Ron Fairbrother of the UK’s Rocket Custom Garage (RCG) began building custom bikes after his early retirement from the military. We recently featured his incredible Bol D’or Guzzi 1000 Racer, inspired by his days […]
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Kawasaki H1 Street Tracker by Vallantine Motor Works
Who doesn’t need a 500cc, two-stroke, triple-cylinder tracker? The Kawasaki H1 Mach III — a 500cc, two-stroke, 60-hp wheelie machine that became a legend in its own time. The smoking banshee of a machine did […]
Honda XR600 Scrambler: “End of Days”
A Baja legend built for the End of Days… When Wayne Hawes of Australia first picked up his 1991 Honda XR600R, he planned to use the big thumper for some light trail riding with a […]
Yamaha TT500 Retromotard by Man Cave Motorcycles
Soulful SuMo: Yamaha TT500 “Retromotard” built for bumpy fen roads… Adam Beeston of Man Cave Motorcycles is our favorite type of builder. The description on his social profile says it all: “Lifelong bike-mad Fenman modernising […]
Honda CB890 Cafe Racer by Chris Klamer
100+ horsepower, 350-lb Honda “CB890CR” from Barber’s backyard… When Chris Klamer of Alabama set out to build a cafe racer, he wasn’t going to settle for a simple set of clip-ons and rearsets. He says: […]
BMW R100GS Tracker by Fabrizio Grillo
A BMW R100GS rebuilt by an elite Vigili del Fuoco diver after a terrible accident… In his native Italy, Fabrizio Grillo is a diver with the Vigili del Fuoco — aka “Watchers of Fire” — […]
Yamaha TT500 Street Tracker by VZMC Customs
A nostalgic trip back to the 70s with an iconic, competition-only TT500… It’s always a thrill to feature the first bike from an upstart builder, particularly when it’s as staggering and well-executed as this Yamaha […]
Yamaha RX-Z Scrambler by Thomas Edwards
The Yamaha RX-Z 135 was a 2-stroke, 21-horsepower naked bike built from 1985 to 2011. A successor to the RD125, the little 2-stroke-that-could quickly gained popularity among young riders in Indonesia and Malaysia, where it […]
Honda Dominator Scrambler by BF Motorcycles
An off-road addict’s street-legal Honda curb-jumper… Jean Michel Lopez spends his weekends riding off-road in various disciplines: motocross, enduro, etc. Like many before him, he dreamed of putting his knobby-tired passion to the pavement: “I […]
BMW R1200R Scrambler by Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche
“Titano,” a Bavarian brawler built for the streets of Rome… Recently, Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche of Rome was given quite the challenge. A customer wanted to transform his 2007 BMW R1200R into a minimalist, elegant “special” […]