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Driven Racing has always been on the cutting edge of motorcycle product development.  I have known the owner Noam since he started and have watched him grow.  He listens to the rid… Read More

Driven Racing has always been on the cutting edge of motorcycle product development.  I have known the owner Noam since he started and have watched him grow.  He listens to the rid… Read More

Most customs start out with a frame and motor from the same donor. But sometimes it’s a mix and match affair—and every once in a while, we see a truly exotic pairing. This pint-s… Read More

A heavily modified 1970 Ducati Scrambler, a barnstorming Indian Scout cafe racer, a super-rare Norton racer, and a Honda-powered Redline BMX bike. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Indi… Read More

Jay LaRossa is one of those guys who was probably born with copper grease under his fingernails. His parents ran motorcycle dealerships, and as a kid he spent his weekends at racetracks and… Read More

There’s something strange going on with the BMW K-series. A couple of years ago, most bike builders wouldn’t touch one with a ten-foot pole. But the unloved ‘flying brick&r… Read More

The Yamaha XSR700 gets the looks to match its performance, Paton releases a street legal version of Michael Dunlop’s IoM TT bike, and a Yamaha MT-03 scrambler that channels the Dakar-w… Read More

Remember the Starck-designed Aprilia Moto 6.5? Many were so traumatized by its existence, they’ve struck it from memory. The British website Visordown was particularly brutal in its a… Read More

Most of us take it for granted that we can modify our bikes. As long as the VIN number is correct and the modifications are not visibly unsafe, there’s rarely a problem. But in some c… Read More

We love sidecars, but they’re usually sedate rather than sporty. And a classic café racer with a chair? That’s even more rare. So we love the look of this most unusual com… Read More

Every time I consider getting myself a super-sensible daily runner, the Kawasaki ER-6n pops up on my radar. It’s cheap, makes decent power and handles well. Smiles for dollars, it&rsqu… Read More

The custom moto show scene is booming in the US. Off the top of our heads there’s the Brooklyn Invitational on the east coast, Mama tried in the Midwest, and the Handbuilt show in Texa… Read More

The riding season is short in Toronto, with snow on the ground for three or four months of the year. But that leaves plenty of time for wrenching in the garage or workshop, so there’s… Read More

The Japanese custom scene continues to amaze us. Even though the internet shrinks the world, there are still gems in the East waiting to be discovered—often by word of mouth. Switch St… Read More

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb always delivers the thrills, but this year an especially amazing bike will join Colorado’s ‘Race To The Clouds.’ It’s a heavil… Read More

In Europe, the Sultans of Sprint competition produces some of the wackiest drag bikes, year on year. It’s written in the rules: contestants vie for gold over an eighth-mile track, but… Read More

Ever heard of the motorcycle brand Hartford? Neither had we, until just now. It’s a small manufacturer based in Taiwan, but they’ve been operating under the radar for 20 years. A… Read More

We’ve got a Harley-heavy selection this week, with a cafe racer from Italy, a scrambler from Japan and a tracker from the UK. Rounding out the selection are a rally-style Royal Enfield… Read More

Mike LaFountain has been working on vintage motorcycles since he was 17, and he’s a perfectionist. His creations are nut-and-bolt perfect; they attract crowds (and awards) at premier e… Read More

Pierre Terblanche designed some of Italy’s most unforgettable motorcycles—but none of them left a mark quite like the Ducati MH900e. Produced for just two years between 2001 and… Read More

At some point in their career, every good custom motorcycle builder sees a client point at a bike in their portfolio and say; “build me one just like that.” It comes with the ter… Read More

This week we’ve uncovered a classic Garelli converted to electric power, a Suzuki SV650 with an endurance racer vibe, and a trio of stunning BMWs, including a slash-7 kit for the R nin… Read More

For some people, building custom bikes is a sideline—an after-hours escape from the daily grind. For others it’s purely a business, with success measured by income and Instagram… Read More

An Indian Scout from Austria, a Super Cub from Italy, a production electric bike from Australia, and a BMW from Texas—with a 1,500 cc VW engine. We’ve been collecting the air mil… Read More

Like most folks with even a passing interest in motorcycling, we’re suckers for a good Norton. And they don’t come much better than this beauty—a 1971 Commando restomod bui… Read More

With clean lines and timeless styling, the Honda CB500 Four is one of the most fetching machines the Japanese marque has ever produced. If you had one on the bench, you might be tempted to r… Read More

If there’s a style of bike resistant to trends, it’s the classic Honda CB café racer. If you keep it simple, avoid the checkered stripes and the temptation to chrome every… Read More

Any custom shop that builds its own frames gets our immediate respect. Granted, you need a certain degree of mechanical aptitude to strip down and tune up an engine, or install completely ne… Read More

In the lore of motorcycle racing, Battle of The Twins has few equals. First staged in the US at Daytona in 1981, the 50-mile series has spawned many epic duels—and spurred the developm… Read More

A nitrous-fueled Indian Scout racer in Siberia, the first Yamaha Yamaha FZX750 we’ve featured, a classy Monster from Revival Cycles, and what appears to be a two-stroke Suzuki Katana … Read More

