George Martin was the premier custom motorcycle frame/chassis builder in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. He built approximately 5800 frames between 1972 and 1987 at his shop in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, utilizing both […]
Custom Motorcycles
Yamaha Virago Tracker by Chavazs Machmoedov
Chavazs Machmoedov of The Netherlands is like a lot of us. He has a full-time job, and building custom bikes is a way to escape the stresses of daily life and give shape to his […]
Yamaha Virago Scrambler by Moto Adonis
Moto Adonis of the Netherlands is one of our favorite builders. Their R65 scrambler was one of our very favorite bikes of 2015, and their R80/7 cafe racer is pure class. Now Daan and crew […]
Modern Triton Cafe Racer by Britalmoto
Recently, Ivo Tschumi of Switzerland’s Britalmoto blew us away with his “Robe Tracker,” a Triumph Thruxton Tracker he built while recovering from a high-side at the track. Now Ivo is back with a modern Triton […]
Yamaha XT600 Scrambler by Cafe Racer SSpirit
Cafe Racer SSpirit from San Sebastian builds some of our favorite customs. We’ve featured their Honda CBX and CBX400F, and now the CRSS crew is back again with another killer build. This time it’s a […]
CB550 Cafe Racer by Sin City Vintage Cycles
Today, we’re excited to present one of the sexiest, most well-sorted Honda CB cafe racers we’ve come across: “Class Act,” a 1977 CB550 built by Bill Docchio of Sin City Vintage Cycles and owned by […]
Honda CBX400 Custom by Cafe Racer SSpirit
Cafe Racer SSpirit of San Sebastian, Spain, consistently turns out some of our favorite builds. We’ve shared their R51 scrambler and, more recently, we featured their Honda CBX custom, whose six-into-one custom exhaust sounds like […]
Honda CB350 Street Tracker by Vintage Iron
During our Florida swing last fall, we were fortunate enough to meet “Presidente Daniel” of the Vintage Iron Club, a community of like-minded vintage bike enthusiasts based in Palm Beach County. He let us know […]
Honda CB450 Street Tracker by Tyler & Brent Thompson
Here at BikeBound, we’re suckers for father/son builds. That’s because this blog is largely a father/son endeavor, and there’s nothing like a motorcycle to bring generations together. This time, it’s a 1982 CB450T Hawk, decked […]
Topper’s Suzuki GSX-R1100 Cafe Racer
Our man from Cheltenham, Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics, is back with another build. This time, it’s a 1989 Suzuki GSX-R1100 built for his “vertically-challenged” mate, Topper. As you may know, the 1989 “K model” […]