“The hills are alive with the sound of Triumph!” THIS SLIGHTLY MODIFIED opening line from the world renowned theme from the ‘60’s movie ‘The sound of music’ sort of illustrates the origin of this build. Although his name might suggest otherwise, Gabriel Alares is a Stockholm based … [Read more...] about A songsmith tuned Triumph
Café Racer, Scrambler, Bratstyle & other Custom Bikes
Fascinating Dull Boy
Once upon a time in the Winter Dark SCANDINAVIAN countries are known for their long dark winters. Causing those Viking knights to take refuge in their homes, only to come back out again in Spring. As a Head of Design at a Norwegian distillery, Swedish born (but 1/4th Norwegian..) David Höök is … [Read more...] about Fascinating Dull Boy
World speed record on lake Como
LUCA COLOMBO IS AN ITALIAN DAREDEVIL who had set his sights on beating the world speed record on a dirt bike. “Nothing really special” we thought. However, he was aiming to achieve this on water rather than in the dirt… In 2017 he had taken the lake and rode across on a specially prepared … [Read more...] about World speed record on lake Como
Spiced up Paprika by XTR Pepo
PEPO ROSELL IS A REGULAR on the pages of Bikebrewers. We have given XTR Pepo a lot of attention over the past years and rightfully so. Every time the former biologist comes to us with a new creation from his Spanish workshop it invariably gets us excited. This build is no exception. It … [Read more...] about Spiced up Paprika by XTR Pepo
A new roadstar is born
BMW Motorrad Vision DC roadster In our motorcycle community it has always been petrol and noise what has been binding us together. But times are changing and we just have to adopt. I never thought I would be writing a piece on an electric motorcycle and feel good about it. But then again, … [Read more...] about A new roadstar is born
Droog’s Hayabossa
Apocalypse tomorrow The team at Droog Moto have a knack for designing bikes with a unique flavour. The bulky tyres, the dark colour schemes and the overall ominous looks of their bikes are clear trademarks of the Washington team. The owners first name ‘Max’ is well deserved and fits the image of … [Read more...] about Droog’s Hayabossa
Tokyo Nights and the best of all worlds
FIVE HUNDRED HOURS were spent building this dream machine. Life started off as a relatively modest Honda CB900 FF back in 1981. When its current owner, Minneapolis resident James Berrau, purchased the machine he was planning to execute just a few changes to transform the bike into a … [Read more...] about Tokyo Nights and the best of all worlds
RnineT by UNIKAT 1/1
Always build in CAPITALS! Our friends from the Polish outfit have every right to write their company name in capitals. But just as much to use the capital ‘T’ indicating their latest build! The creativity of this gang from the Southwest of Poland is extraordinary. The bikes that leave the … [Read more...] about RnineT by UNIKAT 1/1
CB 350 F fueled by Riko
We put it in the layaway For some mysterious reason this project ended up at the bottom of our stack and remained there for too long. With our sincere apologies to our friend Riko Loos we decided it was still a bike worth publishing a post on. It is not so often we get to write about a Honda … [Read more...] about CB 350 F fueled by Riko
Three of a kind (but very different)
Spanish styled Yamahas “Why submit one if you can write about three in the same post”? That’s what Juan Carlos from San Sebastian based Café Racer SSpirit answered to my question why he wanted us to write about the bikes featured in this article. He had sent us a note about the bikes and … [Read more...] about Three of a kind (but very different)
