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Triumph Swamp Scrambler by TTRNO

Ben Branch July 3, 2014
  • American
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Triumph

The Transportation Revolution New Orleans (TTRNO) is a motorcycle dealership and custom bike garage based in New Orleans that, like most things from The Big Easy, prides itself on doing things a little differently….

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BMW R45 Custom by Ton-Up Garage

Ben Branch June 30, 2014
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

This pristine BMW R45 custom by Ton-Up Garage has been so cleanly put together, it looks almost like a 3D rendering. The BMW R45 isn’t a bike that we’ve seen a lot of custom…

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The Speed Merchant

Ben Branch June 29, 2014
  • American
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Triumph

The 4 motorcycles you see here are the work of Speed Merchant (run by the highly respected trio of Brandon “Brawny Built” Holstein, Denver Dan and Mike Kawakami), their work has been featured right across…

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Triumph Enduro by 32 To One

Ben Branch June 27, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Enduro
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Triumph

The Triumph Scrambler has quickly become a prime target for custom motorcycle builders, it’s based on the Bonneville and because of this, there’s a huge aftermarket parts catalogue rivalled only by the likes of…

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Honda CBN400 by Ed Turner Motorcycles

Ben Branch June 24, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • French
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This rather unusual looking Honda CBN400 is the work of Ed Turner Motorcycles, a French custom motorcycle garage run by a friendly chap by the name of Karl. The name “Ed Turner” is a…

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Updated: Mystery Board Tracker

Ben Branch June 22, 2014
  • Board Trackers
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Updated with information from Ralph R: This is W. E. Cook. In 1909, he set a speed record of 90 m.p.h. (144 km/h) on the Brooklands track in England aboard the behemoth, which carried…

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Harley-Davidson Livewire

Ben Branch June 20, 2014
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

The Harley-Davidson Livewire is the very manifestation of horror in the eyes of many loyal Harley-Davidson owners, it’s the first 100% electric motorcycle from the Milwaukee marque and despite the fact this opinion might…

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BMW K100 by Paul “Hutch” Hutchison

Ben Branch June 19, 2014
  • Australian
  • BMW
  • Cafe Racers
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The BMW K100 has long been a personal favourite of mine, I can’t help but love an underdog and a motorcycle fitted with an engine originally designed for a small Peugeot motor car certainly…

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Triumph Scrambler by Auto Fabrica

Ben Branch June 17, 2014
  • British
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

Every now and then when I’m emailing backwards and forwards with a custom bike builder they send me a description of their bike so expansive and detailed that I feel it’d be almost sacrilegious…

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Ducati 749 by Apogee Motorworks

Ben Branch June 13, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Design
  • Ducati
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

The horses ridden by the four horsemen of the apocalypse are said to be white, red, black and pale. After having a look over the heavily modified Ducati 749 you see here, I’ve come…

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Honda CB750 by Wesley Hannam

Ben Branch June 9, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Honda CB750 is a motorcycle that’s been cut up and reinvented a million different ways – it’s pretty rare that we see one that’s been tweaked in a new or interesting way so…

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Russian M-72 Blueprints

Ben Branch June 9, 2014
  • BMW
  • Danish
  • Engineering
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Russian
  • Vintage

The Russian M-72 is a motorcycle that was actually designed in Germany by BMW, the Wehrmacht rejected the model as the planned replacement for the R12 but the Russians loved the design and due…

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