- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 16, 2017
The Honda CM-series may not be as familiar and legendary as the CB-series, but the Honda CM450 still is an interesting machine. The first bike in the CM-series was launched in 1979 and had a 395cc twin cylinder engine, which had a lot of similarities with the CB400T. But instead of [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 14, 2017
With two bikes from The Netherlands in such a short period it may be too early to call March “the month of the Dutch” but it sure is cool to see that the Holland is well represented this month. The bike you see here is built by Eelco in ‘t Zand, owner [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 13, 2017
If you’re a motorcycle brand without a custom motorcycle battle, you don’t fit in anymore. The last couple of years, several brands had their own battle: we’ve had the Custom Rumble from Ducati, Project Scout from Indian and Operation Octane from Victory Motorcycles. Moto Guzzi started in 2016 with “Lord of Bikes” [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 12, 2017
With every bike from XTR Pepo I can start with a story about how amazing his work is, that he’s a true legend and a master builder. Just like this time ;). Pepo is simply one of the best custom bike builders out there. Most of his latest builds are bikes inspired [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 10, 2017
If you’ve ever been to the far east you’ve probably mentioned that a lot of people are using scooters, mopeds and small motorcycles to move around in the city. Intersections are extremely crowded with small two-wheelers and the constant smell of exhaust gasses is pretty much seen as normal. Fanatics like me always [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 9, 2017
We all dream of a scenario to turn one of our hobby(‘s) into a business or job. What is better than paying your mortgage by doing what you love? For a lot of us it will remain a dream, but not for Arjan van den Boom, the owner of Ironwood Customs [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 8, 2017
Nigel Fox is one of those guys with a skill set to die for. Together with his dad he worked with motorized wheels his entire life as a hobby. Usual he works with four-wheelers but he got his hands on this 1986 Kawasaki KZ440 he bought from a friend who lost his [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 7, 2017
You like it or you don’t like it, but I always like to see small-sized motorcycles being customized. Maybe this is because it makes me think of the early days when I rode mopeds and scooters. The guys from Frenchmonkeys Design are not afraid to work on these smaller machines and between [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 6, 2017
The Yamaha XV is and will be a popular base for customization projects, but the last time XV I’ve featured one here was in July 2016 so I was glad to post this one today. It’s built by Cardsharpers Customs from Poland (you may know them from this cool Honda CB600 Cafe [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 3, 2017
Another great piece of work from Donny Ariyanto of Studio Motor, the rockstar builder from Indonesia. From a design perspective, you just like it or not. But from an objective perspective, this custom Harley XL1200 is something special. Unlike most custom bikes we see these days, this is not based on a [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 2, 2017
The custom motorcycle scene seems to be really kicking of now. In this Bikes of the Month section we have some real cool machines. Why I usually feature around 4 to 5 bikes in this section, I now had a hard time te decided which ones where in, so I’ve put [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 1, 2017
In October 2016 I was wondering if BMW was utilizing the strong growing cafe racer scene with the launch of their R nineT Racer. A somewhat stripped down model of the original R nineT without conventional fork suspension, cast wheels and standard four pot brake calipers. But with an awesome cool classic racer [...]