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Yamaha XV950 by Marcus Walz

Ben Branch November 27, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Yamaha

Since the beginning of the Yamaha Yard Built program we’ve seen a surprisingly diverse array of motorcycles developed by custom bike builders from all four corners of the globe. The number of different ways…

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Yamaha XV950 Custom

Ben Branch November 17, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The new Yamaha XV950 is a motorcycle designed to target the fast growing mid-size cruiser segment, Yamaha released the model in 2013 and it’s quickly found a strong foothold for itself not just in…

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BMW R75/5 by Ton-Up Garage

Ben Branch November 14, 2014
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This BMW R75/5 by the team at Ton-Up Garage is a good illustration of the new movement towards restomodding motorcycles without necessarily customising them into cafe racers, scramblers, bobbers, flat trackers or any other…

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Gardner Board Tracker by Andre’ Wänman

Ben Branch November 11, 2014
  • Board Trackers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Andre’ Wänman is a humble Swedish gardener and welder with a deep love of vintage board track motorcycles, before the onset of each long Scandinavian winter he looks to find something to keep him…

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Triumph Scrambler Custom

Ben Branch November 8, 2014
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Triumph

This Triumph Scrambler custom is a little unusual in that it was actually built by the engineers at Triumph as a study into what the Scrambler could evolve into over the coming years. This…

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The Hill Fighter by Rising Sun Workshop

Ben Branch October 21, 2014
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

The Hill Fighter is the first in-house custom built by the team at the Rising Sun Workshop in Sydney, Australia. It’s based on a Harley-Davidson Sportster but as you can see from the video above,…

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Triumph Scrambler by Tamarit Spanish Motorcycles

Ben Branch October 17, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Triumph

This Triumph Scrambler by Tamarit Spanish Motorcycles is one of the more off-road capable scramblers we’ve featured in recent memory – a modern scrambler is almost exclusively a road going motorcycle modified for off-road…

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Kawasaki W650 Hardtail by Deus

Ben Branch October 7, 2014
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Kawasaki
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Kawasaki W650 is a motorcycle that’s found a loving home in Australia, the classic looks combined with modern reliability make it very nearly the perfect motorcycle for those who want an engine bolted…

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Custom Yamaha SR250 by Auto Fabrica

Ben Branch September 29, 2014
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

This feature was written by Bujar Muharremi, the co-founder of Auto Fabrica. It makes a nice change when custom bike builders write the words to accompany their creation – and it allows the reader…

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BMW Scrambler by Officine Rossopuro

Ben Branch September 19, 2014
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

I’m not sure if I’m stuck in some kind of Baader-Meinhof loop, but I seem to be constantly discovering new BMW scramblers, and I could swear they’re constantly getting better. In fact the one…

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A Custom Kawasaki W650 by Motovida

Ben Branch September 16, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Kawasaki
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

  The Kawasaki W650 is a motorcycle that quickly earned itself a place amongst the modern breed of retro motorcycles with 21st-century engineering – a genre that has consistently out-performed manufacturer’s expectations since it…

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Yamaha XJR 1300 by Keino Cycles

Ben Branch September 12, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha XJR 1300 is what I like to imagine the Kraken would ride, if it rose from the ocean and decided that its campaign of terror would be a lot more fun if…

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