- By Ron BetistPublished On: May 9, 2018
You may recall a similar looking bike built by Industrial Moto late last summer. We featured it in 2017. Someone liked it so much they wanted one for themselves and commissioned Industrial Moto to build another one. While this version is based on the original Project Scout concept, it incorporated a […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 12, 2018
As promised in the beginning of 2017, we’ve reserved more space for shed builds. Of course, we L-O-V-E all those professional builds, but we also think that individual builders deserve a spot to highlight their work. For the occasion, we’ve made a list of the 10 best shed builds we’ve found […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 9, 2018
Yes! You’re right! Better late than never! This is the list of the 21 best custom motorcycles of 2017! Last year we did a voting based on the stats of popular bikes that year but this time we kept things much simpler. So no hard data, voting system, social statistics, or fancy […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 4, 2018
Industrial Moto showed us a real nice lineup with custom bikes with out of the box creations like this CB750, this XV. Mark Long, the photographer, and copywriter of Industrial Moto was a bit in doubt about this project: “I know that you have featured a couple of Industrial Moto customs […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 6, 2017
The Yamaha Virago is one of the most popular base bikes for custom projects and there are some really beautiful and unique projects out there (check out my Top 10 here). There are some builders out there who simply nailed it with their own interpretation of the Virago. And designs like […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 27, 2017
Maybe you’ll remember this awesome Honda CB750 Nighthawk Cafe Racer? If not, you really should take a look. It was build by Industrial Moto and shows us what these guys are capable of. Their latest project is called “Project Vasquez” and is based on a Yamaha XV. Project Vasquez from industrial […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 8, 2017
Back in September, I got in touch with Bolt Motor Co. from Valencia in Spain. They amazed me with this beautiful, redefined version of the Honda CB750. Today they’ve amazed me again with this awesome BMR R100RS Scrambler. The last time I saw a BMW R-series like this, was back in […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 1, 2017
Scramblers are one of the oldest versions of custom motorcycles. Were the cafe racer has its origin in the mid-’50s, the scrambler goes way back to the 20s. British racers tend to race all kinds of terrain and these races were called “scrambles”. Jumping back to today, scramblers still very popular. […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: June 7, 2017
Last month the French Jonathan Nicolas of Nicolas Motors amazed us with his amazing Honda CB750 Mono Shock. A beautiful bike which showed that Jonathan goes all the way when working on a bike. And when you’re the creator of such awesome machines, it’s just a matter of time before your […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 27, 2017
To be honest, I have to say that bobbers are not a specific type of motorcycle that I love, but I must say that my perception slowly is changing in a positive direction. And if I take a look at the motorcycle market, I think we see a similar change in […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 14, 2017
With two bikes from The Netherlands in such a short period it may be too early to call March “the month of the Dutch” but it sure is cool to see that the Holland is well represented this month. The bike you see here is built by Eelco in ‘t Zand, owner […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 2, 2017
The custom motorcycle scene seems to be really kicking of now. In this Bikes of the Month section we have some real cool machines. Why I usually feature around 4 to 5 bikes in this section, I now had a hard time te decided which ones where in, so I’ve put […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 6, 2017
The Honda CB is and always will be a great base bike for a café racer. Especially the 4 cylinder bikes with the CB750 and CB550 being dominant. Pretty obvious, since these were real sales canons in the 70s, 80s and even 90s. But Honda also produced CB’s with a parallel […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 2, 2017
Motorcycle wiring can be a real pain in the ass, especially when you’re not familiar with wiring and electronics (just like me!). If you want to simplify the wiring of your bike (and your life!) then MotoGadget has a great solution: the MotoGadget M-Unit. This intelligent device functions as a new […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 1, 2016
As some of my readers don’t know a real winter season for riding, here in Holland only the real die hards and commuters ride their motorcycles. I’ve cleaned and hugged my V7 Racer, to get it back out in March or April next year. This gives me also the time to […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 10, 2016
The Honda CB is from day one a very popular bike for cafe racer builders. The bikes are reliable, have great proportions, are easy to work on, have a massive after market and are pretty easy to find since Honda produced tons of them. The CB-series contain an extensive list of models, from […]