When a bike (or two) is so good, maybe Bold New Graphics are all it really needs. Begin press release: The post ...
Triumph is charging into the 2024 and 2025 Supermotocross and MXGP seasons in full force, signing two popular and experienced pilots as test riders fo ...
A Honda CX500 headlines this week, resplendent in classic John Player Special colors. We also cover a 1957 Indian Trailblazer, a Magni MV Agusta, a S ...
IOM TT racing comes with some inherent risks, and we all know what they are. Unfortunately, those ?inherent? risks are one of the things that make ...
Schlachtwerk ...
1982 Benelli 254. Owner: John Goldman, San Francisco, California. Here was a delicious little machine, a transversely mounted 231cc in-line four, putt ...
Written by Marlon Slack Christmas has been easy for you. You lot have been stuffing your faces and lying comatose on the couch. But meanwhile, we at ...
Our Yamaha Star Eluder project bike is a V-twin bagger that offers more comfort, functionality and style than a stock machine. (Photo by Joe Agustin) ...
There?s something magical about big racing two-strokes. And somewhere near the top of that smokin? hot tree is the Suzuki-SAIAD GT750 S Vallelunga. T ...
FCR Original ...
Riding in Montana is big: big skies, big trees, big rivers and big fun. Photos by the author. It’s with a nod to the late, great music show host ...
A bone-stock 2018 Yamaha Star Eluder GT in Raven served as the platform for our customization project. (This photo courtesy Yamaha; other photos by Jo ...
Squeezing two Harley engines into one chassis is a special form of lunacy, most commonly found in the drag racing scene in the USA. In the glory day ...
Lucky Custom ...
An impromptu cruise on Lake Lucerne revealed views of gorgeous homes, hotels and mountains. When our bikes arrived, we were introduced to the BMW moto ...
With fresh ?Neo-Sports Café? styling, an updated engine and chassis, throttle-by-wire with multiple riding modes, new instrumentation and a lower cur ...
For 2018, Triumph offers Tiger 800s in a six-bike lineup, all incorporating extensive upgrades. The top-dog 800 XCA we tested features six riding mode ...
Hageman Motorcycles ...
What a year it?s been for the custom scene. With so many great bikes crossing our radar, it?s almost impossible to pick out any personal favorites. S ...
Atelier Medusa ...
Nicky Hayden left a massive hole in the motorcycling world?and in all of our hearts?when he passed away unexpectedly in May last year. In a fitting t ...
Written by Andrew Jones Let’s not beat around the bush; Bandit9?s critics have been many and varied. They called out the shop by insisting that ...
A travel companion, Smith Johnson, negotiating the dry landscape of Utah. Negotiating dried mud would be a low point in the road conditions during Lai ...
Here at MO, we love electric motorcycles. So, imagine our excitement when this press release slipped over the transom this morning. Perhaps, with this ...
Written by Martin Hodgson Once the seat of the Catholic Popes, the fortified city of Avignon in southern France is resplendent with stunning Roman an ...
Smoked Garage ...
The author with her German Shepherd co-pilot, Moxie. At the end of a 10-day motorcycle trip south from New Orleans, my husband Greg and I arrived at L ...
Big Bike Parts Focus LED Light Kit on a Harley-Davidson. With daylight hours growing shorter as winter closes in, you’re more likely to find you ...
The 2019 Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE is a fully off-road-capable motorcycle with classic retro styling. (Photos by Kingdom Creative) Scramblers are hot ...
Trends ebb and flow in the custom world. And with them, the fortunes of bike builders. It might be tough at the top, but it?s even harder to stay the ...
Written by Marlon Slack Greece?s The Real Intellectuals are a rough group of motorcycle nuts who hawk their goods from downtown Athens. In their shop ...
Grass on the roadway can be a non-issue or an extremely slippery condition. If possible, slow down using clear pavement ahead of the covered area. I&# ...
Alongside the Metzeler Classic Calendar, now in its 25th Edition and celebrating with black and white shots of two wheel competition between the 60?s ...
Ditching the stock Kawasaki ZX-6R exhaust for the Yoshimura system tosses nearly 11 pounds while gaining nearly 5% more power. Not to mention it also ...
