Think it, Build it: Blown Rau-CBR900RR from Rocket Sprocket Customs… Manfred Rau was a German motorcycle frame designer, engineer, and tuner who designed his own backbone-style frame to accommodate the big air-cooled/cooled four-cylinder Japanese engines […]
Custom Motorcycles
Skoal Bandit Special: ’86 Suzuki GSX-R1100 Restomod
Big-Bore 80s Superbike from Drew Halliday… These days, we’re seeing a rise in the popularity of so-called “Youngtimer” superbikes from the late 1980s and 1990s. What’s a Youngtimer motorcycle? These are generally bikes that are […]
On The Mark: Harley Sportster 1200S Scrambler
MX-inspired Sportster scrambler from Purpose Built Moto… Last week, we featured the Sportster 1200 Adventure Scrambler from Australia’s Purpose Built Moto, built for workshop owner Tom Gilroy to ride across Tasmania for the film Wide […]
Royal Enfield Bullet 500 with Alloy Sidecar
Vic Shield’s Bullet 500 with bespoke aviation alloy sidecar… With their first machine launching at London’s Stanley Cycle Show in 1901, Royal Enfield can lay claim to the title of the world’s oldest motorcycle brand […]
Yamaha XVS1300 “Street Bobber”
Blackout Custom Designs saves a botched custom… The Yamaha XVS1300 Custom is the Euro version of the company’s US-market Star Stryker, a 1304cc V-twin “factory chopper” introduced in 2010. “It mixes ‘American Chopper’ styling with […]
Back in the Saddle: Ducati 999 Café Racer
Moto Adonis helps a one-legged rider achieve his dream… When the Ducati 999 appeared in 2003, it was one of the most controversial motorcycles ever to roll out of the Italian factory. Designed by Pierre […]
Slabside Thunderbike: ’88 Suzuki GSX-R1100 Racer
Road-Legal Racer: Haxch Moto’s Ex-TT GSX-R… When Suzuki released the original GSX-R in 1984, it was a revolution in sport bikes — the closest thing to a racebike with lights ever to emerge from the […]
Tasmanian Tractor: Sportster Adventure Scrambler
From Purpose Built Moto: The Ultimate Adventure Sportster Scrambler… Back in 2019-2020, Tom Gilroy of Australia’s Purpose Built Moto faced the challenge of building a custom scrambler capable of handling one very strenuous cross-country test […]
A Hotter Triumph: Speed Triple 955i “Chilaca”
Ludwig Tekne spices up an aging Speed Triple… Introduced in 1997, the Triumph Speed Triple 955i was essentially a naked streetfighter version of the Daytona superbike, featuring a 120-bhp triple-cylinder engine and bug-eye headlights straight […]
ROEG Rider: Yamaha MT-07 Street Tracker
Up for Auction: Yamaha 700 Street Tracker by Luuc Muis Creations… The Yamaha MT-07 — known as the FZ-07 from 2015-2017 in North America — is a 689cc parallel-twin naked bike that’s proved popular on […]




