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Long before BMW gained popularity as the adventure motorcyclist weapon of choice, thanks to Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s escapades and their Long Way-series, BMW already had a reputation for building bullet-proof adventure bikes.

A Photographers Eye Usually, photographers are people who manage to capture images in ways many of us can’t. At BikeBrewers we have many photographer friends, and it is safe to say that the majority of them are true artists. It never did come to our minds that photographers could have other […]

Two Wheels South If the name Matias Corea sounds familiar to your ears, it may be because you have heard about his story, or perhaps even read his book “Two Wheels South”. In 2016, Matias travelled 20,000 miles from New York to Ushuaia on his trusty 1983 BMW R80 G/S. This […]

With the ever growing scene of custom motorcycles, I’m proud of everything that’s “Made in Holland”. I keep in close contact with all builders like Arjan from Ironwood Customs, Wido of Wimoto, Daan of Moto Adonis and of course the Wrench Kings. Last weekend I’ve paid a visit to the last one. […]

The BMW R100GS is an evolution of the legendary R80GS and is likely one of the most toughest bikes from the 80’s. But in the custom scene it still goes strong. This R100GS Scrambler is called “The Elegant Escape” and is built by Officine Sbrannetti from Italy. The name is a direct […]

Kimura-san is a well-known name in the custom motorcycle world. Did you know that there are two Kimura’s who build beautiful bikes in entirely their own style? And no, they are not related!    Over the past 10 years we have featured quite a few airheads. One could argue that we, […]

Manuel Schad transformed a BMW R75 police motorcycle into a capable enduro cross motorcycle! Read on how a heavy and sluggish twin is turned into a race finisher.

Moto Adonis, the Netherlands-based custom bike workshop, has done it again with their latest build, the BMW 416 R100RS. The team transformed a stock bike into a visually stunning and great-riding custom machine, featuring a Carbonschwarz metallic 416 color, gold double striping, a GSXR front fork, Motogadget system, high-quality Renthal bars, and much more. The attention to detail and use of high-quality parts make this build a true Moto Adonis masterpiece. Check out the full article to see more of Moto Adonis' expert craftsmanship and how they turned another customer's dream bike into a reality.

We have become accustomed to the motorcycles that leave the workshop of Unikat. The Warsaw Poland based outfit have their own unique take on a number of different motorcycles. That’s why their motto is: “1-of-1”. As in, there is and will only be 1 model of each of their handcrafted machines. […]

A Different Kind of Build The 30-year-old Maarten Bressers has amazed us before with some beautiful custom BMW motorcycles. Although his preference usually went to boxer twins, the man behind Moto Rebuild decided to take a walk on the wild side, and to venture into the world of BMW inline engine […]

Humble beginnings There are BMW boxers, and then there are BMW boxers. The difference? Well, here goes. Ever since BMW introduced their famous boxer twin configuration back in the 1920’s, they kind of had a reputation of being a bit…dull. That was until they started kicking the competition’s butts in the […]

Moto Adonis We have seen a couple of incredible builds from the workshop of Moto Adonis. The Dutch builders, which consists out of Arthur Renkema and Job Leussink, have been busy the last couple of years. Who remembers the menacing Harley Davidson LiveWire? Or the BMW RnineT Girder? Only a few […]

Blackout Custom Design Somewhere in the small town of Karvina in the Czech Republic, that’s in Central Europe, is a garage which was found only a few years ago. It’s called ‘Blackout Custom Design’ and it is run by a man named Marcel Galuszka. We would like you to remember that […]

How to have fun with two bottles of Coke This must be the strangest opening I have ever used to start a review of a motorcycle. Nevertheless the first picture that popped into my head when I fired up the massive engine of the BMW R18 Transcontinental, was of me holding […]

Recently BikeBrewers were invited to a BMW Motorrad ‘Closed Room’ event. We always like secretive stuff, especially when it is organized by innovative companies from Bavaria. YEAH! After being frisked thoroughly and under the deepest secret circumstances we were led into a completely sealed off room. The only thing absent was […]

Dominant Boxer When BMW first launched their R nineT back in 2014, we knew that it would become an instant hit. The air-cooled boxer is gaining incredible momentum with bikers around the world. The awkwardness of the flat-twin has become the epitome of cool, and it isn’t hard to see why. […]