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Portuguese shop Mototrofa has won the 2026 HondaCustoms.com competition for the second time. Their latest entry, dubbed “Mugen,” means “infinite” in Japanese. “Form Should Follow Function” The bike began life as a CB750 Hornet. And it still looks like one. If you don’t look too c…
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The line between custom motorcycle building and art has always been difficult to define. Art is free to exist simply to provoke a reaction, while a motorcycle still must carry its rider, manoeuvre, stop and survive road conditions. But every so often, a builder creates a machine …
Game Over Cycles’ Slow Burn brings James Hetfield’s Auburn styling to two wheels. The 3.3-metre custom took 7,000 hours to build and has collected three more awards at European Bike Week. We take a closer look at the details. The post Slow Burn: 7,000 hours of heavy metal inspire…
If it wasn't for the massive logos that run the length of this creation, we woul...
A six-week build delivered a second Honda Customs crown for Portugal’s Mototrofa. Take a closer look at the winning Mugen Hornet, Saharja Transalp and the other podium customs. The post Streetfighters, retro racers and rally builds: Honda Customs winners appeared first on MCNews …
Most custom motorcycles, all things going well, are built once, which seems entirely reasonable when you consider how much time, money and swearing is involved. But when this BMW R100 arrived at Bolt Motor Company in Valencia, it wasn’t a motorcycle at all; it was a collection of…
Listed for sale on Collecting Cars, this Buell M2 Cyclone is a thoroughly re-engineered café racer that combines the muscular character of an American V-twin with the chassis hardware and visual language of Ducati. Known by its builder as the ‘Bucati,’ the motorcycle retains the …
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A 1200 cc supermoto, a Tiger Trail tribute and two contrasting 400 XC customs headline this year’s Triumph Originals field. Explore all seven builds before voting closes at 10 pm AEST on September 22. The post Triumph Originals: Desert sleds, rally builds and a 1200 cc supermoto …
Darth Vader famously preferred a TIE fighter for aerial duties, but had Kawasaki built the ZRX1200 in a galaxy far, far away, the big green bruiser would have made a pretty convincing option as his ground-based attack vehicle. French builder Jerem Motorcycles has taken Kawasaki’s…
Listed for sale on Bring a Trailer with no reserve, this 1971 Honda CB750 combines the mechanical character of Honda’s landmark superbike with a period-inspired cafe racer transformation. Modified under previous ownership and acquired by the current owner in 2023, the motorcycle …
The most common path in the motorcycle world starts with a dealership and a big...
Andrea Iannone finished fourth in the inaugural FIM Bagger World Cup, but that could prove to be a good thing for the sport.
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Today on BikeBound.com: For Sale via BikeBound.com/Classifieds: 2012 Triumph Scrambler 900 Desert Sled from @altr_moto. Named Best Offroad Motorcycle at the 2025 Two Bit Moto Show. Equipment and upgrades: • Upgraded front fork. Added Tec Preload Adjusters, Cartridge Emulators and…
Is this some kind of joke! The post There’s Always A Motorcycle: The Thing With Two Heads first appeared on The Vintagent .
Café racers started as stripped-down, performance-focused motorcycles built by enthusiasts who wanted to travel quickly between cafés. Lightweight chassis, low handlebars, rear-set controls and tuned engines defined the movement, which emerged in Britain during the 1950s and 1960…
A 1985 BMW K100 has been transformed from an early example of BMW’s unconventional four-cylinder tourer into a stripped-back café racer, and it is now offered on Bring a Trailer with no reserve. Acquired by the seller as a project in 2025, the motorcycle has since undergone an ex…
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Listed for sale on Bring a Trailer with no reserve, this 1982 Yamaha XV920 Virago has been transformed from a factory cruiser into a distinctly styled café racer, combining the model’s air-cooled V-twin character with a comprehensive set of custom chassis and cosmetic upgrades. P…
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September 2024 was a month where the custom scene felt particularly introspectiv...
Yamaha's beloved SR has come in an array of sizes over the years, all closely re...
