- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 7, 2021
Recently BikeBrewers were invited to a BMW Motorrad ‘Closed Room’ event. We always like secretive stuff, especially when it is organized by innovative companies from Bavaria. YEAH! After being frisked thoroughly and under the deepest secret circumstances we were led into a completely sealed off room. The only thing absent was […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 2, 2021
New Partnership Indian Motorcycle have created interesting partnerships with extremely talented builders in recent years. They invariably resulted in truly magnificent machines based on one of their new models. Now the 120 year old American brand has partnered with former FMX star and award-winning vintage custom builder Danny Schneider for exciting […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: June 29, 2021
Sailing solo After building more than 150 motorcycles for someone else over the past 15 years, Shaun Walker decided it was time for change. He was dissatisfied with the lack of ‘involvement’ het got from the company he worked for when it came to the subject of building bikes. As far […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: June 23, 2021
Don’t try this at home, we are professionals The BikeBrewers’ team members are becoming true experts in ‘unboxing’ stuff in all shapes and forms. Recently we had received a box filled with gear from the guys and girls at SA1NT. Obviously we were anxious to see what Pandora was hiding and […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: June 4, 2021
There are days you ride a bike and just feel great But there are those days you get to ride bikes and just feel so lucky! This week the BikeBrewers team were invited to attend the Indian Motorcycle introduction of their new 2022 Chief ‘Dark Horse’ and the Chief Bobber ‘Dark […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: May 25, 2021
Not your average army green We have had a number of army men building bikes in the past. Last year we had Chris Roffey who brought us his Yamaha XJR 1300 as well as Daniel Martin and his Honda CB500T. Both servicemen are from the United Kingdom and built bikes had […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: May 17, 2021
Madrid to Barcelona Last winter, I set out on a road trip for work cutting through Spain. If you have to travel and you work for BikeBrewers, what else can you do than ‘always ride in style’? Departing from rainy Madrid and headed for sunny Barcelona, followed by even sunnier Valencia […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: April 10, 2021
From Amsterdam to Madrid Several years ago, I rode across Europe on a modified Triumph Bonneville T100 while moving from Amsterdam to Madrid. Shortly after my arrival, I discovered a ‘just opened’ local motor shop called ‘Irons Café Racer’ ran by Miguel and his wife Natalia. Their little helper being an […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 31, 2021
BikeBrewers scoop ‘maiden ride’ The Tamarit team from Spain have their very own view on custom building. In a relatively short period of time the Alicante based workshop have managed to carve out a very special niche in the world of customization. Their 81st build is yet again proof of their […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 8, 2021
Faster, lighter & meaner Custom bikes will always at the core of BikeBrewers existence. But almost every custom art piece spawns from something that was produced by a motorcycle manufacturer. We feel it is only right to occasionally highlight new models we consider to be cool enough to be seen among […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 3, 2021
The Roll Royce of motorcycles Every serious motorcyclist will have heard the name at one point in his life: ‘Brough Superior’. George Brough was the son of William Brough, an English motorcycle producer who had been building motorbikes in England since the turn of the century. But growing up between motorcycle […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 23, 2021
Road tested; Indian Springield Custom bikes are always at the center of BikeBrewers’ attention. But almost every custom art piece spawns from something that was produced by a motorcycle manufacturer. We feel it is only right to occasionally highlight new models we consider to be cool enough to be seen among […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 10, 2018
Running a store from the shed We have been following Ferry Westerlaken for quite some time now. Not so much for his wrenching skills, but more from a business perspective. He runs ace-caferacerparts, an online shop from his hometown Dussen in the Netherlands, where you can buy lots of interesting goodies […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 23, 2018
Submission by Pablo from Three Stone Cycles, an amateur builder from Spain: The donor is a 2006 Honda CB600 Hornet. We were looking for a clean and straight line but without neglecting the original sporty character of this bike. It was completely dismantled, the engine and the chassis were repainted. We simplified […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 19, 2018
A long time ago I worked for an American boss. When I stopped drinking coffee he asked me: “why?” I replied I thought coffee made me aggressive. He laughed out loud and told me I might as well start drinking coffee again. “Man, you were BORN aggressive!” he said. This is probably […]