- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 12, 2017
It’s been a while since I’ve featured a bike from Danny Ariyanto, the owner of the Indonesian Studio Motor. Danny has built a lot of custom motorcycle the past few years and he worked on a wide variety of machines. From a small Vespa to a big fat Harley-Davidson; Danny can work […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 27, 2016
As a motorcycle enthusiast you simply could not miss Discovery’s mini series “Harley and the Davidsons“. If you like Harley’s or not, this really is a one one watch. I think that us Dutchies even like it better because the our “local star in Hollywood” Michiel Huisman is starring. Watching it boosted […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: May 4, 2016
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 […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 9, 2016
It looks like Donny from Studio Motor just can’t get enough of it. I’ve featured quite a number of builds (check them out here, here, here and here) of this Indonesian masterbrewer and this is his latest build (well, not really, today he teased us with a picture of a Bonneville […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 16, 2016
Donny Ariyanto from Studio Motor is a well known custom motorcycle builder in Indonesia and he’s getting more and more exposure in the rest of the world. But if you become more noticed, you’ll have to come up with more cool custom bikes. So Donny is spending a lot of hours in […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 5, 2016
Donny Ariyanto from Studio Motor is someone who knows how to design and build a custom motorcycle. This is not the first creation that we’ve featured, so please be sure to check out this awesome CB1000 Café Racer and the tiny Yamaha Scorpio Café Racer. This time Donny took the challenge […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 13, 2015
The custom motorcycle scene in Indonesia is booming! Despite the fact that importing motorcycles and parts is very expensive, the creators of Studio Motor use their skills and creativity to create awesome looking café racers. The owner of this ’98 CB1000 had simple and clear instructions for the builders: create a […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 14, 2015
When I think of a café racer I usually think of a custom bike based on one of these models. The Yamaha Scorpio is not on that list. It’s actually far away from it. This commuter-oriented motorcycle is not your typical pick when you want to build a café racer. But […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: March 30, 2021
Two Wheels South If the name Matias Corea sounds familiar to your ears, it may be because you have heard about his story, or perhaps even read his book “Two Wheels South”. In 2016, Matias travelled 20,000 miles from New York to Ushuaia on his trusty 1983 BMW R80 G/S. This […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 29, 2016
Guest post by Trevor McDonald California is a virtual playground. For those motorcycle riding in California, it offers such a variety of destinations that it can be hard to choose just one or even a few. Do you take the four-hour, 140-mile, twisty, roller coaster ride on Highway 36 from Red […]
- 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: March 3, 2017
Another great piece of work from Donny Ariyanto of Studio Motor, the rockstar builder from Indonesia. From a design perspective, you just like it or not. But from an objective perspective, this custom Harley XL1200 is something special. Unlike most custom bikes we see these days, this is not based on a […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 1, 2016
Another month, another overview of the best custom motorcycles from around the web. This month a vintage Harley Davidson, a pure performance rocket Ducati, a KTM on high heels, another Ducati and a beautiful BMW R nineT inspired by it’s ancestor. Welcome the best bikes of October 2016 Custom Harley-Davidson by […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 29, 2016
The shortest month of the year is behind us, days here in Holland are getting longer, the sun becomes stronger and we can almost take out our rides without freezing off… For this month we’ve also made a selection of, in our opinion, the best custom motorcycles around the web. This […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: November 3, 2022
Swiss Sense The last few years we have been receiving less good news from Switzerland. There is some numbnut who is trying to convince the world we will only be happy when we own nothing. Well, after laying eyes on this bike, we could not disagree more with this character and […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: October 8, 2021
Moto Adonis This is a story about a motorcycle we saw some time ago when we last visited the workshop of Moto Adonis in the Netherlands. Back then we were covering their immaculate Harley-Davidson LiveWire project. What Arthur Renkema (owner) told us back then, was that the same customer who had […]