Building your dreamA 69-YEAR OLD MECHANIC still having dreams about bikes and building them. This time we travel all the way to Boise, the capital of Idaho to talk to Bill Layer and check… Read More

Arno Overweel builds pretty wild custom motorcycles. He’s not afraid of bolting a turbo onto a Honda CBX1000, for example. But he usually reserves those neck-turners for his customers:… Read More

If you like to play Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport, you’ll know the Tsukuba circuit. It’s hugely popular with the street tuner guys, who use it for ‘time attack’ sp… Read More

Eastern Spirit Garage is probably Poland’s premier custom workshop. But they focus on quality over quantity, with fewer than a dozen builds over the last seven years. Shop boss Sylwest… Read More

Despite the fact that motorcycles seem to keep getting bigger, the six-cylinder engine layout has never really caught on. Only a handful of bikes have employed it, and these days it’s… Read More

Working from an old barn in Idaho, Union Motorcycle Classics produce some of the nicest restomods and classic customs we’ve seen. But the shop has a softer side, too. Two years ago, th… Read More

Time is the enemy if you’re a one-man-band working in the custom scene. Builds can drag on and on, especially if you’re working part-time or after hours. Weeks turn into months… Read More

Zigwheels.com – Watch Video Review The SuperSport receives Panigale-inspired styling. Features updated IMU-aided electronics and a bi-directional quickshifter as standard. The Eur… Read More

The Swedish electric bike company Cake takes on poaching in Africa, and Triumph cranks the Speed Triple up a notch. Plus we look at a custom Ducati Scrambler 1100 and Indian FTR 1200, and a… Read More

Modern motorcycles offer reliability and performance, but usually at the cost of simplicity—and that makes them harder to customize. Which is exactly why bikes like the Royal Enfield C… Read More

Rahoul Ghose’s modified 2010 Triumph Thruxton shot in Industry City, Brooklyn NYClassic Riders Community As all editors on BikeBrewers are active members of the Classic Riders communit… Read More

Long runner The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle company is one of the world’s oldest motorcycle manufacturers. One of the company’s most successful models has got to be the Sportster… Read More

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This week we’ve got a smokin’ hot XSR155 in John Player colors from West Java, Harley’s cool and classy Electra Glide Revival, and a Moto Guzzi eBay bargain. Plus a brief a… Read More

We’re racking up the air miles this week, with a stunning new build from the top Japanese workshop Hidemo, a new chapter in the saga of the Easy Rider bikes, and a crisp BMW K100 from… Read More

Charity motorcycle giveaways are a dime a dozen, but this one is a cut above the rest. If you live in the US, it’s your chance to win a current model Sportster reworked by four top Ame… Read More

The Yamaha Virago is one of those bikes that just keep on giving. Yamaha’s V-twin cruiser first popped up in the early eighties, and by the time it disappeared from showrooms in 2007… Read More

Our weekly search has uncovered a Suzuki GSX 1200 dressed as a Honda, a Triumph Speed Triple cafe racer from France, and an impossibly low mileage MV Agusta 750 S. We also look at Super73&rs… Read More

Back in the 90s, the Japanese manufacturers went through a phase of building Italian-style sportbikes. Honda had the SuperHawk, and Suzuki the TL1000S—both 90° V-twins. Yamaha, how… Read More

In just a few weeks, the first forced induction motorcycle to be produced since 1985, the Kawasaki Ninja H2, will hit showrooms – a hiatus of 30 years for a technology used in not only… Read More

The Yamaha XJR1300 is a relic from a bygone age, and we say that with a tinge of regret. It’s a big, brutal muscle bike that unfortunately has no place in today’s highly regulate… Read More

There’s an increasing trend of genre-hopping happening in the custom scene at the moment. Ten years ago, you’d occasionally see Sportsters turned into dirt bikes, or roadsters in… Read More

Our final Speed Read for the year is all about kits—for Moto Guzzis, Royal Enfields and Yamahas. Plus a considerably more expensive offering from the boutique American manufacturer Cur… Read More

When we think of Motocrew, we think of sleek, muscular customs with a very modern edge. But sometimes it’s good to try something new, even if that ‘new’ is something old. A… Read More

In the mid 90s, the K1100 RS sat at the top of the BMW range. It was the sport tourer par excellence, at home on the autobahns and interstates. A fully-loaded RS would be nudging 600 pounds… Read More

A motorcycle can typically endure 12 to 15 years as long as it has not been involved in any serious accidents or falls. If you own a high-end bike and have been attentive with its upkeep and… Read More

One question that comes to our mind very often is how to maintain a motorcycle. In this Blog we  have tried to answer that question so that it could help you take care of your beloved s… Read More

Big auto auctions are good at a few things, namely presentation and drumming up some serious dream machines. But in the case of the upcoming Mecum Glendale, Arizona, auction (March 28 to Apr… Read More

Getting a new or used motorcycle is a great feeling, but there are a couple of things you might want to upgrade or change quickly. Your motorcycle needs to be comfortable and safe, and the u… Read More