- 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: November 6, 2015
Small displacement motorcycles gain in popularity in the custom motorcycle scene (check out this Honda CG125 and this Yamaha Scorpio). In some parts of the world they are simply used to ride cheap and efficient from point A to B. But Buds Motorcycles from Brazil wanted to build something special. The result is […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 21, 2015
A modern cafe racer is the solution for those who can’t/won’t build there own cafe racer or just don’t want to have the maintenance of an old bike. Building your own bike is awesome, but also requires a lot of time, effort, skills, knowledge, space etc. Since the scene for cafe […]
- 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 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: July 27, 2015
A café racer project all starts with one simple question: which bike should I use as a donor / base motor? In this post we list some of the most popular models which are very suitable to turn into a café racer and are affordable for the most of us. Classic icons […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 20, 2015
Most mainstream types of custom bikes have a few spin-offs – when builders pick-up the baton and run in a slightly different direction, but here we have two main channels for the Tracker motorcycle. First, and certainly the most prolific, is the Flat Tracker and secondly, if slightly more obscure on […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 20, 2015
Just like a Café Racer or Scrambler, the definition of a Bratstyle motorcycle is not a complicated one. And as with a café racer, the bike is stripped down to its bare essentials but with a different styling. The biggest difference being, that a bratstyle motorcycle has a higher steer and […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 1, 1970
Swedish Design Meandering along the dark alleys of the Internet you sometimes pass the most unexpected sheds. We all know Scandinavians have a knack for brilliant design. No, I am not talking about the stuff you have to put together with an ‘allen key’ produced in mass quantities by the big […]