As the countdown towards the March 2019 launch date of the Strike, Lightning reveals the three charging options that will be available. Begin Press Re ...
Written by Andrew Jones Since 2012, Dutch shop Ironwood Motorcycles have pretty much dominated the classic BMW custom market in Western Europe. So mu ...
Fly Racing Illuminator Street Backpack in High-Viz. Enjoy the convenience of a backpack while remaining visible to other drivers with the Illuminat ...
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But Kevin?s now downsizing to smaller bikes, and for good reason too. ?My shop is in the basement, and I have to carry the bikes up and down the stai ...
Written by Martin Hodgson. When you’re a one man bike building operation you have to be a master of all crafts and failure at none and t ...
Triumph’s new Thruxton is about to hit the showrooms, but the outgoing model has still got plenty left in the tank. Especially when it’ ...
Written by Martin Hodgson. To say that Adam Nestor got out of the blocks in his bike building career like Usain Bolt going for Olympic Gold is ...
Motorcycle customizing is all about transformation: better looks, better functionality, or a combination of both. But we don’t often see a tra ...
Tradition, it would seem, is a double-edged sword. While some Japanese bike brands would salivate at the thought of having a model in their lin ...
There?s little point in hot-rodding a Ural for speed, and the aesthetics are on-point from the start. But Queensland man Peter Adams has built a Ural ...
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one of the most successful automotive titles ever written, having sold more than five million copi ...
Johan was dead set on a traditional cafe racer vibe, but the MOD crew had other ideas. ?We sort of persuaded him to go a bit more racer than café,? ...
Written by Martin Hodgson. Every industry has its virtuosos, those that take a skill performed by many and add a level of genius and artistic f ...
Since the wraps came off the new Triumph Bonneville range in October, we?ve had to plenty of time to digest the upgrades. But it?s only now that we c ...
It’s Friday. So what better way to end the week than a stroll (or maybe a brisk ride) down memory lane with our favourite Russian Bike M ...
When faced with a Honda CX500 in the shop, the first thing most builders do is ?fix? the frame. It looks awkward and droopy, and the usual solution i ...
Written by Ian Lee. If I’ve learnt anything from my time here at Pipeburn, it’s that a custom bike does not need to be in your fa ...
The relationship between client and creator is always a tricky one. Just ask any designer; their customers always want a game-changing creation ...
It’s the first time we’re featuring North East Custom’s work, but they’ve been at it for a while. Brothers Diego and Ricc ...
Written by Martin Hodgson. When you nickname your custom build ?Cafe Terror? you immediately invoke ideas of a bike capable of roaming a post a ...
?The XT500 is one of our favorite old school bikes,? says 6/5/4 co-founder Johan. ?Even in stock form, it?s a really cool looking motorcycle.? So th ...
Written by Martin Hodgson. Sit around a table, hang out in a workshop or share a beer with a group of custom bike fanatics and one question is ...
But the Ortolani brothers weren?t going to do it the easy way. They decided that their first custom bike would use as few aftermarket parts as possib ...
Words by Martin Hodgson | Photography by Tahjee Wallace For all the attention the craziest new builds receive, the ones displayed at bike show ...
It?s right up there with the best from the Danish workshop, and justifies the return to high-end building: ?We had no fun building bikes on a budget ...
Written by Justin Holmes. During our recent Melbourne sojourn to ride Triumph’s new Bonneville, we caught up with Geoff and Luke from a ...
That got former automotive designer and modeler Carl Cerra thinking. ?I was contemplating buying a Scrambler for a design idea I was playing around ...
Written by Martin Hodgson. In the global movement that is the custom bike scene you don’t win Best Cafe Racer at the VVMC Rally and be a ...
We?ve never considered the Suzuki GSX-R 750 as custom material. A classic and soon-to-be collectible 80s sportbike, for sure?but not the sort of mach ...
Throttle Roll feature – Words and photos by Pete Cagnacci. If you cut Mick, we do not doubt that he would bleed oil. Bikes, racing, wre ...
We last heard from Wayne Corbett and Gabrielle Jones of One Down Four Up a year ago: They?d just returned from the The One Motorcycle Show with a tro ...
