The Honda Transalp was built to capitalize on Honda’s Paris-Dakar victories in the 1980s. All the bikes in the series — including the XL400V, XL600V, XL650V, and XL700V — featured a 52° V-twin motor, as […]
Tag: Scramblers
Honda FX650 Scrambler by Bandisca
Small Budget, Big Heart — 1000-Euro, Elsinore-Inspired Scrambler In stock trim, the Honda FX650 Vigor — a re-released version of the SLR650 — is no looker. MCN called the bike: “A fairly joyless machine that […]
Honda CR500 Supermoto by Dab Design
At just 26 years old, Simon Dabadie of Dab Design has already made quite a splash in the custom motorcycle world. With a background in the emerging industries of 3D Printing and 3D software publishing, […]
Honda NX350 Scrambler by Lucca Customs x Wolf Motorcycles
Lucca Customs is a helmet brand and custom motorcycle builder located on the Brazilian island of Florianópolis. We previously featured their Kasinski Comet cafe racer. Now the team is back with this red-hot Honda NX350 […]
Honda XR600R Scrambler by Droog Moto
The husband and wife team of Droog Moto has been steadily turning out a stable’s worth of signature builds. While the donor platforms vary, the Droog Moto style has become unmistakable — raw, burly builds […]
Honda CM250 Scrambler by Max Inhulsen
The Honda CM250 was a 234cc air-cooled parallel twin produced from 1981-1983. The bike — a predecessor to the Rebel 250 — had decidedly “cruiser-ish” styling, though European-spec models offered a healthy 27 horsepower for […]
Sportster Adventure Bike: Carducci Dual Sport SC3 Adventure
Then Came Bronson was an adventure/drama television show that starred Michael Parks as disillusioned newspaperman Jim Bronson, who wanders the American West as a modern vagabond/cowboy. The real star of the show was Bronson’s red […]
Honda NX650 Street Tracker by Marmisto
Chris Daniels is one of the most interesting builders we have featured. His shop, Marmisto, means “stonemason” in Italian. Chris is a conservator, carver, and author of books on stonemasonry and restoration, who has helped […]
Yamaha XS650 Tracker by Tyson Carver
For twin brothers Tyson and Eli Carver, riding and building motorcycles began as a form of therapy, community, and passion in the wake of loss. We were fortunate to enough to see their custom builds […]
The Stasis Dakar BMW R1200GS
At this year’s Handbuilt Show, we were lucky enough to catch up with one of our favorite builders, Cliff Fisher of Stasis Motorcycles. Cliff is a garage-builder with a full-time IT job, two growing boys, […]
