- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 23, 2016
With this post I’ll try to inspire cafe racer enthusiast to start working on their own Low Budget Cafe Racer. Café racers come in a lot of different setups and prices, from bikes under $1000 and even up to $60,000 (like the CX500 Café Racer from Sacha Lakic). I think it’s not necessary to […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 1, 2016
Holiday season is behind us, we saw a little “dip” in the amount of new custom motorcycles out there, but nevertheless we same some real cool creations this month. This month we have a wide variety of bikes: we have a Moto Guzzi, Honda CBX, a Honda CRF (!), a Triumph Thruxton […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 19, 2016
When the Ducati Multistrada (which means “many roads”) was introduced back in 2003 it was clear that it was something different. Some may found it beautiful, some ugly, but that’s all taste. It was an ambitious try from Ducati to compete with the absolute #1 in this road/off road segment: the […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 1, 2016
Summer is on and the motorcycle season is on full throttle here in the Netherlands (in between the rain…). In the bikes of the month for July we have: 2 KTM’s, 2 BMW’s and a Ducati/Cagiva. BMW R100R Café Racer by Curteskin Atelier A couple of weeks ago I was looking into one of […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 14, 2016
Kymco is a brand most of us know from their scooters and mopeds. I can remember a time here in Holland that every rave-party-die-hard rode one, wearing bomber jacks and Nike Air Max…The successful Taiwanese manufacturer of motor powered two wheelers now wants to shake things more up, aiming at a […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: June 30, 2016
A lot of beautiful custom motorcycles around the web this month: we’ve selected the most outstanding bikes for you. This month we have another amazing bike from (Ducati) legend XTR Pepo, a radical BMW R nineT from Australia, a BMW S1000R from Switzerland a Honda NX650 from South Africa and last […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: May 10, 2016
Fashion and design working together: Thierry Langlois, owner of fashion brand “Atelier 5” has an eye for design and has a strong passion for motorsports. So why not combine those two must Thierry have thought. In “Flash 76“, a French Yamaha dealer, he found a technical partner who could build his bike. It […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: May 2, 2016
Time for a short throwback on April with an overview of some outstanding custom bikes around the web. 2 BMW’s, a Harley and a Triumph. Let’s start with one of the best bikes we found; a BMW R nineT by Diamond Atelier: BMW R nineT by Diamond Atelier Diamond Atelier is […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: April 6, 2016
In today’s custom motorcycle scene we see a lot of builds based on Honda’s, BMW’s & Triumph’s. No problem at all, but if someone is walking a different road by selecting a more odd base bike, it gets my instant attention. The last time I’ve featured a custom motorcycle based on a Buell was in […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 31, 2016
A near perfect Honda GL500 café racer, an even brutal as rare Benelli streetfighter, a cool concept bike from Honda, a sexy BMW R80 from Holland, another BMW café racer based on a R100 and as a bonus something very special based on a Belgian FN (a bike which I actually own!). […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 25, 2016
Found a great Yamaha XV750 Virago Café Racer by VTR Customs. This is one of the builds they’ve displayed at Swiss Moto 2016. I really like what these guys are doing, remember the awesome BMW R NineT we’ve featured earlier.
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 22, 2016
The “Motorbeurs Utrecht” is the general motorcycle show of the Netherlands and always worth a visit. I was exited to see the new Yamaha XSR900 and the new Triumph classic line, especially the Thruxton R, but it was also great to see some of the builds back that got featured here. This […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 1, 2016
So, that was the first month of 2016! A good moment to look back and see which custom motorcycles stood. Not only bikes featured here, but also on fellow blogs. This month we’ve selected two BMW R NineT’s, a Honda CB750, a Honda Scrambler and an Indian Scout. BMW R NineT Café […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 3, 2016
Before we start featuring new great custom motorcycles in 2016 we want to look back at 2015. So we’ve overlooked al 100+ motorcycles we’ve featured last year and made a top 10 of it. And no: that was not easy, because only we only feature the best bikes ;) So we also […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 14, 2015
[su_button url=”https://bikebrewers.com/9-best-custom-bmw-r-nine-t/” style=”flat” size=”5″ wide=”no” center=”yes” icon=”icon: mail-forward”]The 9 Best BMW R nineT’s[/su_button] The boys from Lucky Custom from Argentina sure know how to build a custom motorcycle. I’ve recently featured one of their latest builds, a slick CB550 Café Racer. Digging into their impressive list of creations, I’ve stumbled upon this […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 1, 2015
Diamond Atelier is know for their clear vision on custom motorcycles and created some real masterpieces (like this BMW R100R we’ve featured earlier). Build number 5 (codename DA5) is based on a ’92 Suzuki DR650, which was the daily ride of co-founder Tom Konecny. The Suzuki DR650 is a real dirt bike […]