Last year, Greig Hochreiter was nearly killed by a drunk driver while riding his motorcycle home from hanging with some of his best friends. Some riders, lying bloody and broken in the hospital, might have […]
Custom Motorcycles
Honda GL650 Cafe Racer
Kevin Murphy is a retired master mechanic who can’t stay away from GLs. We first met him at Barber Vintage Fest in October, where he had the GL650 cafe racer you see here. Later, he […]
Royal Enfield GT Cafe Racer by J&D Custom Co.
“Made like a gun, goes like a bullet…” India has one of the strongest motorcycle cultures in the world. In fact, a recent report from Pew Research indicates that 47% of Indian households own a […]
BMW R80 Cafe Racer by Ironwood Custom Motorcycles
The Netherlands never ceases to amaze us with custom after beautiful custom. Perhaps it’s that Dutch eye for design, paired with a culture that loves two wheels. After all, more than 31% of the population […]
BMW R100 Tracker by Herencia Custom Garage
There have been some incredible customs coming out of Argentina of late. Recently, we got in touch with the boys of Herencia Custom Garage—Federico Lozada and German Karp. “HCG” is an extension of Herencia Argentina, […]
KLR250 Tracker by Triple Ocho Garage 888
My first street-legal bike was a KLR250, but it was nothing like this beautiful tracker built by Mauro Lorusso of Triple Ocho Garage in Argentina. We previously featured “La Suzu,” Mauro’s beautiful GSX750 tracker, and […]
Garage-Built XS650 Brat Tracker: “TruNorth”
It’s hard to beat the Yamaha XS650 for character, durability, and ease of customization. The lines lend themselves readily to all kinds of builds, from choppers to trackers, and what the parallel twin lacks in […]
XS650 Scrambler by Dime City Cycles: “XS744”
Rick Brown, BikeBound’s senior traveling correspondent, recently had the opportunity to spend an enjoyable and educational afternoon with Herm Narciso and the crew at Dime City Cycles in Largo, Florida, including a tour of the […]
“007” CB750 Street Tracker by Unique Fabricating
Today, we have a very special CB750 build from Mark Wasson of Oregon. Mark currently lives in Germany and works in Afghanistan, training Afghan commandos and special forces, and he wanted a CB750 street tracker […]
Bajaj Pulsar Bobber by J&D Custom Co.
Never heard of the Bajaj Pulsar 220 or its variants? Bajaj is actually the world’s sixth-largest manufacturer of motorcycles, and the Pulsar series, first introduced in India in 2001, was developed with the help of […]