Harley-Davidson Dyna Custom
We don’t see all that many Harley-Davidson Dyna-based customs. In fact I don’t think I’ve ever seen one quite like this, the Sportster is by far the most common platform for customisation when it comes…
Custom Motorcycles
Laurent Dutruel Land Speed Racer
Land speed racing is a pastime that has turned out some of the most extraordinary two and four wheeled vehicles that have ever seen the light of day. Land speed machines are almost purely…
BMW R 100R by Blitz
The BMW R 100R was a bit of a precursor of the modern trend towards retro motorcycles. It was released in 1991 and sold until 1996, unlike the other bikes in the BMW stable…
Walt Siegl Ducati Leggero
I’m yet to meet a motorcyclist who doesn’t have a deep appreciation for the work of Walt Siegl. He’s a custom bike builder who melds performance engineering and aesthetics into motorcycles that go significantly…
Yamaha XS650 Gravel Tracker
The Yamaha XS650 was one of the most advanced motorcycles in the world when it was released in 1968, the engine utilised a SOHC, a horizontally split crankcase and it was of unit construction…
Ducati Bol d’Or by XTR Pepo
If you have so much as a passing interest in highly engineered custom motorcycles, you’ll almost certainly have encountered the work of Pepo Rosell before. Probably under the name of his previous enterprise –…
MV Agusta Bol d’Or by Walt Siegl
Words by Walt Siegl. I always had a soft spot for the raw brutishness of 80s Endurance bikes, and I wanted to use an MV Agusta, which I have been in love with since…
Ducati GT1000 by TTRNO
The Ducati GT1000 remains one of the best of the retro modern motorcycles we’ve seen in recent memory. With a kerb weight of 185 kilograms (407 lbs), a 992cc L-twin producing 92hp and 67.25…
Venier Customs Moto Guzzi California
The Moto Guzzi California is a motorcycle that should be significantly more famous than it actually is. The first California was released in 1971 after extensive consultation and testing with the Los Angeles Police…
Norton Commando Scrambler
The Norton Commando is a motorcycle that defied the odds to become a cult classic in its own lifetime, it was developed to compete with the new wave of bikes coming out of Japan…
Old Empire Motorcycles Victory Hammer Gladiator
Every now and then we get the opportunity to run a story on a custom motorcycle that was written by the the team that built it – The following article was written by the…
David Beckham’s Triumph Bonneville
The Triumph Bonneville was originally released in 1959, it quickly became a very popular motorcycle on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to the performance and extensibility it offered. The fundamentals of the model…