We are huge fans of Pepo Rosell, formerly of Radical Ducati. Pepo closed down that shop two years ago, went on a sabbatical, and returned to open XTR Pepo. Now the master “bike constructor” is […]
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Kawasaki W650 Street Tracker by Hombrese Bikes
The Kawasaki W650 is one of our favorite platforms for custom builds. Kawasaki introduced the retro-styled standard in 1999 to resemble the British twins of the 1960s. The 50-horsepower parallel twins featured kickstarters and a […]
“LM-0” Honda NX650 Tracker by Dab Design
Sometimes a build comes along that’s truly innovative–a potential game-changer in the custom scene. The LM-0 NX650 street tracker is one such bike–a collaboration between Simon Dabadie of Dab Design and one of our favorite […]
Spondon Streetfighter by Dave Solomon
Today we have another creation by our favorite mad Englishman, Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics. This time, it’s a Bandit 1200-powered Spondon streetfighter. If you know anything about the UK streetfighter scene of the late […]
What is the Motorcycle in Grease 2?
Before we discuss the motorcycle in Grease 2, let’s have a look at the basic plot as a way of understanding how the bike comes into play. We are taken back to 1961–two years after […]
Honda FT500 Street Tracker by Tim Olgers
The Honda FT500 Ascot is a rarity these days, an early 80s thumper styled after the Class-C flat-trackers. In fact, FT stood for Flat Track, and Ascot was a reference to the famous California dirt […]
Harley Street Scrambler by Little Horse Cycles
In 2014, Harley-Davidson introduced their first lightweight series of motorcycles since the 70s: the Harley Street series, comprising the Street 500 and Street 750. The bikes are powered by a 60-degree, water-cooled V-twin dubbed the […]
Honda CB400F Cafe Racer by OtC Custom
We were fortunate enough to meet Toby Jones of Florida’s OtC Custom Motorcycles at a show put on by the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club earlier this year. We ended up featuring one of the bikes […]
Yamaha XS650 Scrambler by Therapy Garage
The Yamaha XS650 is one of our favorite platforms for custom builds. That parallel twin is a beauty, reminiscent of the British twins of yore, and the bike makes a killer tracker or scrambler. So […]
KTM 690 Duke Scramblers by Droog Moto Concepts
Max Droog of Arizona’s Droog Moto Concepts has been turning out some of the meanest scramblers ever to jump a curb or burn down a backroad. Now he’s back with a pair of KTM 690 […]
