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 ...
I recently had the opportunity to throw a leg over a 1996 Yamaha TW200. Or was It a 2008" Or a 1988" Who cares, they?re all the same bike. For 35 yea ...
The new black midrise handlebar and blacked-out powertrain on the R 18 Roctane definitely make it stand out from its siblings. In my early days wi ...
This 1971 Land Rover Series IIA is a hot-for-yore millennial?s wet dream, nestled between an imagined, carefree, ‘things were just better� ...
Like most skilled craftsmen, Richard ‘Mule’ Pollock can turn his hand to myriad custom motorcycle build styles. But there’s one p ...
The German scooter specialist SIP Scootershop has built a bonkers custom Vespa to celebrate three decades of business. On the other side of the world ...
Ek Chalermphol’s Instagram bio lists his interests as ?cars, trucks, bikes, bicycles, and taking photos.? But he neglects to mention his unwav ...
Resourcefulness is a virtue of the most prolific junkmen, but the term junkman seems less fitting when talking about a man who probably owned more Po ...
A custom motorcycle has very little in common with soulless machines like a Toyota Camry or a washing machine, so why would you sell it like one" We ...
Pierre Terblanche has penned countless motorcycles in his career, but he’s best known for the 11 years he spent at Ducati. In that time, the S ...
We regularly wax lyrical about the virtues of the venerable Honda Dominator, and how its rugged simplicity makes it a prime candidate for customizati ...
Be it bobbers, baggers, beamers, or what-have-you?s, there?s a bike for everyone, imbuing the rider with the Steve McQueen or Peter Fonda cool that c ...
Known for his classy café racers, Dustin Kott threw the rule book away to build a Triumph Daytona bobber for Born Free. Other highlights this week i ...
Motorcycles have to be just about the most relative machines on wheels, as everything we enjoy about the way they accelerate, corner and handle terra ...
When asked if Malle London is a luggage company, apparel brand, or event organizer, founders Robert Nightingale and Jonny Cazzola simply answer ?Yes. ...
Long relegated to youth and playbike riders, the heyday for electric dirt bikes has somewhat lagged behind the catapulting popularity of other e-bike ...
The best custom motorcycles aren’t always the ones that scream the loudest. Some captivate with simplicity, inviting a closer look that reveal ...
It’s common to see custom bikes with swanky high-end shocks propping up their tails. Swapping out the rear suspension on a twin-shock bike is ...
For the last few years, the modern custom motorcycle scene has presented major OEMs with a whole new market in which to peddle their wares. We� ...
The Norton Atlas has always been one of my forever dream bikes. This story started quite a long time ago, with the aborted purchase attempt at my fir ...
Diamond Atelier impresses with an uber-slick BMW boxer built for the race track, while Japan’s Infiniti Motorcycle builds a stunning Harley-Da ...
Motorcyclists form a broad church, made up of countless factions, subsets, and niches within niches. From road to dirt, from cruisers to abusers, via ...
Classic motorcycles attain desirability for any number of reasons, but every once in a while we come across one that checks every conceivable box?in ...
Building a café racer with an older motorcycle usually involves two phases; getting the bike running, and customizing it. And if the bike is really ...
In 1965, Time Magazine sent photographer Bill Ray and writer Joe Bride to live and ride with the Hell?s Angels. It was a roller coaster of a month wi ...
Batman swooped onto the pages of DC Comics 85 years ago, but it would take 19 years for the Caped Crusader to debut his first Batcycle. Batman and hi ...
Motocrew leads the charge this week, with a custom Triumph Bobber inspired by their client’s hopped-up Porsche 911. We also throw the spotligh ...
Your bike is as much an extension of your body on the open road as it is your personality when parked at the curb, and as such, the desire to set you ...
In 1986 and 1987 Honda built the TR200, better known as the ?Fat Cat? for the U.S. market. This half dirt bike, half ATV hermaphrodite wasn?t agile, ...
On August 11, 1973, during the GP race at the Silverstone Circuit in England, New Zealander Kim Newcombe found himself in the lead after just six lap ...
It’s been over six months since Husqvarna pulled the covers off the new Svartpilen 801. Since then, we’ve been wondering when its sibli ...
If there’s one custom shop that deserves a gold medal for tenacity, it’s ChillFab. The crew behind the Chiller motorized BMX developed ...
