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Motobee by Walt Siegl

Ben Branch September 5, 2012
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
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  • Retro

This bike, a cafe racer called “Motobee” was built by Walt in 2010, it’s based on a 1983 Harley-Davidson Sportster but as with all Siegl builds, not much of the original bike remains.

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Old Black by LC Fabrications

Ben Branch August 31, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

It’s not everyday that we come across a motorcycle like Old Black, she was built by the highly respected LC Fabrications, a garage we’ve featured before with their stunning Triumph TT Deluxe Cafe Racer.

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Vrod Special by Roland Sands Design

Ben Branch August 30, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

I love seeing people build Harley-Davidsons like this. You see there was a time, many years ago, when Harley-Davidson was famous for building the fastest motorcycles in America.

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1998 Triumph Adventurer by Steel Bent Customs

Ben Branch August 28, 2012
  • American
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Triumph

The ’98 Triumph Adventurer is one of the better bikes built by Triumph in the ’90s, it was fitted with an 885cc triple cylinder engine with 12 valves…

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Kawasaki ZX-7 by Icon 1000

Ben Branch August 27, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Kawasaki ZX-7 is a relatively rare motorcycle, 1994 was the final model year before Kawasaki brought out the far more famous Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R. That said, the ZX-7 does have a loyal following in the US and around the world meaning spare and custom parts are easy to come by.

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Mindy by TPJ Customs

Ben Branch August 15, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

What we’re looking at here is a Buell/Harley Sportster 1200cc V-Twin with a unique motorcycle fabricated around it, for want of a better word it’s a supermoto bike…

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Radical Ducati

Ben Branch August 7, 2012
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

These stunning images were shared with us by Dan Anderson, an industrial designer, photographer and editor of WideOpenMoto. He went to Spain and visited the hallowed grounds of Radical Ducati…

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The Bojete Chopper

Ben Branch August 3, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Vintage

So it appears that the modern trend of raking out the front forks on motorcycles isn’t as modern as we all thought. This picture dates back to October 1910 and it clearly shows a chap who’s heavily modified a motorcycle into the “Bojete Chopper”.

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Yamaha R1 Flat Tracker by Gregg’s Customs

Ben Branch August 2, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Flat Track
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This bike started life as a 2009 factory spec Yamaha R1 before being picked up by the team at Gregg’s Customs and pulled to bits. The rear subframe was tossed as were all the plastic fairings and the original swingarm.

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1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Aero Coupe

Ben Branch July 30, 2012
  • British
  • Cars
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

This Rolls-Royce Phantom III Aero Coupe is a bespoke, one off design inspired by a 1935 art-deco illustration by J. Jortovic and published in Road & Track Magazine.

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Rossmeyer Flyer by Jesse Rooke

Ben Branch July 28, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Rossmeyer Flyer was built by Jesse Rooke for Bruce Rossmeyer, a very well-known Harley-Davidson dealership owner, the bike itself is a classic Rooke design with elements of board-tracker, chopper and cruiser all integrated without any one element overpowering the design.

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Nero by Bandit 9

Ben Branch July 25, 2012
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This bike, dubbed “Nero”, is one of the most unusual CJ750s we’ve seen. The team at Bandit 9 went all out on the build, they started with a full engine and transmission rebuild…

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