A few staples in Honda’s dirt collection to get the youngsters into the sport are coming back for 2019. Below you’ll find pricing, availab ...
The new model season is like Christmas here at MO, and reading Aprilia’s release just gets us even more excited about the 2019 model year. Begin ...
Indian continues to extend its tentacles into the US market, and just announced it will be title sponsor of the 2019 One Moto Show in Portland Februa ...
The custom scene event calendar has boomed over the last few years. For fans like us, it means more opportunities to bask in the glow of custom moto ...
Written by Andrew Jones Is it just me, or are customisers a lot like rock bands" You have your favourites. You wear the t-shirts. You feel a lit ...
Mule Motorcycles ...
We crossed the Land of 10,000 Lakes then stormed across Wisconsin aboard Harley?s apex touring machine, the 2019 CVO Limited. Photos by Brian J. Nelso ...
The V-Strom 1000 in the May 2004 issue of Rider. While their rugged, round-the-world styling and expedition-ready features suggest otherwise, some adv ...
Kawasaki has issued a recall for the Z900RS and the Z900 because of poor routing of the rear brake hose and rear wheel speed sensor wire. The recall i ...
Yamaha announced two separate recalls for the YZF-R3, one for a problem with the gear shifter and the other for a potential coolant leak. The gear shi ...
Fancy winning free gear from top motorcycle brands" We?ve got hundreds of dollars of products from Velomacchi, REV?IT!, NEXX and Rizoma up for g ...
Most custom motorcycle builders are pretty handy in other areas of life and work too. The ability to set up a lathe or tune an engine lends itself to ...
Written by Andrew Jones I’ve got a theory that the Northern Hemisphere is sometimes better than the Southern for custom bikes due to the long, ...
Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche ...
Riding high above the Gorges de la Nesque in Provence on one of its many ?balcony? roads carved into the rock canyon walls. Photos by the author and G ...
On the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 101, the Ducati makes me look better than in real life. In the background is the Quarry Overlook. This dolomite ...
Our Yamaha Star Eluder project bike, created by Jeff Palhegyi, features bolt-on accessories and custom graphics. (Photo by Joe Agustin) We teamed up w ...
Our best friend Shane Pacillo, who can’t get enough traveling, just dropped us a note that Piaggio Group and he are excited to be hitting the ro ...
Written by Martin Hodgson They say you’ll always remember your first, and exactly 350 articles ago I penned my maiden article for Pipeburn abou ...
NCT Motorcycles ...
There?s a bewildering amount of gear available for riders these days?we?ve never had it so good. And with Christmas looming, the tills are starting t ...
1975 Suzuki GT250M Hustler. Owner: Chris Wesney, Templeton, California. Back in the early ’70s Suzuki was looking into the inevitable future and ...
We’ve seen so many bad BMW customs?and sketchy bobbers?that hearing both words in one sentence makes us nervous. But the Estonian outfit Renard ...
Written by Marlon Slack Some clients can rain cash down upon a builder to make their dreams come to life. But sometimes owners are mere mortals like ...
The V-Strom 1000 and 650, shown here with the XT packages that include tubeless spoked wheels, have the distinction of being direct competitors despit ...
Travel from Yuma to San Diego via historic U.S. Route 80 and the wood Plank Road, and you’ll see how unforgiving the desert can be. Photos by th ...
Rider magazine, February 2001. Nearly concurrent with the birth of the magazine you’re reading now was the introduction of a motorcycle that wou ...
We don?t see many customs from Russia. But Moscow-based Birdie Customs and their founder Ilya are doing their best to remedy that, with a slow but st ...
Written by Martin Hodgson While most motorcycle racing has its origins in Europe and North America one form of the sport is so quintessentially Austr ...
Macco Motors ...
The Strider 12 Sport no-pedal balance bike is designed for kids 18 months to 5 years. As diehard motorcyclists, we all know that the long-term viabili ...
For 2019, the Street Twin gets more power, better suspension, ride modes and a light style refresh. Photos by Kingdom Creative. Triumph’s Bonnie ...