When Royal Enfield introduced the Hunter 350, it quickly became a darling of the...
The difference between those who do something and those who don’t is often the a...
For the motorcycle enthusiast, few places on earth evoke the sheer essence of tw...
BMW’s K100 has spent four decades saddled with the Flying Brick nickname, and one look at the enormous longitudinal four-cylinder engine explains why. But there’s something useful about starting with a motorcycle nobody could ever accuse of being delicate: you can attack it with …
When Enrico de Haas and the youth at Glemseck Moto pulled the covers off 'Pariva...
Cafe racers and custom scramblers are built on subtraction. Strip the fairings, ditch the plastic, keep only what earns its weight. A lot of riders who live in that world would rather run an analog chronograph than anything with a glowing screen, and there is a real case for that…
September 2023 was a month defined not just by aesthetic flair, but by deep mech...
Operating out of Paignton, Devon, along the coastal stretch of southwest England...
The TVS Ronin Café Racer is shaping up as one of the most interesting possible derivatives of TVS Motor’s modern-retro 225cc platform. What began as a series of custom builds has moved closer to production relevance after TVS filed a design patent in India for a dedicated café ra…
When the Yamaha XV750 Virago debuted in 1982, few envisioned the awkward, shaft-...
Offered for sale on Bring a Trailer with no reserve, this 1993 Ducati 907 I.E. represents a thoughtful reworking of Ducati’s distinctive sport-touring platform into a more focused cafe racer. Completed between 2018 and 2019, the build combines a rebuilt 904cc L-twin, upgraded ele…
If you have even a passing interest in custom Italian twin-cylinder motorcycles,...
2500 miles in and picking any major faults with the Triumph Scrambler 900 is becoming increasingly difficult. Six months into ownership, this is usually when a bike starts revealing those little...
We threw some mighty fine iron at you in August, and it was one of those months...
Now available on Bring a Trailer, this 2007 Benelli TNT 1130 Café Racer represents one of the more distinctive expressions of Italian naked-bike engineering from the mid-2000s. Purchased new by its current owner, the motorcycle has spent most of its life carefully preserved as pa…
Enrico de Haas is a familiar and highly respected figure in the European custom...
This 1985 BMW K100 was acquired as a project in 2025 by the seller who subsequently rebuilt it as a cafe racer with work that included repainting the fuel tank, modifying the frame, powder-coating the wheels, engine covers, and frame, and fitting a custom solo seat, clip-on handl…
There is a distinct art to reshaping Italian desmodromic soul. While some manufa...
Liz Rubin and the team at Triumph Columbia River in Portland, Oregon, approached their custom Scrambler 1200X with a clear objective: create a motorcycle that reflected the character of the Pacific Northwest while remaining genuinely usable on the roads, gravel tracks, and forest…
The modern-day Honda CB350 is one of those motorcycles we wished was available i...
The traffic light turned green. My father had barely begun to accelerate his 2013 Commando when the ring-gear bolts sheared and the rear wheel locked up. I was beside him on my 1977 Suzuki two-stroke when it happened. That moment broke my heart. The failure was dangerous, but it …
This 2013 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Classic was built by CycleVisions of San Diego, California with a JIMS 135ci V-twin along with stretched and custom-painted bodywork. Modifications include a 26″ front wheel, a chrome handlebar and controls, Dakota Digital gauges, a Perform…
At the risk of offending thousands of enthusiasts, I’ll say that the Honda NX650...
There was always a better motorcycle hiding inside Yamaha’s original Virago. When the XV series arrived at the beginning of the eighties, Yamaha wrapped its new air-cooled V-twin in the styling expected of a Japanese cruiser, but underneath sat a monoshock chassis, stressed-membe…
Who cares if you ride or not? The post The Vintagent Classics: Crazy Thunder Road first appeared on The Vintagent .
