An RE650 ADV kit from a pair of off-road aficionados… The Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 debuted in 2018, featuring an air/oil-cooled parallel twin that produces 47 bhp, complete with Bosch fuel injection, slipper clutch, and […]
Tag: France
“Bone Destroyer” Honda XL600R Flat Tracker
In France, BCKustoms (Breizh Coast Kustoms) continues to turn out of some of our favorite custom flat trackers and street trackers. Founder Yann Le Douche has quite the racing pedigree. He’s worked as a race […]
“Blue T” Barigo YB 500 Street Tracker
An XT500-powered street tracker, finished in honor of a lost friend… Barigo was a small frame builder founded by French motocross rider Patrick Barigualt. The story is, a friend asked him to build a frame […]
Blue Racer: BMW R100 by Seb’s Atelier
The BMW R100 was the last of the airheads, with nearly 1000cc of flat-twin punch on tap and all the history of the legendary boxer engine concentrated into a single machine. When Sebastien Ledis of […]
Sharp & Aggressive: Honda CX500 by Be Unique Original Customs
It’s safe to assume that no Honda engineer or executive anticipated that the Honda CX500, more than 40 years after its launch, would become a mainstay of the 21st century custom motorcycle movement. Introduced in […]
Modernized Boxer: BMW R65 “La Monolever” by Seb’s Atelier
The BMW R65 was the company’s middleweight airhead, built both in twin-shock format (1978-1984) and monolever (1985-1993). While it had the same-sized frame as the larger airheads, many of the supporting components were downsized — […]
Elsinore-Inspired: Honda NX650 Supermoto
The Honda NX650 Dominator has proved itself as one of the most versatile platforms in the customs world. The rugged chassis and bulletproof RFVC engine owe much to the Honda XR series, which once dominated […]
The Low Rider: Honda CX500 by Seb’s Atelier
The Honda CX500 was a strange bird when introduced in 1978, sporting a host of innovative technology for the era. The most obvious feature was the transverse 80° V-twin that led some enthusiasts to term […]
Urban Flat Tracker: Suzuki DR650 by Oilbro Motorcycles
“Without the subtle LED lighting, you could easily mistake this bike for a race-only flat tracker.” The Suzuki DR650 has long stood as one of the world’s most rugged motorcycles, an air-cooled thumper that’s remained […]
Honda FT500 Street Tracker by Duke Motorcycles
Introduced in 1982, the Honda FT500 — aka Honda Ascot — was named after the storied Ascot flat track outside of Los Angeles. The engine was similar to the ones used in the XR500 and […]
