Attending the Art of Speed show has definitely been my automotive highlight of 2018. While the show itself was outstanding...
Tucked away in the southeastern forests of Bavaria is the small town of Viechtach. If you look it up on...
“I thought to myself, if I can fix and maintain a 40 million dollar yacht, then I can build a...
I love a good concept bike. An open brief and an aim to push the boundaries, breach new territory and...
Looking back over the last 11 years of running this website the thing I’ve enjoyed the most is seeing workshops...
More and more motorcycle workshops are utilising advanced manufacturing technologies to realise their custom creations. 10 years ago three-dimensional computer-aided...
Stumbled across this 1961 BMW R69s Cafe Racer named “The Bull” today. It’s a strange combination of parts but it...
This drastically customised BMW R80 is the brainchild of Oaky and JJ from Griffin Spares in Sydney. “Sometimes the best...
Early this year Hammer received an invitation to work on the project direct from BMW Motorrad and gladly took up...
Everyone has their favorite things in life but only a few of us get to enjoy a career working with them....
Back in 2013 BMW Motorrad celebrated the 40th anniversary of the legendary BMW R 90 S with the unveiling of...
Is there such a thing as a factory built cafe racer? If you ask a purist they’ll tell you no...
Kyohey Sugimoto, owner of Berrybads Motorcycles works out of a modest space in Ōtsu, the capital of Japan’s Shiga Prefecture....
The companies actual beginning came about when a widowed mother invested her families equity into their garage business in an...
Some people profess to being obsessed by a brand because they own 2 or 3 things said brand has made....
Giorgio De Angelis of ‘De Angelis Elaborazioni’ prides himself in turning old BMWs into performance focused customs. Throughout his childhood,...
“This project kicked off with a stock 1982 BMW R45 that had laid dormant in our client’s garage for almost...
When a builder chooses to convert a tourer into a cafe racer it’s always a bit of a surprise to...
I recently became acquainted with Maximiliaan van Kuyk of Maverick motorcycles. Max and his brothers stumbled into the Cafe Racer...
“We are first and foremost designers, we don’t consider ourselves as ‘builders’ or mechanics. We customize and have enough contacts...
Nostalgia can be a powerful motivator. For Joe Loss of Fremantle, Western Australia it started in his teenage years when...
Of all the boxers the BMW R75/5 models with the “toaster” tank are a firm favourite. They are less angular...
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...
For many years the United States was the biggest source of inspiration for custom motorcycle builders around the world. Then...
After a 70mph spill this BMW Boxer was in no state to be ridden. The bikes wheels, forks and engine...
Using a traditional cafe racer build approach Wolfgang built the Dragstar by transplanting an engine into an alternate frame. The...
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...
Hot on the heels of my recent post about Les Ateliers Ruby’s leather jackets UK based, custom workshop Kevil’s Speed Shop,...
This happens when one of the world’s most creative custom workshops decides that they need to customise their shop bike....
It’s been less than 6 months since we featured the Le Bouterollier BMW R60/7 and Jean-Pierre is back with yet...
As BMW Motorrad put it, the R9T Racer is “Style in the fast lane.” It’s a fitting statement for this...
It’s the start of yet another working week. What better way to get through the day than by drooling over...
Brazillian workshop Retrorides is the result of forty years of hard work by two generations of the Lourenço family. Nestled...
I can confidently say this is the first time I’ve featured a custom motorcycle that was influenced by Keira Knightley. Jeremy at...
After just having the pleasure of pretending to own an R Nine T for the past few days (keep an...
Big thanks to Collin Christenbury for sending in these shots he took at the Vintage Motorcycle Races & Show in Elkhart Lake...
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