Classic motorcycles, custom motorcycles and cafe racers
Throwback Thursday—Essence of a Motorcycle: Heiwa’s Suzuki ST250 Scrambler
7 May 2026 @ 5:00 pm
Kengo Kimura is one of the world’s most versatile bike builders. He can create high-end customs that win ‘Best In Show’ prizes at Mooneyes.He can also build wild concepts for the likes of BMW. And then he can take a humble commuter bike and make it look like a million dollars.This elegant little scr...
The French Connection: Mecabuell’s X1R Street Brawler
6 May 2026 @ 6:00 pm
Regular readers will remember Mecabuell’s XB12R that caught our eye a few weeks back. Now, Hugo, the man behind the curtain, is back with a project that reaches further into the brand’s history, breathing new life into the iconic tube-frame era.Based in Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues, just a stone...
Dark Arts: Cowboy's Company Transforms the Humble Honda CX500
5 May 2026 @ 5:00 pm
Honda’s transverse-twin has always lived on the fringes. Launched in 1978, the CX500 paired a liquid-cooled V-twin with shaft drive and a reputation for durability that bordered on agricultural. It was never conventionally pretty, never especially fast, but the 80-degree mill had serious novelty and...
Blank Check: All the Bikes We’d Buy if Money Were No Object
4 May 2026 @ 5:00 pm
We were kicking it after hours this week and returned to a conversation that comes up every year around this time—the Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE (obviously). As per usual, I repeated my closing argument that it’s, without a doubt, the motorcycle I would buy across all segments if someone el...
Flashback Friday: Top 8 Harley Davidsons of 2020
1 May 2026 @ 6:00 pm
The year 2020 was a tumultuous one for the world, but for the custom motorcycle scene, it was a year of focused, high-caliber craftsmanship. While the global pandemic slowed the pace of life, it gave builders the solitude they needed to refine their art.In this Flashback Friday special, we count dow...
Throwback Thursday—Master of Metal: Shiny Hammer’s Moto Guzzi 1000SP
30 April 2026 @ 5:00 pm
We’re suckers for classic Moto Guzzi café racers. But we like it even more when someone messes up the recipe a little. As with this sleek and quirky 1000 SP from France—which mixes conventional and unorthodox styling cues to great effect.It comes from Samuel Aguiar, a multi-talented chap who designs...
Rally Ready: HB Custom's Honda NX 650 Dominator
29 April 2026 @ 6:00 pm
If you see a Honda NX650 Dominator on Bike EXIF, there is a statistically significant chance that it originated in a specific workshop in Husum, Germany. Holger Breuer, the man behind HB Custom, has effectively become the global patron saint of the Dominator.While other builders flirt with different...
Time Traveler: Kingston Custom's Custom Yamaha TRX850 Cafe Racer
28 April 2026 @ 6:00 pm
For some, the Ruhr region of Germany is defined by its industrial grit, a landscape of coal, steel, and smoke. For Dirk Oehlerking, the mastermind behind Kingston Custom, Gelsenkirchen is a sanctuary of craftsmanship. It is a place where the down-to-earth nature of the people matches the honest, mec...
Unscrambled: 8 of Our Favorite Triumph Scramblers
27 April 2026 @ 6:00 pm
While Triumph’s official "Scrambler" models have been a mainstay of the modern classic scene since 2006, the term "scramble" is, at its heart, a verb. It describes the act of taking a road-going machine and preparing it for battle against dirt, sand, and mud. In the 1960s, this meant stripping a Bon...
Bosphorus Brute: Bunker Custom Cycles’ Royal Enfield GT 650
25 April 2026 @ 6:00 pm
In the sprawling, transcontinental metropolis of Istanbul, where the call to prayer mingles with the roar of modern transit, the custom scene is defined by a unique kind of grit. It is a city of layers, ancient history stacked atop a surging, tech-driven future. Amidst this architectural and cultura...