The Philippines have become a hotbed of custom bikes — especially small-displacement, beach-ready thumpers like the 3B Customs XR200 and Revolt Cycles TMX155. Now we’re proud to feature another surfer’s delight from the islands — […]
Tag: Exclusives
Honda CX500 Cafe Racer by Rolling Retro
Nothing we love more than a shed-built cafe racer — especially when it turns out as clean as this one. The Honda CX500 has become a favorite among builders, with its ‘Guzzi-style V-twin, stubby wheelbase, […]
Honda CB250 Cafe Racer
There’s nothing we love more than featuring the bikes of young garage builders, who don’t have professional-grade shops or an arsenal of high-tech tools. Today we have a 1973 Honda CB250 K4 cafe racer by […]
Honda NX250 Street Tracker
“The 1988 Honda NX250 was a gem of an Adventure Bike that never got the appreciation it deserved.” This is what ADV Pulse had to say of the 26-hp, liquid-cooled thumper, available in the United […]
Suzuki GN250 Scrambler by Purpose Built Moto
It’s easy to lose sight of one of the crucial elements of building and riding custom bikes: fun. This little Suzuki GN scrambler promises a huge dose of pure, full-throttle entertainment. “A purpose-built fun machine.” […]
Honda XR600R Street Tracker
At BikeBound, we love dual-sport street trackers, and Daniel Lucero’s creation rocks our boat. Working at home, on his back patio, he turned a basket case 1994 Honda XR600R into a beautiful and classic tracker. […]
Yamaha XS1100 Cafe Racer
“The XS is a Rolls Royce with a blown Chrysler Hemi motor…” So said Cycle Magazine of the Yamaha XS1100, aka the XS Eleven or XS11. When it was introduced in 1978, the XS1100 was […]
Honda FX650 Cafe Racer by Iz Meccanica
We’ve been seeing a wealth of Honda NX650 Dominator customs in recent years. It makes sense: Honda’s big dual-sport is cheap, fun, and lends itself to customization. The lesser-known SLR650 was basically a more road-oriented […]
Harley-Davidson Sportster Dirt Bike
Make Sportsters Great Again. That’s the slogan we’ve been seeing from the likes of Sportster-builders like Rusty Butcher and TrackerDie. You might say Sportsters were always great — well, sure, but who wants to put […]
Suzuki TL1000R Cafe Fighter by Magnum Opus
Ah, the Suzuki TL1000R — introduced in 1998 to be Japan’s mighty V-twin Superbike, designed to rival the dominant Ducatis on the track and in the showroom. The TL1000R would fall short in World Superbike, […]
