Brat-Style Interceptor 650 from Sold Out Motorcycles… The UK brand Sold Out Motorcycles (originally Down & Out Café Racers) has been a highly regarded name in the customs world for more than 20 years, turning […]
Tag: Brats
Hot Rod Bonnie: Brat-Style Triumph T100 Special Edition
Hot Rod-inspired Bonneville Brat from Brittany’s RV Workshop Motorcycles… In 2008, Triumph introduced fuel injection to the 865cc parallel-twin of their neo-classic mainstay, the Bonneville. The T100 was the up-spec version of the standard Bonnie, […]
Atelier Ewok: “Rainette” Honda CM125 Brat Tracker
A 125cc Frog-Chaser from France’s Atelier Ewok… Built from 1978 to 2002, the Honda CM125 was an air-cooled parallel-twin cruiser that used many engine parts from the 125 Super Dream. The styling was quite funky, […]
Best Bikes for Brat Style Builds
Low. Lean. Unapologetically Simple… Before the “new wave” custom scene of the late 2000s, when there was a cultural shift away from high-dollar reality TV builds to stripped-down shed-built machines, brat-style bikes were already popular […]
Obsidian Rawline 400: Honda CM400 Bobber
Clean, Raw, and Light: 400cc Bobber from JasinTom Motorcycles… One thing we don’t see as much as we’d like are small, lightweight bobbers perfect for blasting around town or city. In fact, we were just […]
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 […]
Dream Rider: Yamaha XS650 Brat Tracker
“Karbu” from Le Cent Vingt Cinq… At one time, few motorcycles could compete with the British twins for power, performance, and style. The 650 parallel-twins from BSA, Norton, Triumph, and others were just the ticket […]
Hinckley Howler: Triumph Trident Bobber
Triumph T300 “Tri-Bird” from Chris Forward… The early Hinckley Triumphs of the 1990s are quickly becoming modern classics. These “T300” machines brought the great British marque back from the shadows and spearheaded the brand’s many […]
Changeling: Honda Hornet 600 “Retro Racer”
Custom Hornet 600 by Seb Kustom Motorcycle… Introduced in 1998, the Honda CB600F Hornet was a naked sports bike that featured a 599cc liquid-cooled inline four from the CBR600F3 sports bike — a machine that […]
Baby Buffalo: Kawasaki Meguro 650 Scrambler
Meguro 650 Scrambler from Rocket Fantasy Garage… Founded in 1937, Meguro was one of the first Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, a “prestige brand” that supplied police and military motorbikes to the government and raced alongside Honda. […]
