A street-legal, 2-stroke vintage road racer… In the early 60s, East Germany’s MZ team rider Ernst Degner escaped the Iron Curtain to work for Suzuki, using the knowledge he gained from 2-stroke genius Walter Kaaden […]
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BMW R80RT Cafe Racer by Liberty Motorcycles
“The more you look, the more you see.” Chris Edwards of Liberty Motorcycles left school at the age of 15 to become a motorcycle mechanic. Since then, he’s worked a wide variety of bikes, even […]
Shineray 440 Rally Scrambler by Mandrill China
Rallye du Desert — a retro scrambler inspired by the Dakar Rally… Today, we are thrilled to feature our first custom motorcycle from China, built by Luo Hao of Mandrill Garage. The base bike is […]
Honda Transalp Street Tracker by EEM
“It should seem like it can ride over a wall…” The Honda Transalp was the company’s V-twin dual-sport / adventure bike — a beastly, liquid-cooled machine built to take on a variety of climates and […]
Grey Ghost CB550K Cafe Racer
Today, we are thrilled to present one of the most beautiful vintage Honda builds we have ever seen: the Grey Ghost, a 1977 Honda CB550K cafe racer built by Alchemy Motorcycles of San Diego. Previously, […]
Honda CB750 Nighthawk Cafe Racer by Nitro Cycles
Nitro Cycles puts the teeth back in a 90s CB750… The Honda CB750, introduced in 1969, is hailed as the “original superbike” — the first four-cylinder motorcycle from a modern, mainstream manufacturer. However, by the […]
Yamaha WR450F 2-Trac (2WD) by Deus Italy
In the mid-2000s, Yamaha produced a limited series of Yamaha WR450F 2-Trac rally bikes. These competition-only machines offered a 2WD system developed by Ohlins, which featured a patented hydraulic drive that could deliver up to […]
Ducati Monster Street Tracker by Behind Bars Customs
Project Smart Tracker: A Ducati M900 super hooligan… John Goldsberry of Behind Bars Customs has quickly become one of our favorite people in the moto industry. At the age of 23, he became the (then) […]
Kawasaki W650 Custom by Motor Rock
Motor Rock is a workshop founded by Keita Kobayashi and Takanori Katagiri in Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan, in 2004. Not only have they built an impressive stable of custom bikes — both metric customs and a quiver […]
“Flat White” Ducati Monster 400 Cafe Racer
A 400cc Monster with bodywork built with fireproof aerospace textile! Max Betteridge spent his childhood in his father’s woodwork before being relegated to the family’s old hen house, where he built his first car: a […]