The lion’s share of the Street Scrambler’s power bump is in the mid-to-high-end, making highway passes easier and reducing the need to dow ...
Written by Andrew Jones When it comes to creativity, they say there’s a fine line between inspiration and insanity. It’s no coincidence t ...
Krossover Custom ...
Ducati is recalling the Monster 1200, Monster 821, Supersport and Supersport S because the gear shifter knob may not have been properly attached and c ...
The AGV AX-9 Helmet is the Italian company’s latest adventure helmet for riders who don’t stop when the pavement does. Begin Press Release ...
Vagabund Moto have built some of the sharpest BMW airheads we’ve seen. They’ve developed a signature style too: custom boxers with stark, ...
Written by Andrew Jones If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. Namely, Ralf from Bavaria?s Woidwerk motorcycles (li ...
Hombrese Bikes ...
Our favorite freelance friend-of-MO, widely known for his stream-of-conscious verbalizing, print motojournalism stylings and bass playing, has just be ...
If you?re a sneaker freak, you?ll know all about the Air Jordan XI Concord. Designed by Tinker Hatfield, it?s part of the legend that surrounds baske ...
Written by Marlon Slack These bikes are nothing if not divisive. You?ll either think they?re the best looking motorcycles on the market or you?re jus ...
A pair of BMW R NineT customs channeling the past and the future, a glorious Rickman Metisse, and an all-time classic Honda race bike. It’s a m ...
Colt Wrangler ...
It’s around this time of year that all the top Japanese builders release their latest customs. Many workshops have spent weeks burning the midn ...
Written by Martin Hodgson You know it for its Bourbon, Derby and Fried Chicken, but the Bluegrass State of Kentucky celebrated for its fertile pastur ...
Icon ...
Test riding the 2018 Yamaha Star Eluder before the project begins. (Videography and photography by Ray Gauger and Joe Agustin) New for 2018, the Yamah ...
The EBR plant has been shuttered for a couple of years now, but the people who bought the company out are still producing EBR1190s in small numbers by ...
We’re in constant awe of the Japanese custom motorcycle scene. Our compadres in the Land of the Rising Sun have an approach to customization th ...
Written by Andrew Jones As any pimply teenager with too many hours on their gaming console will tell you, a ?R?nin? samurai is an ancient Japanese sw ...
2019 Ducati Diavel 1260 S in Thrilling Black and Dark Stealth Ducati made a bold move when it launched the Diavel for 2011. It was a power cruiser fro ...
Cali Track Days is the home of the $100 track day in both Northern and Southern California. The 2019 schedule is packed with dates on both ends of the ...
I’ll let you in on a little secret: the Bike EXIF team doesn’t always agree on what’s hot and what’s not. But no motorcycle h ...
Written by Andrew Jones Being a child of the 80s, many of my first moto memories are tied back to this completely insane decade. Be it Mad Max, Purpl ...
Ducati is recalling the Panigale V4 from model years 2018 and 2019 (including the S and Speciale versions) because of a problem that can cause the oil ...
One of the most famous names in the history of British motorcycling has returned: the Triumph Speed Twin. It first caused a stir in 1938, when Edward ...
Written by Andrew Jones We wear our hearts on our sleeves when it comes to bikes that inhabit the edges of the modern custom scene. To put it simply, ...
Caffeine Custom ...
2019 Triumph Speed Twin in Korosi Red and Storm Grey Triumph has resurrected a legendary name from its history with the announcement of an all-new mod ...
Metzeler expands its tire portfolio for V-Twins with a new tire providing consistent performance, designed to upgrade the handling of older and curren ...
Motorcycle Industry Council survey reveals continuing shift in rider demographics with women representing a growing number of motorcycle ownership. Be ...
Electric motorcycles are going racing on the world stage in 2019 and Energica’s Ego Corsa will be the machine all the competitors will be riding ...
Yesterday it felt like the entire custom world was in Yokohama, Japan, for the famous Mooneyes show. Officially called the ?Hot Rod Custom Show,? it? ...
Written by Andrew Jones Craig Rodsmith, our favourite Aussie customiser and all-round bloody talented nice guy took a trip from his US shop north of ...
Venier Customs ...
