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Lazer Sport 50 Cafeped

Lazer Sport 50 Cafeped

“The Lazer lost in time” We first came across the term “cafeped” through the Instagram account of the same name, @cafepeds. The account features café inspired mopeds from across the world, including customized makes from […]

Honda NX650 Dominator Street Tracker

Honda NX650 Street Tracker by Marmisto

Chris Daniels is one of the most interesting builders we have featured.  His shop, Marmisto, means “stonemason” in Italian. Chris is a conservator, carver, and author of books on stonemasonry and restoration, who has helped […]

Yamaha XS650 Tracker

Yamaha XS650 Tracker by Tyson Carver

For twin brothers Tyson and Eli Carver, riding and building motorcycles began as a form of therapy, community, and passion in the wake of loss.  We were fortunate to enough to see their custom builds […]

Suzuki Katana Streetfighter Restomod

Suzuki Katana Restomod by dB Customs

Darren Begg of dB Customs has quickly established himself as a leader in world-class restomod builds.  His builds often retain the original silhouette and paint scheme of the original, while upgrading the powerplant, suspension, brakes, […]

BMW R1200GS Custom

The Stasis Dakar BMW R1200GS

At this year’s Handbuilt Show, we were lucky enough to catch up with one of our favorite builders, Cliff Fisher of Stasis Motorcycles.  Cliff is a garage-builder with a full-time IT job, two growing boys, […]

Honda CX500 Brat Tracker

Custom Honda CX500 by X-Axis

British motocross racer Billy MacKenzie has quite the racing pedigree.  He’s a 2x British MX1 Champion, riding for Factory Kawasaki and Honda teams, and 3x overall Gran Prix winner. After decades of competitive racing, Billy […]

Suzuki GT380 Cafe Racer

Suzuki GT380 Café Racer by Keith Carlson

Keith Carlson, who builds out of his home garage in Indiana, has become one of our favorite builders. With a background in vintage motocross, he has a preference for two-stroke street screamers that are, as […]

Yamaha XS650 Street Tracker

Yamaha XS650 Street Tracker

If you have followed BikeBound for long, you know we have big love for the Yamaha XS650. This punchy parallel twin lends itself to tracker and scrambler builds. In fact, our senior correspondent Rick Brown […]