“Two wheels / one engine / tank / seat – let’s go!” Beta motorcycles, built in Italy, can trace their origins to a bicycle maker founded well over a century ago in Florence. In the […]
Custom Motorcycles
“Valhalla”: BMW R65 Scrambler by Blunk’s Garage
In Old Norse mythology, Valhalla (“the hall of the fallen”) is the great hall in Asgard, the celestial fortress of the gods, where heroes slain in battle are received. According to an Old Norse poem: […]
“The Blue Duck”: Custom Yamaha YZ125 by Max Miille
On the pipe: Custom two-stroke dirt bike from Oregon… The Yamaha YZ125, introduced in 1974, boasts the longest production run of any motocross bike in the world. The liquid-cooled, 125cc two-stroke has evolved over the […]
“Hurricane”: BMW Flying Brick Café Racer
The BMW K100 “Flying Brick” represented a significant design leap for BMW Motorrad, who’d long been known for their flat-twin “airhead” engine design. The K100, in contrast, was a fuel-injected, liquid-cooled inline four laid flat […]
Baja Dominator: Honda NX650 by LL Motorcycles
In the few years, the Honda NX650 Dominator has been a popular donor for customization. The 44-hp RFVC engine is nigh-unkillable, and the robust build quality made the bike the perfect urban enduro. Said MCN […]
300cc Suzuki GN250 Brat Tracker
“Looks like a brat, goes like a flat!” For years, the Suzuki GN250 served as a capable 250cc runabout. The air-cooled, SOHC single cylinder engine offered some 22 horsepower and the bike was fairly lightweight […]
“Big One”: Suzuki DR800 Scrambler by YC Design
The world’s biggest mono gets the French treatment… The Suzuki DR800 — aka the DR Big — was inspired by the Paris-Dakar Rally racers of the 1980s, large displacement off-road machines designed to roar across […]
BMW K100 “Shahin” by Mehdi Barakchian
An ’87 Flying Brick dragged “kicking and screaming” into 2019… The BMW K100, introduced in 1982, benefited from the company’s many years of experience building liquid-cooled, overhead cam, inline automobile engines. The fuel-injected, 95-hp engine was […]
Kawasaki Z1000H Restomod by Butchered Classics
Dave Solomon is the mad Englishman behind Butchered Classics, an online community dedicated to pre-1990 bikes modified in diametrically “non-purist” fashion, embracing everything from braced swingarms to crazy engine swaps. Dave himself has earned an […]
Honda CB1000R Tracker by Impala Barcelona
Last week, we featured the Honda CB1000R customs taking part in the Honda Garage Dreams contest, in which 13 Honda dealers from Spain and Portugal have customized Honda’s 144-hp Neo Sports Café with a strict […]
