“The most elaborate and beautiful K100 we have ever built” For this unique collaboration, VTR Customs ironically chose a...
I recently became acquainted with Maximiliaan van Kuyk of Maverick motorcycles. Max and his brothers stumbled into the Cafe Racer...
Looking back over the last 11 years of running this website the thing I’ve enjoyed the most is seeing workshops...
Years later I managed to scrape together enough to buy my first road bike, get my license sorted and I...
Experiences from our youth can have a profound effect on what we do later in life. For Jean-Pierre, it was...
Could a motorcycle be any more beautiful? This is a fully restored 1934 BMW R7 and it’s the only one...
Trevers father, John Scales, was a 2 stroke road racer during the 1970s. “I heard so many stories from my...
From building show cars to display at the hallowed halls of the Las Vegas Sema show to tinkering on Honda...
The Johnnie Wash R Nine T series features 3 different models of which the Brown is the most extensively modified....
In our opinion there’s nothing better than when a talented photographer turns his camera’s attention to classic motorbikes. These shots...
Another cool motorcycling video brought to you by The Selvedge Yard. If you can get past the Bourne Identity-esque erratic...
Building one-off projects for individual customers has its benefits, but it isn’t the most reliable income model for a custom...
I once said that the 1934 BMW R7 was one of the most beautiful motorcycles ever made, and I still...
Our friends over at Cognito Moto have been toiling away on their latest custom BMW R75 project. The project was...
The compact, muscular R1200R with it’s classic, flat twin engine and naked design was the perfect starting point, but it...
Some people profess to being obsessed by a brand because they own 2 or 3 things said brand has made....
It’s been a couple of years since I first featured one of Kevin Hills custom builds. Since then under his...
The Katze is finally out of the Tasche. BMW Motorrad has unveiled its highly anticipated R18 concept. As we all...
Attending the Art of Speed show has definitely been my automotive highlight of 2018. While the show itself was outstanding...
Last year I had the pleasure of attending the Mooneyes show in Japan. The builder that took out best of show...
The majority of the weight dropped from the Saline R9T can be attributed to the use of aluminium. Saline’s new tail,...
I can confidently say this is the first time I’ve featured a custom motorcycle that was influenced by Keira Knightley. Jeremy at...
One of the many amazing bikes on display at this year’s Handbuilt show in Austin was Dustin Kott’s BMW R80....
Last weekend we officially released issue 7 of Tank Moto. Packed with awesome motorcycle features from around the world this...
Two motorcycle obsessed friends building bikes for a living. It sounds like the perfect life to be living. This is...
BMW struck a chord in the custom motorcycle scene when they released the R Nine T. Powered by a bulletproof...
We’re big fans of the work of Californian motorcycle builder Samuel Kao and his workshop JSK Moto Co. JSK motorcycles...
The quality of the home built Cafe Racers being submitted by our readers continues to astound us. This exceptional bike...
Giorgio De Angelis of ‘De Angelis Elaborazioni’ prides himself in turning old BMWs into performance focused customs. Throughout his childhood,...
Growing up in India the Sinroja brothers, Rahul and Birju, developed an out of the ordinary love for motorcycles. In...
Established in 2002 the K-Speed business is spread over 12 stores around Thailand with its head quarters in Bangkok. Eak...
Brazillian workshop Retrorides is the result of forty years of hard work by two generations of the Lourenço family. Nestled...
Every so often a custom motorcycle appears in my inbox that is so unique it stops me in my tracks....
It’s not every day you find yourself handing out an award at one of the world’s most prestigious custom automotive...
The BMW, which belongs to a friend of Weston, was originally introduced into the family by his ‘Uncle Lou’ and...
I love a good concept bike. An open brief and an aim to push the boundaries, breach new territory and...
Remember in school when you had an exam and there was always that one kid who consistently finished before everyone...
Ok I know it’s getting ridiculous now. Yet another BMW based Cafe Racer. This is the last one for...
37-year-old Degano developed an interest in BMWs from a young age. His father was a member of the French police...
On the dawn of a new year there’s plenty to get excited about. You’ve got another year of riding adventures...
There are few motorcycle engines as iconic as BMW Motorrad’s flat twin ‘Boxer’. Renowned for their bulletproof reliability the Boxer...
Mentioning Grand Tourer and cafe racer in the same sentence isn’t something you’ll see me do often. That’s because bikes...
“As the story goes my first word was ‘car’ rather than ‘mummy’. I’m not so sure whether this is the...
According to Mark Condon of BikeBiz “Our team really know their bikes, so depending on the customer we can give...
There’s no denying that classic BMW motorcycles make great looking Cafe Racers, but if you’re looking to build a modern...
For many years the United States was the biggest source of inspiration for custom motorcycle builders around the world. Then...
“I wanted to create an aggressive cafe racer with a design that separates it from the usual and a line...
“This project kicked off with a stock 1982 BMW R45 that had laid dormant in our client’s garage for almost...
Of all the boxers the BMW R75/5 models with the “toaster” tank are a firm favourite. They are less angular...
