- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 4, 2017
2017 still is a cold start with another bike from the end of last year. Here are some pictures of a cool café racer based on a Suzuki GSX400 Inazuma (Japanese version), built by GiaMi Motorcycles from Italy, called “The Return”. PS: Don’t forget to vote for the best custom of 2016! [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 3, 2017
First of all I want to wish you all the best for 2017 and let us make one simple new years resolution: ride more! I just want to start of with a bike that was built last year (new builds are on their way!). This is a beautiful Honda CB750 called “Bad Seed” [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 2, 2017
Motorcycle wiring can be a real pain in the ass, especially when you’re not familiar with wiring and electronics (just like me!). If you want to simplify the wiring of your bike (and your life!) then MotoGadget has a great solution: the MotoGadget M-Unit. This intelligent device functions as a new [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 29, 2016
Last week I featured a bike that was the result of some good old brotherhood; two friends who share a lifetime passion for motorcycles that decided to create a custom bike together. That brotherhood is the same glue that Roland “Roli” Rüegg and Paul Brokking used to create this 1986 BMW R80 [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 27, 2016
One of the targets with BikeBrewers.com is to inspire others to start building their own custom bike. Of course we display a lot of great builds, but a lot of them are from the hands of (semi) professionals. The shed/yard builders are a bit snowed under, but they deserve an audience [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 24, 2016
When an e-mail begins with the sentence “I’m not a mechanic” with these pictures attached, I thought I was loosing it. What I see, is a perfected creation of somebody with taste, vision and a set of skills to die for. The e-mail came from Marco Matteucci and he opened up like [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 23, 2016
If I speak for myself, motorcycling is not just about riding bikes, enjoying the freedom and making fun. It’s more: it’s also about brotherhood. And the story behind custom shop Blood Brothers Inc. is all about brotherhood. Bikers ride together, talk about bikes together and make fun together. If you’re a motorcyclist, you’ll [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 22, 2016
This cool BMW RT100, called “Coffee Racer” is built by Georg Trilety from Austria. Georg is a technical illustrator by day and a custom bike builder by night, just like a lot of us here. I always love it when a one-man show finished his creation to show the world. A couple [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 20, 2016
The Ducati Hypermotard was something out of the box when it was introduced at the 2005 EICMA and instantly won the award for “best of show”. The name Hypermotard really did the job because the bike was offering a combination of a supermotard look and riding position and a serious +1000cc [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 15, 2016
A few days ago I received an e-mail from Andrew Lake with a project submission. It took me back to one of my first posts here: the CX500 Bratstyle by IWC. And I thought is was worth the share with my readers. The story are Andrew’s own words: I grew up in [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 14, 2016
Sometimes customizing a bike is more than just switching some parts and changing some colors. Sometimes it’s not. But it’s too simple to give this BMW R NineT, built by Mr. Martini from Italy, the tag “easy, thirteen in a dozen”. It’s te combination of parts and colors used, which makes this bike [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: December 13, 2016
If I say GSX-R or Gixxer I bet you don’t think of dirt roads and off road riding. But Motor più Garage from Italy changes that by turning a Gixxer into some kind of scrambler. Photo’s edited by Inazuma Luke.