Classic motorcycles, custom motorcycles and cafe racers
Flashback Friday: Top 10 Custom Motorcycles from March '24
20 March 2026 @ 6:00 pm
As the frost begins to retreat and the riding season beckons, we find ourselves looking back at a particularly vintage-heavy month in the archives. March 2024 was a period of high-contrast brilliance on Bike EXIF, bridging the gap between small-capacity Thai street-scramblers and meticulously engine...
Throwback Thursday—Ice Pick: A 1973 Penton Ready for the Snow
19 March 2026 @ 5:00 pm
Mention of a themed custom motorcycle conjures visions of bad reality TV choppers, and sends us into convulsions. But this scrambler is a theme bike with a big difference: It's so tastefully executed, we didn't realize there was a theme. Until builder Chris Tope revealed the story behind it.Chris wa...
Counting Down: 24 Bikes Reimagines the Classic Moto Guzzi 850 T3
18 March 2026 @ 6:00 pm
In the world of custom motorcycles, we often talk about "career changes," but Jochen Heinrich’s transition might be the most enviable one we’ve heard yet. After four decades navigating the sterile halls of the banking sector, Jochen traded his spreadsheets for a set of spanners. It’s a return to for...
Monza’s Masterpiece: Ruote Fiere’s 1970s Endurance-Inspired Trident
17 March 2026 @ 6:00 pm
In the early 1970s, the Triumph Trident T150 was a machine caught between two worlds. With its 741cc transverse triple producing 58 bhp and a top speed north of 115 mph, it had the heart of a champion. Yet, it struggled to maintain its footing against the "Superbike" onslaught from Japan. By 1...
Sympathy for the Devil: 5 of our favorite Ducati Diavel Customs
16 March 2026 @ 6:00 pm
When Ducati first pulled the silk off the Diavel in 2010, the motorcycling world didn’t quite know where to file it. It was a 162-hp brute that combined the long wheelbase of a cruiser with the rake and trail of a superbike, wrapped in bodywork that looked like a muscular middle linebacker in a tail...
Promises Delivered: A Custom Ducati 749
16 March 2026 @ 2:00 pm
Based in Washington, D.C., Andrew Jett of Jett Design Garage operates at the intersection of fine art and engineering. Having studied design in college, Jett’s philosophy is rooted in the concept of the ‘focused experience.’ For him, a motorcycle isn't a collection of specs; it’s a creative medium u...
Latvian Hammer: ZEPS Moto’s Belt-Driven Yamaha MT-01
13 March 2026 @ 6:00 pm
In the world of electronic music, Girts Ozolins is a titan. As the founder of Erica Synths, he spends his days designing modular synthesizers that are as raw and uncompromising as the industrial soundscapes of his home in Riga, Latvia. But when the soldering iron is cold, Girts translates that same ...
Throwback Thursday—Done Right: Rick Hannah’s Kawasaki W650 Desert Sled
12 March 2026 @ 5:00 pm
My father was fond of the saying, “If you want a job done right, do it yourself.” And that’s the first thought that popped into my head when I saw this sublime Kawasaki W650 desert sled from England.It comes from London-based Rick Hannah, who builds under the amusing moniker of Dirty Dick's Motos.Ri...
Herzberg 12: A BMW R12 G/S from VTR Customs
11 March 2026 @ 6:00 pm
When BMW Motorrad unveiled the R12, the motorcycling world saw a cruiser-adjacent roadster with a massive 1,170 cc heart. But for those who remember the golden era of the Paris-Dakar, the silhouette seemed to scream for something more adventurous. The R12 G/S is BMW’s factory nod to that heritage, b...
Backcountry Ballistic: Ryan Turner’s KTM 500 EXC-F Six Days
10 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
For the crew at Mosko Moto, a motorcycle is less of a trophy and more of a passport. Based out of White Salmon, Washington, Mosko was founded on a singular, frustrated question: Why is there a chasm between the high-tech, weight-conscious gear used by mountaineers and the clunky, overbuilt luggage a...