Retro-styled runabout from The Netherlands… The Suzuki GR650 “Tempter” was an air-cooled parallel twin that drew comparison to the British twins of yore. The bike was relatively lightweight, with a low center of gravity. Reviewers […]
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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 […]
Kawasaki W650 Custom by Pancake Customs
A Dutch-built Kawasaki W650, designed for a veteran BMX rider… We first ran across this amazing Kawasaki W650 custom when our friends Rusty Gold Motorshop of Amsterdam snapped a shot of the bike sitting outside […]
Yamaha TR1 Cafe Racer by Moto Adonis
Daan Borsje and the crew at Moto Adonis keep turning out some of the classiest custom bikes in the world. Recently, they were tasked by a client to build a cafe racer inspired by Coco […]
Honda Transalp War Machine by Cool Kid Customs
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 […]
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 […]
BMW R80 Cafe Tracker by Moto Adonis
The Netherlands has become one of the great hotbeds of custom motorcycle culture, with a staggering array of talented, hard-working builders like Daan and the crew at Moto Adonis. Although the workshop has turned their […]
Yamaha XV920 Tracker by Chavazs Machmoedov
While we love a lot of high-profile builds from established shops, there is something so pure and beautiful about the single man or woman working alone on their bike — just their hands, tools, vision, […]
Suzuki GS500 Cafe Racer by Motolifestyle
The Suzuki GS500 — an entry-level midsize street bike — is hardly thought of as racy or sexy. However, these bikes can be had for next to nothing these days. Sjoerd Veenstra of Motolifestyle decided […]
Honda CB750F2 Cafe Racer by 14Cycles
We see a lot of Honda CB750 builds, but few stand out like this silvery mesh of past and present. It hardly even looks like a CB750 any longer, but more like the dream machine […]