I’m pleased to feature another cool build of Max and Jérôme, owners of custom motorcycle workshop and café HIDE Brussels. This is their 13th build and just like their other creations, has a rather unusual base bike. It’s based on a ’05 Husqvarna 450 SMR and this raw and radical looking machine is [...]

The Honda CB750 is one of those bikes of the glory days that is being customized over and over and over and over again. Sometimes I see extremely sophisticated (and complicated) builds, sometimes they’re pretty bad. But in order to build a cool, custom(ized) bike, the list of modifications doesn’t have [...]

Back in November 2016, I’ve posted this beautiful Suzuki GS550 by Kaspeed Moto. A perfected restored and slightly modified (“restomod”) cruiser built by a father and his two sons. Father Karsten Dressel is the mastermind and the two sons are both highly skilled professionals: one has a degree in mechanical engineering, [...]

While the typical cafe racer had a huge revival this and the past decennium, the biggest hype seems to be over. Almost every customized motorcycle with clip ons got the tag “cafe” and people seem to be a bit tired of the cafe racer (don’t get me wrong, I still love [...]

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 Honda CBF250 is one of those bikes purely built to transport the owner from A to B on a fast, cheap and efficient way. If you take a look at this bike from a commuter’s perspective, the bike has it all. It’s light, handles well, has a low fuel consumption [...]

From mild-mannered cruiser to hard-edged café racer, change is a beautiful thing. Check out this Top 10 Yamaha Virago Cafe Racers and see if you agree. The Yamaha Virago was a significant milestone in the Japanese Cruiser family tree, but before we get there, here’s a quick cruiser history lesson. Not surprisingly [...]

In November 2016, Honda introduced the all new Honda Rebel as the successor of the 80s 250 and 450cc Rebel. It’s a low budget cruiser that’s available as a Rebel 500 with a 471cc liquid-cooled parallel twin and as Rebel 300 with a liquid-cooled 286cc single cylinder. The latter was the [...]

After the BMW K100 cafe racer we’ve posted yesterday, most custom “Flying Bricks” are completely overshadowed. I must be honest that the love for that bike biased me. But still, this doesn’t withhold me from posting custom BMW K-series. It’s always a matter of taste AND a matter of time before an [...]

Last February I’ve posted this beautiful Honda CB400 Cafe Racer built by Retrorides. With this bike, the Brazilian brothers Gustavo and Rodrigo Lourenço showed what they are capable of and that they were able to redefine the standards for building a Honda CB cafe racer, still the #1 bike for cafe racer projects. [...]

Another custom XSR700?!? Yes… Since the introduction of the Yamaha XSR700 back in 2016, I predicted that we could a lot of customized versions. With the XSR-series, Yamaha openly aimed at an audience that wants to distinguish themselves with their motorcycles. For this, they offer a complete range of custom, bolt-on [...]

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but this is already the third custom Yamaha XSR700 this month. They just come in from all different angles and in all kinds of categories. This XSR700 was introduced last week at the Wheels & Waves festival in Biarritz. It’s a commissioned build for [...]