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The 2025 Harley-Davidson Sportster S is a complete reinvention of the Sportster as we knew it. Gone the lean, road-connected machine, replaced by a tech-laden beast with fat tires, forward controls, and a 121HP engine that launches you like a rocket. But as the riding position is pure cruiser — feet way out, arms wide, wind punching your chest - going fast quickly starts to hurt. It’s fast, yes — but not a joy to ride fast. It’s stylish — but not necessarily very usable...

Iron Motors 2025 lit up Circuit Carole with a thrilling mix of vintage racers, customs, roaring engines and vibrant atmosphere. From great café racers to rare race bikes, the event delivers pure motorcycle passion in a laid-back, high-energy atmosphere that celebrates the true spirit of riding.

Alfonso is an extraordinary custom, based on a BMW R100RT, built by Wido Veldkamp of WIMOTO. Wibo built this beemer as a tribute to his late father, but it's certainly also a showcase of his craftmanship. Featuring a handmade girder front fork, a completely re-imagined rear fork of elegantly curved tubes, and a one-piece body like no other, plus a plethora of other custom pieces, Alfonso is quite the exceptional custom bike.

Mooyong, the creative genius behind Zeus Custom found the ideal plot of land to build his new shop new shop on the outskirts of Bangkok. He converted a plot of wilderness to house his workshop, showroom and B&B, plus a lush garden complete with fish pond! Now Mooyong and his team can completely focus on crafting motorcycles that are as functional as they are beautiful!

It took Joshua 7 plus years and a mountain of work – not to mention determination - to get this 60-year old bike, a 1965 BSA Lightning, running again. But after a ground up restoration, with some light custom touches, the bike is now a beauty to look at and a blast to ride!

Silver Machine by Jeroen crafts custom motorcycle seats for remowned builders, collectors and all kinds of other enthusiasts. Jeroen's work distinguishes itself by focusing on quality, simplicity and attention to detail. Silver Machine saddles are proof that true craftsmanship never goes out of style.

Wheels & Wake – a weekend full of flattrack racing, sand beach racing, featuring a relaxed atmosphere, great custom bikes, and plenty partying in the North of Germany. A great way to spend a weekend in September!

“Tricolore” is the latest creation of XTR PEPO, where Pepo Rosell builds extreme customs! The Tricolore, is a Ducati-based bike, clad in the three colors of the Italian flag as a tribute to the first Ducati 851 Tricolore. A 'from the ground up' build, an exquisite collection of high performance, heavily modified or home-made components.

Budweis Custom Indian Motorcycle Show, the only custom show fully dedicated to Indian Motorcycles, is gearing up for its third edition, with registrations open as of today! The place to be is České Budějovice – aka Budweis – in the Czech Republic, from June 13 to 16, 2024, and you can pre-register your bike at www.budweiscustom.show/#BCS24form.

Powerbrick, based in Schiedam, the Netherlands, is both a custom shop and a parts design and manufacture business. Besides building a couple of fully customised motorcycles a year, mostly BMW K-series so far - hence the name - Powerbrick produces and sells custom triple clamps, subframes, air-filter sets, headlight covers, tank caps, exhausts... All in all some 70 different parts, all designed in-house, and produced exclusively for Powerbrick.

Flat Track racing may not be that well-known in Europe, but it is certainly one of the most fun, and - importantly - most accessible forms of motorcycle racing out there. To promote this great sport, Royal Enfield started Slide Schools in India, Thailand, the USA, the UK, Italy - and now in the Benelux, the Flat Track Academy powered by Royal Enfield. And you can win one of these courses!

Set in a great place, Tobacco Dock in the center of London, featuring more than 300 custom bikes from ‘Past, Present and Future’. An abundance of bikes, ranging from pre-war, to choppers, bobbers, caféracers, retro-bikes, but also enduros and quite a few electric bikes. Loads of fun from the Friday evening to the closure on Sunday afternoon; plenty to do, gawking at bikes sure, but also entertainment – live music, presentations, panel discussions plus food and drinks galore.

‘Retrorides By Lourenço’, who have a 30-year history of designing and building award-winning custom motorcycles, have decided to follow their desire to play their part in creating a cleaner and smarter future for humanity, and founded RTR Electric motorcycles. Their first model, the 799e, is an electric scrambler targeted at urban use. Its design is inspired by the iconic Scramblers of the 1970s - and it looks the part!

The Royal Enfield Super Meteor is a retro cruiser – with all the cruiser characteristics you might expect – low seat, hourglass shape seen from above, large tank, forward controls, high and wide handlebars. You sit upright with your arms and legs stretched forward. Not really familiar for a sportsbike rider like myself, but I have to admit, it’s comfortable and allows you to keep riding all day long!

So what do you do when you want your vintage 1969 Honda CL350 turned into a caferacer? You stuff the bike in the back of your VW Golf, throw in a couple trash bag full of parts, and drive the 90 miles or so from Seattle up north to Moto Design Garage in Bellingam, WA...

If you are ready for a fika, join RGNT Motorcycles in Årsunda (Sweden) next weekend 24-25th February, where they are looking to set a new electric motorcycle speed record on ice!

What is a fika you might ask? Well, it is a Swedish custom where you take a break from your activities to drink coffee, eat cake, and relax with others. So, we’ve been invited to join the fika, but what’s going on over there in Sweden?