At the Handbuilt Show last year, we had the opportunity to meet Texas young gun Colt Wrangler, whose Yamaha XS650 tracker we recently featured. At the show, Colt had the 1971 Honda CL175 scrambler he’d […]
Tag: Scramblers
Honda CB100 Scrambler: “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
“It’s a gas, gas, gas” — a son turns a father’s old bike into a brutal little giant-killer… Fikri Ahmad had a vision for his father’s old motorcycle, a 1981 Honda CB100K5: a brutal scrambler […]
KTM Duke 390 Tracker by Revolt Cycles
“Pantera” — a 390cc, triple-black panther from RVLT… The KTM Duke 390 has gained immense popularity across the globe. Weighing in at just 306 pounds dry, with 43-hp on tap, the bike has been called […]
Yamaha FZ16 Scrambler by Iron Macchina Customs
The Yamaha FZ16 — known as the “Byson” in Indonesia — is a 150cc naked bike that has become popular in Colombia, Argentina, and the Philippines. While the single-cylinder FZ16 has proved itself a […]
Yamaha FZ-09 Street Tracker by Droog Moto
Arizona’s Droog Moto has quickly established their own rough-and-ready style, building post-apocalyptic desert sleds that put the “wild” back in the Wild West. Now the husband/wife team of Max and Erica Droog is back with […]
BMW R65 Scrambler by Voodoo Garage
“The Rapture,” a radical BMW scrambler… We have seen a lot of BMW airhead builds, but rarely have we seen one with such swagger and attitude. Aptly named “The Rapture,” this 1978 BMW R65 scrambler […]
Shineray 440 Rally Scrambler by Mandrill China
Rallye du Desert — a retro scrambler inspired by the Dakar Rally… Today, we are thrilled to feature our first custom motorcycle from China, built by Luo Hao of Mandrill Garage. The base bike is […]
Yamaha WR450F 2-Trac (2WD) by Deus Italy
In the mid-2000s, Yamaha produced a limited series of Yamaha WR450F 2-Trac rally bikes. These competition-only machines offered a 2WD system developed by Ohlins, which featured a patented hydraulic drive that could deliver up to […]
Kawasaki W650 Custom by Motor Rock
Motor Rock is a workshop founded by Keita Kobayashi and Takanori Katagiri in Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan, in 2004. Not only have they built an impressive stable of custom bikes — both metric customs and a quiver […]
Yamaha XT600 Desert Sled by Pancake Customs
“All purpose stealth scrambler…even James Bond would be stoked to ride.” Boy Janssen of Pancake Customs is a full-time, self-taught builder who builds original, high-quality customs out of his small shop in Rheden, in the […]