The new BMW F900GS has only just hit the scene, and VTR Customs has already got their grubby paws on it. Other highlights this week include a Rotax f ...
As far as 80s sportbikes go, the Honda VF1000F Interceptor often gets overshadowed. Riding on the success of the VF750F, Honda introduced the VF1000F ...
Cries of heartbreak echoed across the internet when Harley-Davidson discontinued the revered Dyna. But it’s easy to forget that the Dyna� ...
Popularized by events like the Glemseck 101, 1/8th-mile drag racing has given European custom builders a whole new arena to showcase their skills. An ...
We open this week’s proceedings with a modern Kawasaki Z900RS with miles of retro style, before pivoting to a Ducati Frankenbike with a gleami ...
In the world of electric motorcycles, the upstart is king. A small company with big ideas can grab an off-the-shelf electric drivetrain, rapidly prot ...
The leaves are falling (in my hemisphere anyway), and in addition to running up our odometers in the coming weeks, fall also means another one of Bon ...
Lightweight thumpers are a dying breed, and more’s the pity. There’s nothing quite like wringing the neck of a punchy mid-sized single ...
Released in 2008, the Harley-Davidson XR1200 should have been a big hit for The Motor Co.; an athletic Sportster fashioned after the iconic XR750 fla ...
One of our favorite modern classics has just received a major update for 2025. Triumph has refreshed its popular Speed Twin 1200?but the news that ha ...
The German boutique motorcycle manufacturer Krämer blasts onto the page this week with the lightweight Krämer APX-350 MA race bike. Also on offer a ...
Enrico ‘Ricky’ de Haas founded Wannabe-Choppers at just 15, brimming with imagination and unaffected by the conventions that often accom ...
As an established fabricator, Wido Veldkamp’s business involves more than just building custom motorcycles. His shop, WiMoto, gets just as man ...
Motorcycle designers of the early ?80s probably ponder how we got here, a time when street bikes with exposed frames, unshrouded headlight assemblies ...
The name of Kengo Kimura’s workshop, Heiwa, means ‘peace’ in Japanese, and his logo depicts a flying pigeon. Those sound like ran ...
Big bikes bookend this edition of Speed Read. We start with a 1,700 cc single-cylinder chopper and finish with a BMW R18 from CW Zon. Sitting in the ...
Remember the Yamaha RXZ Twinboss twin-cylinder two-stroke" Neither do we, because it never existed?except in the mind of Irwann Cheng. The Malaysian ...
Even though the Harley-Davidson Evolution Sportster is no longer in production, it’s eons away from going extinct. There are plenty of second- ...
Few machines prove that good design is timeless as well as the Honda Super Cub. The iconic underbone scooter has been in constant production since 19 ...
An outlandish new creation from Bandit9 rolls onto our pages this week, followed by a BMW K100RS from the heart of Bavaria, and a zany Indian FTR 120 ...
?This is not a project bike? is a lie I frequently tell my significant other. But the truth is, I can’t help myself (and she knows it, judging ...
AKT Motos is one of the biggest motorcycle marques you’ve probably never heard of. Based in Colombia, the company was started 20 years ago by ...
The electric motorcycle debate has raged for as long as Bike EXIF has been around. The most common criticisms come from framing electric bikes to tra ...
Can-Am’s hotly anticipated electric motorcycles?the Can-Am Origin and Pulse?finally broke cover this week. Meanwhile, WalzWerk’s � ...
Many would scoff at the idea of customizing a small commuter motorcycle. But in countries like Taiwan, where 150 cc bikes like the Kymco KTR 150 are ...
By day, Shawn Lin creates concept art for the gaming industry?a space where fantasy and science fiction reign supreme. But the motorcycle he rides in ...
The street-legal dirt bike scene has one of the biggest mod cultures in motorcycling, and if you don?t believe me, it?s been a minute since you?ve be ...
We open this weekend’s proceedings with an elegant Moto Guzzi 1000 SP café racer from Italy’s North East Custom. Tamarit delivers a ta ...
We rarely publish a motorcycle gear review without at least one caveat or gripe. But once in a while, a product comes along that effortlessly ticks e ...
?Who wouldn’t want to build a two-stroke Italian Harley"? asks Chris Tope, almost irreverently. ?It?s the original Harley-Davidson Pan America ...
