MX-inspired Sportster scrambler from Purpose Built Moto… Last week, we featured the Sportster 1200 Adventure Scrambler from Australia’s Purpose Built Moto, built for workshop owner Tom Gilroy to ride across Tasmania for the film Wide […]
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Tasmanian Tractor: Sportster Adventure Scrambler
From Purpose Built Moto: The Ultimate Adventure Sportster Scrambler… Back in 2019-2020, Tom Gilroy of Australia’s Purpose Built Moto faced the challenge of building a custom scrambler capable of handling one very strenuous cross-country test […]
Racer Reborn: Yamaha XS650 Café Racer
Purpose Built Moto builds a 700cc vintage twin café… Tom Gilroy of Australia’s Purpose Built Moto has climbed into the elite echelons of the custom bike world over the past several years, and his Signature […]
Ultimate Beach Bike: Yamaha TTR250 Scrambler
Purpose Built Moto’s 250cc Yamaha Scrambler… Introduced in the 1990s, the Yamaha TTR250 was an air-cooled 250cc trail / enduro bike designed to be rugged, reliable, and long-lasting. Not only did the bulletproof TTR […]
Viva Vinduro! Yamaha DT400 Restomod
Purpose Built Moto builds a two-stroke ripper… The Yamaha DT400 is one of our favorite two-stroke enduros of the 1970s — a wolf in wolf’s clothing and a howling fury to ride. The factory bike […]
GRID Cycles: Zero SR Street Tracker
“We want to get people excited about electric motorcycles.” Love them or hate them, electric motorcycles are going to be part of the two-wheeled future. Kawasaki has announced plans to go all-electric by 2035 in […]
Straight Outta Compton: 1972 Ironhead Chopper
“Bad Boy Hogging never felt so good…” Australia’s Purpose Built Moto have quickly built a strong reputation both for their custom builds and their parts line. Though they’ve consistently displayed a broad range of styles […]
Win This: Husky Vitpilen 401 Street Tracker
Purpose Built Moto is giving away this Husqvarna Vitpilen 401! The Husky Vitpilen 401 sports the same single-cylinder engine as the KTM 390 Duke, wrapped in a lightweight steel-trellis frame and four-piece plastic body kit […]
Creativity Mechanized: Suzuki GS650 by Purpose Built Moto
“Hard work or good luck is what you need, and you can only control one of those things.” Over the years, we’ve had the pleasure of watching small, one-man operations grow from part-time gigs and […]
Triumph Café Racer with Sidecar!
Purpose Built Moto is quickly gaining a name as one of the best custom shops in Australia. They consistently turn out high-quality machines in a wide array of styles, constantly challenging themselves, and were recently […]
