We’re thrilled to bring you this 2000 Yamaha XJR1300 cafe racer built by Jay Gwyer of Jarrow, UK. Jay and his brother, Karl, are partners in a custom bike-building business called Old Skool Customs. Their […]
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Faves: BMW K75 Street/Jet Fighter
It seems to be the week of BMW K-Series customs. We featured this 1985 BMW K100 cafe racer earlier this week, and now Silodrome–who consistently present some of the handsomest, most well-built cars and […]
BMW Path 22 Scrambler Videos!
At the Wheels & Waves event in Biarritz, France, BMW unveiled a concept scrambler (the Path 22), an entry-level version of the R nineT, which BMW Motorrad calls the “epitome of the custom bike” and […]
Honda NXR160 Supermoto Coming to Europe?
Honda has applied for a patent for its NXR160 model dirt bike. This is interesting because the timing of the patent application suggests that Honda may be planning to offer the NXR160 for sale in […]
Exclusive: BMW K100 Cafe Racer, “Optimus”
We’re proud to present this BikeBound exclusive: “Optimus,” a 1985 BMW K100RS cafe racer built by our new friend Stig Frydenberg from Norway. We actually solicited Stig to feature this bike, as it struck us […]
Faves: Suzuki GSX1100 Custom Streetfighter
This magnificent project headed up by French craftsman Karl Renoult of Ed Turner Motorcycles (“Head Turner”) was designed and built for a client who is a designer himself. They naturally got along and had similar […]
Faves: Honda XR600 Street Tracker
The Honda XR600 is not the platform you normally think of as a custom bike, but Jeroen Potters from Ozz Customs has created a badass enduro-based street tracker/fighter with this build. This is only the […]
2016 Horex VR6: The Phoenix of Motorcycles?
The German Horex VR6 has had a rocky development. The firm that began working on it years ago has had difficulty keeping up with both development costs as well as ambitious design goals. Fortunately for […]
Honda RC213V-S Specs Released: What?!
Honda has introduced the RC213V-S, a road-going version of its MotoGP race bike, the RCV. It has a peak of 13,000 rpm and weighs 170 kg. In road-legal form, it makes just 156.8 horsepower–quite disappointing, […]
Custom DR650: Bikes and Boards Unite for a Sweet Ride
Ever wonder what it might look like if you combined a classic dirt bike and your favorite skateboard? Well, Portugal’s Yellowood Skateboards did just that. Yellowood owner and founder Philippe De Goyri bought a Suzuki […]
