The Sallings clan of Arkansas are quite the motorcycle family. Patriarch Jan Sallings of JMS Customs has six sons and two daughters-in-law who ride. We have featured Kat Sallings’s Honda CB175 cafe racer, as well […]
Custom Motorcycles
Honda “Sideburner 670” by 2Motors
670cc, lightweight Honda NX650 street tracker… To call Manu Mertens of Belgium’s 2Motors a Honda fan would be an understatement. Since his first hand-me-down Honda MT50, Manu has been riding and modifying Honda machines. He […]
BMW K1100 Cafe Racer by 8Tech Racing
Colin and Merlin of Germany’s 8Tech Racing both have mechanical engineering backgrounds. When they aren’t studying, they are racing their racebikes around various circuits in Europe. Given their backgrounds in racing and engineering, they have […]
BMW R nineT Cafe Racer by Mick Ackermann Designs (MAD)
Mick Ackermann grew up in Europe, where he could always be found in nearby mechanics’ shops, handing them tools and learning everything he could. He spent years working on street mods and drift cars, then […]
Yamaha XT600 Tracker by Revolt Cycles
Based in the Middle Islands of the Philippines, Revolt Cycles has been turning out some of our very favorite builds in recent years. Much of the time, they work with the small-displacement platforms popular in […]
Honda XR650R “Retromotard” by 2Motors
The Honda XR650R is the gold standard of Baja bikes, a liquid-cooled desert legend designed to end the reign of the two-stroke Kawasaki KX500 in the deserts of Mexico. Produced from 2000 to 2007, the […]
Honda CBX1000 Streetfighter by Tony’s Toy
“The Vincent Black Shadow of 1979” — Cycle Guide The Honda CBX (or CBX1000) had one of the most incredible engines ever produced, a 1047cc air-cooled inline six that offered 105 horsepower at 9000 rpm. […]
Yamaha TR1 Cafe Racer by Moto Adonis
Daan Borsje and the crew at Moto Adonis keep turning out some of the classiest custom bikes in the world. Recently, they were tasked by a client to build a cafe racer inspired by Coco […]
Two-Stroke Honda Grom by Jesse Davis
YZ250-powered Honda Grom…50 horsepower! The Honda Grom has been more successful than anyone ever imagined. The overgrown monkey bike won Motorcycle USA’s Motorcycle of the Year award in 2014, and the 125cc four-speed machine has […]
Mobylette Cafe Racer by XTR Pepo
From 1949 to 1997, French manufacturer Motobécane built a series of Mobylette (or simply “Moby”) mopeds. In French, the word “Mobylette” has come to mean nearly any moped — not surprising, given that nearly 14 […]
