Coffee + Bikes: The Perfect Combination Ian Davis is the founder of Blip Roasters, a premier coffee roaster in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri. Blip has been building a community based around coffee, […]
Tag: Brats
Suzuki GN125 Brat by Istmo Customs
The Suzuki GN125 has been a hard-to-kill, real-world workhorse since the 1980s. However, it takes a special eye to see the beauty hiding behind the bike’s slightly funky factory looks. Canadian journalist Jeff Campagna is […]
CB750 Nighthawk Brat Bike by Smith Cycles
Today, we’re proud to present this 1985 Honda CB750 RC04 (Nighthawk) brat bike by Sven Schmidt of Germany’s Smith Cycles. The RC04 was the German version of the Nighthawk. Though customs are a dime a […]
Honda CBX400 Custom by Cafe Racer SSpirit
Cafe Racer SSpirit of San Sebastian, Spain, consistently turns out some of our favorite builds. We’ve shared their R51 scrambler and, more recently, we featured their Honda CBX custom, whose six-into-one custom exhaust sounds like […]
BMW R80RT Brat by Marc Frankhauser
The BMW R80RT, as you may know, was the street-only version of the R80GS adventure/dual-sport. It was popular among police forces across the globe, and it’s become a sought-after platform for customizers like Marc Frankhauser […]
Brat Style BMW R100 by The Bike Maker
The Watchmaker’s Wheels… Swiss watches are world-renown for their precision and craftsmanship, and Swiss watchmakers are legendary for their exactitude, their attention to detail. Today, we have a 1979 BMW R100RS built by Alexandre Ciaramella […]
Garage-Built XS650 Brat Tracker: “TruNorth”
It’s hard to beat the Yamaha XS650 for character, durability, and ease of customization. The lines lend themselves readily to all kinds of builds, from choppers to trackers, and what the parallel twin lacks in […]
Honda CBX Custom by Cafe Racer SSpirit
When the Honda CBX was introduced, Cycle Guide called it “the Vincent Black Shadow of 1979.” It was not the first six-cylinder production motorcycle, but it was the fastest production bike of its time. The […]
Bratstyle CB750 by Fuel Well Moto
Some custom builds start out as basket-cases, some as rusty barn finds, some as battered runners. Not very many start out as lime green, chromed-out cruisers. Doug Snell of Fuel Well Moto in Los Angeles […]
Honda CB750 Bratstyle by Mark Alderfer
We love featuring bikes from big, well-known shops, but there’s something truly special about customs crafted by individual builders in their personal garages or sheds. This the essence of the #builtnotbought mentality, and if you […]