This 2009 Yamaha Star VMAX was sold new in the US, and it was purchased by the seller and imported to Canada in 2011. A subsequent custom build by Kreater Custom Motorcycles of Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, that culminated c.2014 included custom-fabricating an underslung fuel tank,…
The Veloce Aperion is an ambitious exercise in motorcycle engineering, combining an unusual eight-cylinder powertrain with a chassis and drivetrain developed almost entirely from first principles. According to Veloce Automotive, virtually every major mechanical system—from the en…
You found it. A Honda CB750 sitting in someone’s shed under a tarp, or an XS650 on a classifieds site with the classic line: ran when parked. The price is right, the frame looks straight, and your head is already full of clip-ons, a hump seat and reverse cone mufflers. The tempta…
A cafe racer is more than just a motorcycle for many riders. With its distinctive design, customized parts, and often significant investment of time and money, it deserves proper protection when parked at home or left in public places. Motorcycle theft can happen unexpectedly, so…
Today on BikeBound.com: Living the life of a dog! More shots from @heritagesprint thanks to our man @roga______. Full gallery on BikeBound.com. ——— #heritagesprint #caferacer #caferacers #vintagemotorcycle #custombike via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/DcgN4yqleGP/
The Midual Française represents one of the most uncompromising interpretations of the modern cafe racer. Created by French boutique manufacturer Midual, the single-seat motorcycle is not intended to compete with conventional production superbikes on price, practicality, or outrig…
Although not technically a manufacturer – the Bullpup was very much a one-off – we include it here for its interesting story and because it really is ‘once seen, never forgotten’! The Walker Bullpup at the Banbury Run in 1979… The Bullpup was built by Farnborough engineer Victor …
Jonathan Hull has built his reputation around transforming classic Honda motorcycles into highly refined custom machines without erasing the engineering character that made them distinctive. His latest creation, known as Northman, is a bespoke 1974 Honda CB200 that combines perio…
Words by Leo Yip from Ellaspede. An obvious part of running a custom motorcycle business for a decade and a half is being surrounded by bikes every single day, and whilst it’s a perk that’s yet to lose its lustre, some machines do admittedly blend into the background a little eas…
Now offered on Bring a Trailer with no reserve, this 1979 Honda CB450 is an unfinished cafe racer project presented in a disassembled state. Rather than a turnkey motorcycle, the bike represents an opportunity for a builder to complete a largely developed custom concept, combinin…
The transformation of this Honda CBX 750 by LF Custom demonstrates why high-level motorcycle customization is far more than an exercise in styling. The project required extensive engineering work on the front suspension, steering components, and chassis geometry, while also integ…
Listed for sale on Bring a Trailer, this 1995 BMW K75 is a thoroughly reworked example that transforms the German manufacturer’s distinctive three-cylinder sport-tourer into a minimalist cafe racer. The seller acquired the motorcycle as a disassembled project in 2026 before compl…
Today on BikeBound.com: More shots from Malle Mile 2026 at Grimsthorpe Castle! 📸 @roga______ #mallemile #scrambler #dirtbike #custommotorcycle #vintagedirtbike via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/DcJ2gMPlXoL/
READER AD Yamaha DT400 flat tracker/hillclimber Nut and bolt rebuild including full engine rebuild, crank/mains/ rebore/piston etc, brand new tank/ valanced alloy wheels/stainless spokes, matching numbers, road registered by myself. This bike is mega light and great fun but has m…
There are plenty of Ducatis that make obvious café racer donors, but the first-generation Multistrada has never really been one of them. Pierre Terblanche’s tall, heavily faired sports-tourer was deliberately unconventional when it arrived, yet beneath all that plastic sat some o…
Over more than three decades, Marcus Walz has built well over a thousand incredible custom motorcycles, and they command a pretty penny! His name was forged in the wild world of Harley-based European customs, before WalzWerk evolved into a genuine motorcycle manufacturer, turning…
There was a time when building a world-class custom motorcycle started with cardboard templates, masking tape and a good eye. Hours disappeared behind an English wheel, an angle grinder and a MIG torch, with every panel shaped by instinct and experience. That craftsmanship hasn’t…
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