- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 2, 2015
A random bike we found on Facebook by Italian brewers Simone Conti Motorcycles (SCM). They customized a Buell XB12 into this awesome ride. Too bad we couldn’t find any specs or list of mods, but we can see that they’ve put a lot of effort in this bike. Like the design […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 1, 2015
That Honda is a popular pick for custom bike projects is not new. But normally we see a lot of CB’s and CX’s. This bike by Strange Coast Moto is something else. First of all: it’s a Honda VT500, we don’t see them often. Second: it looks awesome, detailed, fast and mean. […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 30, 2015
Marcin & Marcin from Ratbikes did an awesome job on this Honda CB350 Café Racer, so we kept a close eye on them. They took this BMW R65 LS a part and turned it into a great custom ride. It’s hard to recognize the original ride in this one, and we […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 29, 2015
That the new BMW R nineT is a great platform for custom bike builders was already a fact, shown by Shiro Nakajima a couple of weeks ago. Italian brewer Luis Bertelli from LuisMoto was inspired by the legendary R80G/S Paris Dakar when turning this BMW R nineT into a amazing cool scrambler.
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 28, 2015
KTM is not a huge brand in the custom bike scene, but Roland Sands Design is not afraid to think out of the box (check out this great Indian Scout). So they took a KTM 690 and converted into a very cool street/dirt bike. Every single part has been worked on, with […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 25, 2015
The Honda CX500 or “poor men’s Guzzi” is getting more and more popular in the custom bike scene. Just as the Honda CB-series, there known for their great reliability and nice proportions. The big difference is that the Honda CX500 has a lovely and high torque, water cooled 2 cylinder engine with […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 24, 2015
With a daily job sitting behind a desk in the IT-business you can create a lot of cool stuff. But still: it’s behind a desk… These Belgian bike brewers wanted to do something more than just clicking their mice and ticking on their keyboards. So it all started with a passion […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 23, 2015
Yes, we also like LISTS! Especially when it comes to café racer bikes. So here’s a list of the 17 best café racer bikes you can grab for building a café racer. Please note: this is a list of vintage motorcycles, because we like the old timers best: All Honda CB-series from […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 22, 2015
The, relatively new, Dutch brewers of Wrench Kings, did an crazy cool job on this Honda GL500 (based on the CX500). With this bike they definitely put The Netherlands on the map in de café racer scene. They took this baby for a complete strip down in their workshop based in Utrecht […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 21, 2015
If I think of Switzerland, I think of banks, chocolate, purple cows and snowy mountains. Custom bikes are not in that list… But Andreas Fraefel of Motobene changed that list forever with this gorgeous Ducati Monster Café Racer. They designed this bike for a female customer and modified the whole ride: Custom gas […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 17, 2015
California based bike brewer Dustin Kott from Kott Motorcycles loves to build project for customers, but sometimes he makes time to build a bike for his own. The result is this beautiful Honda CB750 Naked Racer. PS. the bike got featured on Velocity channels Naked Speed and quickly transferred to one of Kott’s […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 16, 2015
The Lisbon based bike brewers of Maria Riding Company had a customer with a very specific project: turn a Triumph Bonneville into a “military like scrambler style one-of-a-kind ride”. So when they start designing, they got inspired bij the 2nd World War, and especially on the well known Spitfire fighter plane. […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 15, 2015
Bike related projects on the big crowdfunding platforms are not very common, so this project on Indiegogo has a huge attraction on me as a bike and high tech enthusiast. The 2 bike brewers of “Huge Moto” teamed up with a clear goal: create a complete turnkey custom motorcycle kit for a […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 14, 2015
Totally not capable of pronouncing their name, but the brewers Thanh Đa Tự Garage, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, put this nice ’71 CB750 together. Found this one on Facebook with the following specs: Kawasaki ZX-6R forks Yamaha R6 brakes Ducati 1098 handlebars Classic Firestone tires Open air filters Custom gas tank […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 11, 2015
Most often we see that custom bikes are based on older, classic models. But sometimes we see a creation based upon a brand new bike. Just like this Indian Scout by de brewers of Roland Sands Design. They picked up this 2015 Indian Scout, teared it a part and totally redesigned […]