Tag: Motorcycle

A surfboard rack on a motorcycle might seem like a gimmick to some, but if you live in Bali and love surfing, it’s a downright necessity. The Indonesian island is peppered with surf spots—and a small bike with a rack is the best way to get to them. It doesn’t hurt if that motorcycle looks as good as this Yamaha WR155R scrambler. The bike was built by Dream Fast Co. for Tiw, the founder of the Laem Yah Rayong Surf Club. Both parties are based in Thailand, but the influence came directly from Bali’s motorcycle and surf culture. Tiw has Balinese

When Shiro Nakajima isn’t honing his considerable talents in his home workshop at the base of the Yatsugatake Mountains, you’ll find him racing at the Tsukuba Circuit, a few hours away. Those opposing environments are reflected in Nakajima-san’s custom bikes; tasteful restomods that are aesthetically restrained, but also built to be ridden hard. The man known as 46Works also has an affinity for European motorcycles, carried over from his days as the founder of the powerhouse restomod workshop, Ritmo Sereno. This explains why his latest creation—a wonderfully prepped 1986 BMW R80

If there’s one man who knows how to eke every last bit of performance out of a flat tracker, it’s Richard Pollock. The man known as Mule has been building (and racing) them since long before Bike EXIF was even conceived, and has built some of the most lust-worthy trackers to ever grace these pages. So it’s little wonder that his latest creation—a full-throttle Hooligan flat track racer—is such a tour de force. If you’re not familiar with the American Grand National Hooligan Championship, it’s

Kevan Cahyadi is the type of guy who has fully embraced the eclectic nature of Indonesia’s custom motorcycle scene. His shop, Solace Motorcycle in Jakarta, has worked on a diverse offering of bikes; from scooters to dirt bikes and everything in between. But this Sportster café racer treads more traditional ground. Based on a 1994 Harley-Davidson Sportster and referred to internally as ‘Project7,’ it’s a low-slung café racer with compact proportions and a killer design. “The genesis of

Is there no end to AC Sanctuary’s brilliance? We profile a Kawasaki ZRX1200R from the masters of Japanese muscle, then pivot to a Honda CB750 from the host of a car restoration show. This week’s OEM news includes a look at the 2025 KTM 990 RC R and the new Ryvid Outset electric motorcycle. Kawasaki ZRX1200R by AC Sanctuary Hiroyuki Nakamura, the man behind

“How are we doing on the CB project?” The question weighed heavy on my brain as I considered the plateaued progress of our 1975 Honda CB550F project bike—dubbed the Everyman Tracker. Not unlike the gems collecting dust in your garage, our bargain-bin Honda had been put on the back burner for more pressing matters, and a mad thrash was needed for my superiors to keep the faith. I was realistic when cooking up the antidote for stalled-project syndrome, planning to knock out a few odds and ends and the big fabrication jobs that remained. While we didn’t scratch every item off the list, I’m chalking this up as a win—with

As a nuclear chemist with clients spanning multiple industries, Corban Gallagher’s day job calls for ingenuity and precision in equal measure. So when he occasionally takes a break from work to build custom motorcycles, he typically ends up creating machines that are both outlandish and well-engineered—just like this totally bonkers Harley Sportster ‘Grand Prix’ racer. Just like his debut custom build, Corban built the Sportster specifically for the annual Handbuilt Show. “B

Black and gold seems to be a theme lately. Here, it’s been applied to the Triumph Speed Twin 1200 with exceptional judgment by Unikat Motorworks. But the Polish outfit has done a lot more than just wrap the Speed Twin in pretty paint—this one’s a brawler, through and through. In stock form, the Speed Twin 1200 is delightfully brutish—a torquey parallel-twin roadster with handling to match. But it looks so good off the showroom floor, that there’s little room for customization. The best approach is to lean into the qualities that make it so good in the first place, and then amplify

Jérémie Duchampt is a dab hand at building slick café racers—a fact that he’s proven time and time again. The proprietor of France’s Jerem Motorcycles has leveled up in a big way with his latest project though. This carbon-clad BMW R100 café racer not only looks razor sharp, but it also boasts a slew of modern components and an utterly unique rear suspension system. Jérémie knew from the outset that he’d have to pull out all the stops on this build. His client was the French boutique race car manufacturer Quark

Inheriting a project bike from another workshop is a huge gamble. There could be parts missing, the engine could be shot, or the title might not be kosher. Yet, bargains can be had if you know what you’re looking at—and if you have the skills, equipment, and time. That’s how Purpose Built Moto in Gold Coast, Australia inherited this 1976 Yamaha XT500. An existing customer and friend of the shop, Clint, brought the thumper to them because of the extensive custom work required to resurrect it. The previous shop h