If you say KTM, I instantly think: small displacement, huge fun factor. And that’s just what KTM is all about. So I can’t help it to have a little crush on customized KTM’s. It’s a pity that KTM still is a relatively small brand for road bikes and that KTM doesn’t have the legacy of brands like Honda or BMW. This results in the fact that if you’re about to customize a KTM, you’ll need to pick a young or even a completely new bike as a base for your project. Another fact is that most builders like to work on larger displacement bikes and that a 125cc is considered to be a moped. But if you’ve ever ridden a KTM Duke 125, you’ll know that this little fellow will make you smile from ear to ear.

Luckily there are builders out there who like a challenge, like Art on Wheels Cafe Racer from Portugal who built this awesome looking KTM Duke 125 Tracker.

Photo’s by Nuno Ramos.

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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 the many cafe racer groups online and I stumbled upon a cool BMW R100R Cafe Racer posted by Paulo Pereira from Portugal. I instantly fell in love with his bike, and so did others regarding to the many likes and share’s I got on our Facebook page when reposting the bike.

It was clear that Paulo was inspired by the BMW R100R from Diamond Atelier, one of my personal favorites and ranked #4 in the top 10 of custom motorcycles of 2015… [read more]

KTM RC8 by Deus Ex Machina

To be honest: I hope for a lot more custom KTM’s to come by. So I was really glad that the legends of Deus Ex Machina took a KTM RC8 (!) and turned it into a really bad ass “Supermoto Streetfighter”… [read more]

KTM 390 Duke “Urban” by Bendita Macchina

Bendita Macchina from São Paulo, Brazil, is specialized in building one-off, small displacement bikes. This KTM 390 is in one of the bigger machines the crew worked on. The owner bought this bike and directly handed over the keys to the guys of Bendita Macchina. The assignment? “Make it less plastic and create a more modern classic”…[read more]

Ducati 350 “Pantah” by Capêlos Garage

A healthy mix between a Ducati and a Cagiva, built by Nuno Capêlo from Capêlos Garage. A beautiful, minimalistic design with a clear focus on displaying the engine of this machine. One of the best bikes we saw on the last Bike Shed London show… [read more]

BMW R nineT “Snickers” by Onehandmade

This creation is built by Onehandmade from Taipei, China. The owner of the bike didn’t really know what he wanted, he just wanted a “Onehandmade bike”. So if I tell you that this bike was inspired by a Snickers chocolate bar, you think I’m crazy? Read the full feature on Bike EXIF… [read more]

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Finally, another custom KTM! Unless the fact that KTM produces extremely fun to ride bikes, the custom scene is not massively adopting the brand, so I was glad to find this creation by the masters of Deus Ex Machina, built in Woolie’s Workshop. It’s named “The Scrappier”.

It’s clear that Deus tried to bring this superbike back to its supermoto roots, cutting of the full fairing and straightened out the complete lining of this bike. Packing up the 1150cc V-twin with 151hp in a more active and aggressive riding position makes this bike a serious monster on the track. The unique seat design is built for sliding up and on, in order to maneuver this animal round corners.

Mods:

• Custom chromolly subframe
• Handmade aluminum gas tank
• Custom made tail section
• Handmade carbon fiber front fender
• Titanium Akrapovic exhaust
• K&N racing filters
• 58MM Marzocchi forks with the Andreani Group’s bladder system, revalved and shortened by Lindemann Engineering
• Öhlins rear shock from HMC Racing
• Marchesini forged 17” wheels
• Barenger 320mm floating front disc with radial mount, Brembo caliper with 4-Titanium Nickel plated pistons. Single 220mm disc with single-piston
• Rizoma handlebar
• Magura hand controls

Like custom KTM’s? Check out these:

• KTM 690 Tracker
• KTM 390 Duke Custom
• KTM 200 Duke Cafe Racer

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Donny from Studio Motor seems unstoppable; he’s delivering bike after bike and every time it’s something special. I’ve already featured many of his builds and this latest build is also worth sharing.

Donny likes to work on all types of bikes and this time he took a 2012 KTM Duke 200 as a base bike. This small and light 200cc bike puts out a respectable 26hp to move 129kg. Together with the top class WP suspension and powerful brakes, it’s a pure fun bike.

The main target was to give the Duke a classic 70’s look with a minimal budget. The biggest transformation was the custom made gas tank and seat. For this they used 1.2mm galvanized plats to shape it. Paintwork and airbrush works from Komet Studio finished it with a simple 2 color design.

Other modifications were minor and limited to:

• Aftermarket headlight
• Aftermarket taillight
• Rizoma clip ons
• Bar en mirrors
• Custom made exhaust
• Michelin Sport tires

Still the work on this bike costed several hours, mainly because of the custom bodywork. But I think the work paid off and shows us that simply any bike can be turned into a café racer.

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The KTM 390 Duke is pure fun machine; light, agile, torqy 1 cylinder and cool looks. But as it is with stock bikes: it’s not unique. Esteban & Gustavo Pasquale from Garaje 57, based in Colombia, took this 390 Duke a part and created this out of it:

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Watching this bike makes you want to do bad things! Great ride!

Although it’s very likely that this bike will never see any dirt again, they took it to thePerris Raceway track (CA) for a few “dirty” rounds:

VIDEO:

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