- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 2, 2016
The Honda CBX was the flagship bike of Honda during 1978 to 1982 and has a 1047cc six cylinder engine that puts out an impressive 105hp. At today’s standards, that’s pretty descent, but remember that this is more than 35 years ago! The high RPM six inline produced an impressive sound [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 1, 2016
Summer is on and the motorcycle season is on full throttle here in the Netherlands (in between the rain…). In the bikes of the month for July we have: 2 KTM’s, 2 BMW’s and a Ducati/Cagiva. BMW R100R Café Racer by Curteskin Atelier A couple of weeks ago I was looking into one of [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 26, 2016
Finally, another custom KTM! Unless the fact that KTM produces extremely fun to ride bikes, the custom scene is not massively adopting the brand, so I was glad to find this creation by the masters of Deus Ex Machina, built in Woolie’s Workshop. It’s named “The Scrappier”. It’s clear that Deus tried to [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 25, 2016
Brutal Ducati Monster Streetfighter by Kbike: Like custom Ducati’s? Check out this awesome Monster 1200 cafe racer and this brutal custom 1198 by XTR Pepo.
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 18, 2016
Italjet is a small Italian brand I honestly only knew from their “Dragster“: an out of the box designscooter from the late 90’s. Not only the looks and the use of a “space frame” where out of the box, but also the RADD forkless suspension. Before the dragster they produced small [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 15, 2016
A couple of weeks ago I was looking into one of the many cafe racer groups online and I stumbled upon a cool BMW R100R Cafe Racer posted by Paulo Pereira from Portugal. I instantly fell in love with his bike, and so did others regarding to the many likes and share’s I [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 15, 2016
Exactly one year ago I’ve launched BikeBrewers.com; the result of a combined passion for custom motorcycles and blogging/websites. Of course there already was a “Big 4” on this topic (Bike EXIF, Pipeburn, Return of the Cafe Racers and The Bike Shed), but I saw some room and made myself a goal to [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 14, 2016
Kymco is a brand most of us know from their scooters and mopeds. I can remember a time here in Holland that every rave-party-die-hard rode one, wearing bomber jacks and Nike Air Max…The successful Taiwanese manufacturer of motor powered two wheelers now wants to shake things more up, aiming at a [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 12, 2016
Yamaha Virago’s and that Benelli Mojave tank… It seems to be a golden combo. And to be honest, I still like to see them. I’ve even featured two custom Virago’s with the same kind of setup in our last monthly overview. Though, still completely different, just like this Virago 1000 Cafe [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 8, 2016
The meant-to-be-hipster-bike Ducati Scrambler (no I don’t turn the names around like the marketeers intended to), is a cool bike from itself and has a long list of (bolt on) custom parts to personalize the ride. It’s also a bike where Ducati challenged their dealers all over the world with the “Custom [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: July 4, 2016
Guest post by Matt McLeod of Krank Engineering. Also check out my article about what you should pack in a small motorcycle tool kit. Motorcycling is an amazing pastime. Maybe it’s your favorite motorsport. Or maybe you just ride a motorcycle to work. But if you’re reading BikeBrewers.com, you’ve got passion for [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: June 30, 2016
A lot of beautiful custom motorcycles around the web this month: we’ve selected the most outstanding bikes for you. This month we have another amazing bike from (Ducati) legend XTR Pepo, a radical BMW R nineT from Australia, a BMW S1000R from Switzerland a Honda NX650 from South Africa and last [...]