A badder, madder Honda Rebel… In 2017, Honda released their completely redesigned Rebel 300/500 with great fanfare. Cycle World named the Rebel 300 the “Best Lightweight Streetbike” of 2017, while Cruiser named the bike their […]
Tag: Bobbers
Triumph T100 Custom Bobber by Unik Edition
The modern Triumph T100 Bonneville — aka the “New Bonneville” — introduced in 2001, quickly earned respect in the roadster market. The (then) carbureted and air-cooled parallel twin recalled the British twins of yesteryear, with […]
Harley-Davidson WR / WRTT “Leonard Special”
A street-legal tank-shift racer built in honor of the first-ever AMA Grand National Champion! In 1954, the AMA created the Grand National Championship, a series which featured five types of race circuits: four dirt tracks […]
Honda CX500 Cafe / Bobber by Magnum Opus Custom Bikes
“Nothing is plug and play once you put down the grinder…” These are the words of Ezio Covelli, the man behind Magnum Opus Custom Bikes, describing the transformation of this Honda CX500 and any custom […]
Triumph T100 Bonneville Custom Bobber by Unik Edition
Going pro… It’s the dream of custom bike builders the world over. For Portugal’s Unik Edition Custom Motorcycles, the time has come. Founders Luís Costa and Tiago Gonçalves embarked on their first build back in […]
Custom Hellrazor from Sons of Anarchy
Recently, we heard from Hudson Stremmel of Stremmel Auctions, based in Reno, Nevada. In conjunction with the city’s Street Vibrations Motorcycle Rally, the auction house will be featuring a number of custom, historic, and interesting […]
BMW R50/5 Custom “Assolo” by EEM
The BMW Slash 5 series was built from 1970-1973 out of the company’s Berlin plant. These airheads featured electric start, telescopic forks, 12-volt electronics, and air-cooled boxer twin engines ranging from 500-750cc. The R50/5 was […]
What is the Motorcycle in Into the Badlands?
We learn about the “steampunked” Excelsior-Henderson Super X used in the series… Into the Badlands is an AMC show starring Daniel Wu as lethal fighter Sunny, a “Clipper” who mentors a teenage boy, M.K., as […]
Honda CG125 Bobber by FNG Works
Custom culture is alive and well in Malaysia, where we see a great many small displacement bikes with big personality. Such was this Honda XL125 scrambler by Irwann Cheng, formerly of Kemeh Fabrications. Irwann […]
BMW K100 Custom by De Angelis Elaborazioni
The BMW K100 may seem an unlikely candidate for customization, but builders have discovered the beauty in the “Flying Brick.” The heavy block of engine, laid flat in the frame, keeps the center of gravity […]