Eight years ago, Rough Crafts knocked us off our feet with their first-ever custom BMW R nineT. The Taiwanese superstar custom shop had mostly built ...
Ask Indian Motorcycle’s design director, Ola Stenegärd, which part of the new Indian Scout he’s most proud of, and he’ll most l ...
The tenth running of the Malle Mile is in the books, and from what we’ve heard, it was one for the ages. Scores of motorcycle nuts descended u ...
The 1985 Paris-Dakar Rally will always be remembered for Gaston Rahier’s victory in the motorcycle division. The Belgian rally racer barely st ...
It’s widely accepted that a custom motorcycle doesn’t need actual off-road chops to identify as a scrambler. Just like many other custo ...
Despite what the futurists say, an all-electric motorcycle future is still far off. For motorcyclists to adopt electric mobility en masse, battery-po ...
We’ve cast the net wide this week, with a selection of tasty motorcycles that are worlds apart. Purpose Built Moto kicks us off with a slick D ...
The Yamaha RD56 cemented itself in the annals of motorcycle racing history when it carried Phil Read to Yamaha’s first-ever Grand Prix champio ...
In the world of classic thumpers, the Yamaha XT500 reigns supreme. It pioneered the concept of four-stroke dual-sport bikes, won the first two Paris ...
Although the BMW R nineT was originally designed as a throwback to classic BMW boxers, it’s always had a modern edge. That leaves customizers ...
Argentina’s LBC Motorcycles leads the charge this week, with a HRC-themed Honda CB750 street tracker. We then look at the redesigned Ducati Pa ...
If we had to guess the secret to Rough Craft’s blistering success, we’d go with consistency. Frontman Winston Yeh’s dedication t ...
We all have our inclinations, preferences, and particular predilections. In custom motorcycle circles, a BMW boxer or Triumph Bonneville are consider ...
Love will make you do crazy things. The owner of these matching BMW R100 scramblers had his heart set on a BMW R nineT before he saw a classic boxer ...
The faithful Honda NX650 Dominator has proved to be a popular custom-build donor over the years. It could be due to the legendary reliability of Hond ...
Our selection is bookended by a pair of BMW R12 boxers this week?except one is brand new, and the other is 85 years old. We also drool over a lusciou ...
There?s no quicker way to feel like a kid again than hopping on a mini bike, but there?s more than just novelty and fond memories powering the mini m ...
Once upon a time, customizing a sportbike meant ripping its fairings off, swapping out its handlebars, and calling it a streetfighter. But things hav ...
Mecum?s Monterey 2024 sale is swiftly approaching, and the U.S. auction powerhouse has a field of ...
Like many custom workshops, FCR Original has cottoned on to the fact that modern classics are much less hassle to work on than vintage motorcycles. T ...
Leading the charge this week is the unusual combination of a rare French vintage scooter with a modern Honda powertrain. We also feature a stylish Tr ...
Few motorcycles can boast the cult following that the Suzuki GSX-R has. The mighty Gixxer in all of its forms has amassed legions of fans over the ye ...
Back in the late 80s, Japanese manufacturers started dabbling with cruiser-style motorcycles in a bid to corner the US market. The result was a gener ...
There’s a formula for releasing a special edition motorcycle nowadays, and it’s a lazy one. Take an existing bike from your model lineu ...
Before Indian created the FTR, hooligan flat track racers were modifying their Indian Scouts to go fast and turn left. One of the pioneers of that â ...
Sci-fi-themed motorcycles are often a visual disaster, but we’re digging this Mandalorian-inspired custom Ducati Streetfighter from Jerem Moto ...
My gear closet is overflowing with motorcycle sneakers these days, but I’m not complaining. I’ve always been more of a sneaker than a b ...
No sooner had the new BMW R1300GS broken cover, than fans of the mile-munching boxer were clamoring for the much-anticipated R1300GS Adventure. After ...
We’ve all heard legends of the classic K-series BMW’s reliability, but the tale of this BMW K100 street tracker takes the cake. After a ...
Honda has just updated the beloved Grom, and the big news is that it hasn’t really changed much. The 2025 Honda Grom has shed the oversized â ...
We’re expanding our horizons this week, starting with a World Superbike-spec Yamaha R1 and finishing with a stunning Métisse Steve McQueen De ...