Handbuilt Show 2024: More Café Racers!

#HBSATX2024 photos from our man on the ground, Kody Melton!

From April 12-14, our friends at Revival Cycles hosted the 2024 edition of the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas, paired as always with MotoGP weekend at Circuit of the Americas (COTA).

From the show’s inception, the organizers have used the event to encourage a “revival” of physical craftsmanship — a culture increasingly lost in the shift toward digital abstraction.

“We at the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show believe something has been lost and it is time to revive the culture of physical craftsmanship. Although in today’s modern mass-produced world few young people are taught how to do physical work or are encouraged to embrace a trade, there remains a universal attraction to the beauty that can only be formed by human hands.”

“The Handbuilt Show presents an exciting and rare opportunity to see custom builds, meet designers, and experience art created by some of the most knowledgeable and skilled builders worldwide, creating one-of-a-kind, truly handbuilt machines. The expo displays the beauty of what can be created by hand, from welders to leather makers, engine gurus, and metal tinkerers.” -Revival Cycles

For 2024, our man on the ground was once again Kody Melton, a Texas native, Harley-Davidson road racer, and incredibly talented photographer whose shots will bring you so close to the show you might think you’ve teleported!

Kody got so many stunning shots we’re going to publish them in chunks, and some of these bikes have full features coming as well. What’s your favorite from this batch of cafe racers, roadsters, and race bikes?