All-Metal Supermoto from Rome’s Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche… At the 2024 Bike Shed Moto Show earlier this month, six builders from six different Italian cities brought six different bikes from their native Italy to the […]
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Aggression & Elegance: Moto Guzzi Le Mans 1000 Café Racer
Ex-Race Bike Reborn: Le Mans 1000 by Sheriff Motorcycles… In 1976, Moto Guzzi unveiled the original Le Mans 850 Mark I, named after the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle race (24 Heures […]
Grand Battle Brat: Suzuki GS150 “Bart” Tracker
Winning Tracker, MotoBuilds Pilipinas 2024: “Bart” by Garage Esquinita… While the major manufacturers have largely transitioned to liquid-cooling and EFI on their large displacement bikes, they’ve continued to produce smaller, simpler air-cooled machines for […]
Retro Triple: Yamaha “X-FZ900” Racer
FZ-Inspired XSR900 from Crazy Garage… Chi-hyun Kim of South Korea’s Crazy Garage focuses on custom bikes that don’t just look good parked in the paddock or at the local cafe, but perform well on the […]
Psychobilly Quad: A Harley Ironhead Four-Wheeler!
As Seen at The One Moto: Harley Quad by Ed Brink… For the first time in the history of The One Moto Show, one of our very favorite builds didn’t have just two wheels, […]
Wonderfully Raucous: “Gutso” Moto Guzzi SP3 1000 Café Racer
Moto Guzzi Cafe Racer from Side Rock Cycles… The Moto Guzzi 1000 SPIII was the third generation of the Italian manufacturer’s Spada (Italian for “Sword”) series of gentleman’s tourers. By all accounts, the third time […]
Hyper Mono 659: Custom Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono
From Fuller Moto: World’s First Custom Ducati Hyper Mono! Last year, Ducati unveiled their new Superquadro Mono 660 single-cylinder engine to scintillating fanfare. Superquadro means “oversquare” in Italian, and with a bore/stroke ratio of […]
Yamaha SR500 Tracker from “Kid McQueen”
A 70s-inspired SR500 tracker from 20-year-old Moritz Bree… Back in 2016, a 12-year-old custom phenom from Austria, Moritz Bree, came onto the scene. He was involved in designing custom bikes for Free Spirits and Zaeta, […]
Raw and Mechanical: Ducati 996 Café Racer
Naked 996: Jaron Hall’s Super Café… Produced from 1999 to 2002, the Ducati 996 was a more faster, powerful incarnation of the Tamburini-designed 916, one of the most iconic bikes in motoring history. The 996cc […]
Preunit Bobber: 1960 Triumph Bonneville 650
Karl Ardo’s Preunit Bonnie Bobber… The original twin-carb pre-unit Bonneville 650 was a sales success, but Triumph had hurried the bike to market. The biggest deficiency was the single-downtube frame, which wasn’t quite strong […]