The custom motorcycle world has been full of collaborations in the past few years. Manufacturers have recognised the influence custom...
The Digimoto project was a collaboration between industrial designer Christian Zanzotti, product development agency Greydev and BMW aftermarket experts Wunderlich....
“A Scottish businessman reached out to us after seeing our bikes. He asked us to customise his own brand new...
Shiroh Nakajima is the custom motorcycle engineer and CEO behind Japanese workshop Ritmo Sereno. In this short film Shiroh explains...
You may remember the somewhat controversial Buell Norton Manx I featured a couple of months ago? Well it’s back and it’s...
The cafe racer in BMW’s R nineT heritage series won hearts with its sleek styling. However, motorcycle journalists brought a...
“I had been looking to build a clean, minimalistic BMW cafe racer for a couple of years. The less on...
Big thanks to Collin Christenbury for sending in these shots he took at the Vintage Motorcycle Races & Show in Elkhart Lake...
The Eleven by Kevil’s Speed Shop in the UK. One of the latest BMW Cafe Racers to roll out of...
The bike started out as a fully faired stock ’95 BMW R100 that Junior agreed to customise for his newly...
As 2014 comes to an end I thought I’d take a (close up) look at some of the incredible work...
A few years ago, James would hear his neighbor start up his old BMW, and after numerous conversations, he was...
The owner of the BMW came to the OSE workshop in search of a cafe racer conversion for his 2016...
Building custom motorcycles is all about solving problems. This could be working around a modern electrical system, extracting additional horsepower...
I’ve seen enough BMW cafe racer builds to last a lifetime. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to see any...
“We are first and foremost designers, we don’t consider ourselves as ‘builders’ or mechanics. We customize and have enough contacts...
“All men’s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone“ The sad individual responsible for that quote obviously never had...
Kyohey Sugimoto, owner of Berrybads Motorcycles works out of a modest space in Ōtsu, the capital of Japan’s Shiga Prefecture....
40 years later the bike is still running (see video below) and still features the original racing seal of the Italian...
After a 70mph spill this BMW Boxer was in no state to be ridden. The bikes wheels, forks and engine...
The companies actual beginning came about when a widowed mother invested her families equity into their garage business in an...
Stumbled across this 1961 BMW R69s Cafe Racer named “The Bull” today. It’s a strange combination of parts but it...
Nitro Cycles are a relatively new workshop to the Spanish custom scene and this BMW K100 RS Cafe Racer represents...
If you’re considering attempting to turn any kind of tourer into a cafe racer you’re going to have your work...
“I thought to myself, if I can fix and maintain a 40 million dollar yacht, then I can build a...
Last month Deus Ex Machina in Camperdown, Sydney unveiled their stunning R Nine T Cafe Racer, the ‘Henirich Maneuver’. Unfortunately...
Perth’s Kaylan Galloway is a guy who likes to do things the hard way. Probably because he can. A welder...
Using a traditional cafe racer build approach Wolfgang built the Dragstar by transplanting an engine into an alternate frame. The...
In full dress, the BMW R1200RT tips the scales at hefty 259kg. This is by no means an ideal starting...
This happens when one of the world’s most creative custom workshops decides that they need to customise their shop bike....
“The Diva project was inspired by BMW motorcycles of twenties, taking their class and elegance and blending it with modern...
BMW’s K100 Sports Tourer is a motorcycle that few people would consider when planning a custom build. Despite it’s 1000cc,...
Of all the bike reviews I’ve done, handing the keys back for the BMW R Nine T has been the...
Early this year Hammer received an invitation to work on the project direct from BMW Motorrad and gladly took up...
Getting ready to hit the sack and see off another great weekend. Thank you God, mother nature, global warming or...
After just having the pleasure of pretending to own an R Nine T for the past few days (keep an...
Sometimes techniques for overcoming adversity are found in unexpected places. Scott Campbell found the solution to his battling his demons...
Here’s a little something to get you through another night glued to the couch. Our latest instalment of the Sunday...
There’s no denying that Guzzis and BWMs have the biggest, bulkiest looking engines of all the motorcycle manufacturers (not to...
“We had never transformed a bike with such complex technology before!” Along with having to deal with the bikes modern...
More and more motorcycle workshops are utilising advanced manufacturing technologies to realise their custom creations. 10 years ago three-dimensional computer-aided...
Twin Shock Division (TSD) Motorcycles is a tiny shop located in the Ukranian capital of Kiev. Headed by the talented...
The Interceptor may be an unexpected development from Radical Ducati, but it certainly isn’t a disappointment. They’ve created a high...
Jeffry Sol’s BMW R nineT has been somewhat of a social media sensation since it was unveiled at the Big...
Customer requests and customer needs are two very different things. UK’s Sinroja Motorcycles are always happy to oblige with customer...
You meet the nicest people building motorcycles. A few years back Luke Ray of Fuel Magazine and I took a...
We have a serious soft spot for BMW cafe racers but we’re also big fans of Scrambler styled Beemers. There’s...
