Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Purists Beware: Tim Coughlin’s 1990s-Style RD400 Road Ripper… In 1979, with the motorcycle world hurtling fast toward four-stroke dominance, Yamaha released the Yamaha RD400F Daytona Special — a lightweight, giant-killing smoker that would be one […]
Slipstream Creations brings a 1975 Honda CL360 back to life… As many of you know, the CL series were Honda’s factory scramblers, basically street bikes outfitted with high-mounted or upswept exhausts, cross-braced handlebars, larger front […]
Up for Auction: 1972 Kawasaki S2 415 with Allen Millyard Engine… Allen Millyard has a gift for making the impossible look factory. That has always been part of his magic. Many builders can build a […]
Taiwan’s REZ Industries builds a 150cc British-style street bike… Anyone who follows custom motorcycles knows that Taiwan is a small but formidable hotbed of the culture. Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts has become one of […]
“What would BMW build today if they decided to create a factory Boxer rally machine?” BMW was one of the earliest, most influential, and most successful manufacturers in the Paris-Dakar Rally. The R80G/S won the […]
The annual Bike Shed Show in London remains one of the best events in the custom world, both in terms of the organization of the show itself and the quality of the bikes that show […]
7-Time TT Winner Mick Grant’s Heron Suzuki GS1000R XR41 is going up for auction… Some race bikes are important because of what they won. Others are important because of who rode them, who built them, […]
Sport Guzzi: Reset Cycles reinterprets the V100 Mandello S… In 2023, Moto Guzzi introduced the V100 Mandello S sport tourer — the first thoroughly modern Guzzi in the brand’s long and storied history. The 1042cc […]
The 8000cc, 500-bhp Millyard Viper V10 crosses the auction block this month… There are custom motorcycles, and then there’s the Millyard Viper V10. Built by legendary British engineer Allen Millyard, this 8000cc V10-powered road-legal motorcycle […]
Brat-Style Interceptor 650 from Sold Out Motorcycles… The UK brand Sold Out Motorcycles (originally Down & Out Café Racers) has been a highly regarded name in the customs world for more than 20 years, turning […]
