NX650 Desert Thumper from Manara Artwork… We’ve long said that many of our favorite bike-builders have racing backgrounds. Motorcycle racers tend to have a deep knowledge of geometry and mechanics, but racing doesn’t always […]
Custom Motorcycles
Primo Brown: Honda NX650 Scrambler
Patina Pony: Dominator 650 Scrambler from Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche… Surely no one at Honda knew the Honda NX650 Dominator — a single-cylinder, plastic-clad adventure bike — would become a darling of the customs scene […]
Super Thumper: Husqvarna 701 Supermoto
Classy Hooligan: Husky 701 SM by ASE Custom Motorcycles… When the Husqvarna 701 Supermoto launched in 2014, it was the most powerful production thumper ever built, boasting 74 horsepower and 54 pound-feet of torque […]
Coming Soon: Gryffin 450 Scrambler!
The Gryffin 450 Scrambler from Janus Motorcycles… Recently we featured the 1000th Halcyon 250 special produced by Janus Motorcycles of Goshen, Indiana — a small-batch maker of 250-450cc motorcycles with hand-crafted components and highly customizable […]
Electric Boogie: Yamaha XT500 Restomod
Electric Start, Air-Cooled: Motogadgets’ 1980 Yamaha XT500… By the early 1970s, the big single-cylinder four-stroke off-roader was thought a species all but extinct. After all, the great British 500 singles like the BSA B50 […]
Radicalized: Suzuki Katana 1100 Restomod
Final Edition Katana, Radicalized by AC Sanctuary… In 1980, the original Suzuki Katana 1100 rocked the motorcycling world with its angular, space-age design. It was the vision of legendary German designer Hans Muth, who’d been […]
Beyond the Line: Husqvarna FE 450 Baja Racer
For Sale: Husky 450 “Paloma” Desert Racer by Deus USA… Until 2019, the Husqvarna FE 450 was a high-performance dual-sport bike — basically a 450 dirt bike that was street-legal. For model year 2023, Husky […]
Royal Rover: Enfield Machismo 500 Bobber
From Motohead Custom: Machismo 500 Desert Bobber… In 1901, the first Royal Enfield motorcycle rolled out of The Enfield Cycle Company in Redditch, England. For the next 99 years, Royal Enfields would have cast-iron […]
Master Class: 1970 Triumph TR6 Bobber
Heiwa Motorcycle’s Triumph TR6 “Parrot Star”… The Triumph TR6 was the single-carb version of Triumph’s 650 twin, originally known as the Trophy and then as the Tiger from 1969 onwards. While the dual-carb Bonneville received […]
The Uninvited: Harley-Davidson Shovelhead Bobber
From RW (Rusty Wrench) Motorcycles: 1980 Shovelhead Bobber… The new television series Masters of the Air — executive produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg — is shedding new light on the lives of allied […]
