helmet, available in several solid colors and graphics. The older I get, the more I appreciate simplicity, whether it?s sticking ...

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Moto Adonis XV750: The Definition Of A Modern Custom

The creator of this sleek Yamaha is 27-year-old Daan Borsje of Moto Adonis. Typical of the younger builders coming through, he?s based in Roosendaal? ...

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?2Shot? BMW R nineT

Written by Martin Hodgson. When Confucius said ?all good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get,? he might not hav ...

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Big In Japan: A Mighty XL500 from Deus Tokyo

When Matthew Roberts, Director of Motorcycle Operations, got wind of a cleaner-than-usual example, he snapped it up. ?The monster two-strokes of that ...

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?Tefy? BMW R90 Scrambler – Boxer Metal

Love, like motorcycling, is a many splendoured thing. The buzz. The feelings of invincibility. The brisk winter rides while completely naked. W ...

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Yamaha XV750 – Peters Dog Cycles

Written by Martin Hodgson. Even if you’re not a basketball fan, everyone old enough to remember the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 will have ...

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Tangerine Dream: Roland Snel’s Yamaha TR1 cafe racer

Roland works for Yamaha in Holland. He?s not a not a professional mechanic, but he knows how to use a grinder. ?I?ve always modified my bikes to my o ...

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?Death Crusher? Honda NX650 – Hutchbilt

Written by Martin Hodgson. If you tell a small child not to touch something, the chances are the very moment you turn your back they’ll ...

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This Rickman Metisse is a Husaberg in disguise

Take his Rickman Metisse desert racer, for example. It combined a Rickman-made Metisse MkIII frame with a Triumph TR6 power plant. At the time, McQue ...

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?Mamba? Suzuki DR650 ? Pasquale Motors

You can tell a lot about a country by what motorcycle marque the police ride. The German Polizei obviously hit the autobahn on BMW?s. The Itali ...

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Finally: A different take on the custom BMW airhead

Like many builds, the story begins with a Sunday motorcycle ride. ?We went to the westernmost point of the European mainland, Cabo da Roca,? the guys ...

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1930 Matchless Silver Hawk

Written by Martin Hodgson. The great American writer and 1949 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, William Faulkner once said of the past, ?Histo ...

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Shop Bike: DP Customs’ Hot-Rodded Ironhead Sportster

The client roster at DP Customs is slammed. So there?s precious little time to admire a finished project before it goes to its new home. And the Del ...

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Review: 2016 Yamaha XSR700 & XSR900

Yamaha’s MT range is a funny old thing. With a single outing in the noughties in its ?MT-01? guise, the segment seemed to be pretty m ...

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Getting Personal: Ludovic Lazareth’s Suzuki RG400

Ludovic Lazareth builds some of the world?s most extreme custom bikes. You know the type: they appear on websites that wouldn?t normally feature moto ...

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?82 Honda FT500 ? Jordan Froidmont

Written by Martin Hodgson. With the big manufacturers, corporates and TV shows dedicating large sums of money to the custom motorcycle scene it ...

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Darkster: K-Speed?s Custom Triumph Thruxton R

It took Triumph a while to update their modern classics, but by all accounts it was worth the wait. We’ve yet to read a bad review of Hinckley ...

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?Imatra? Yamaha XV750 ? Ville Hänninen

With the Isle of Man TT over for another year the wee little island in the Irish Sea returns to its quiet self once again, but for those new to ...

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New and Noted: Motorcycle Backpacks

Velomacchi Speedway Few companies blend form and function as well as Oregon-based Velomacchi. Their $299 Speedway roll-top backpack is both highly te ...

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Sacrilège: A Kawasaki Z1000ST Of Biblical Proportions

Ed Turner is one of Europe?s most extreme custom workshops. Owner Karl Renoult has a very clear and unapologetic vision: he builds each bike with ?t ...

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Sydney’s 2016 Throttle Roll – this Sunday!

Words Pete Cagnacci The holy celebration of everything that is custom, otherwise known as Throttle Roll, is about to hit the streets again, and ...

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Supercharged! The Yamaha SR400 gets Kruggered

When Fred was asked by Yamaha Motor Europe to build a bike, any bike, the SR400 was his top pick. And why is that, when acclaimed modern Yamahas such ...

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?Shadowboxer? BMW R nine T ? K-Speed Customs

Written by Nick D. Last week we lost one of the most renowned Heavyweight Champions of the World. He called himself ?The Greatest.? The whole w ...

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?Lac Rose? RnineT – BMW Motorrad

The Paris-Dakar Rally is one of the truly great motorsport events, known around the world the winning vehicles often go on to achieve legendary ...

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Uwe Kostrewa?s (highly illegal) Kawasaki W650 tracker

Despite Germany?s draconian TÜV regulations, Uwe’s W650 is delightfully pared-down. ?In Germany you are not allowed to do whatever you want w ...

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Italian American style: Venier’s Guzzi V7 Is Perfetto

There’s always room for improvement. And no one exploits that extra room like Brooklyn-based Stefano Venier?especially when it comes to Moto G ...

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?Zandslee? Honda XL500

Words by Martin Hodgson. ...

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?Black & Tan? Honda CB750 – Analog Motorcycles

Words by Martin Hodgson. There was a point in time when the bike before you could have been a Yamaha XS650, but this 1974 Honda CB750 had a des ...

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Life’s A Drag: The Sultans Of Sprint at Wheels &

Other than that, the regulations are wide open. There?s a bizarre mix of machines from BMW, Triumph, Ducati, Yamaha, Buell and Harley-Davidson?often ...

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Shooting Stars: The Best of the 2016 Quail Gathering

Kawasaki W1 650 by Mike LaFountain of Raccia Motorcycles, customized to echo the iconic Matchless G45. This machine took Mike seven years to complete ...