- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 7, 2016
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 29, 2016
The shortest month of the year is behind us, days here in Holland are getting longer, the sun becomes stronger and we can almost take out our rides without freezing off… For this month we’ve also made a selection of, in our opinion, the best custom motorcycles around the web. This [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 26, 2016
First of all: the title of this post is not in line with the actual cylinder capacity: since this Yamaha XS650 Scrambler by Dime City Cycles is based on a stock XS650, it’s fitted with a big bore kit what makes this a XS744 Scrambler. The base bike was a 1980 [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 25, 2016
Found a great Yamaha XV750 Virago Café Racer by VTR Customs. This is one of the builds they’ve displayed at Swiss Moto 2016. I really like what these guys are doing, remember the awesome BMW R NineT we’ve featured earlier.
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 22, 2016
The “Motorbeurs Utrecht” is the general motorcycle show of the Netherlands and always worth a visit. I was exited to see the new Yamaha XSR900 and the new Triumph classic line, especially the Thruxton R, but it was also great to see some of the builds back that got featured here. This [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 17, 2016
With the Yamaha Yard Build program, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer is aiming his arrows at the booming custom motorcycle scene. The program seeks for inspirational ideas on how to transform modern Yamaha bikes to something “special”. It’s “Faster Sons” philosophy, where modern bikes are inspired by there ancestors gave us the already [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 16, 2016
Donny Ariyanto from Studio Motor is a well known custom motorcycle builder in Indonesia and he’s getting more and more exposure in the rest of the world. But if you become more noticed, you’ll have to come up with more cool custom bikes. So Donny is spending a lot of hours in [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 13, 2016
A lot of us started our 2-wheel hobby on a loud, smelly and smokey 2-stroke (I certainly did!). Too bad that youngsters here in Holland are more and more skipping this cool phase. Due to the fact that they can start with (car) driving lessons on the age of 16. It’s also [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 11, 2016
Grzegorz Korczak from Poland is the owner of Unikat and he builds custom motorcycles on behalf of his customers. The owner of this Honda CB550, Pascal, a Frenchmen who now lives in Poland, had a clear description: build me a café racer and use some of the leather of an old Mercedes SL300. [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 10, 2016
Cool! You’re looking for a café racer building plan? Want to start with your café racer project or maybe you’ve already started? Off course you don’t want your project to end up as an “unfinished project” on a classifieds website… It may be a little cliché but remember: if you’re failing [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 8, 2016
If I think of a Kawasaki ER6N, the first thing that pops up in my mind is “driving lessons”. Second is “entry level”. But what the heck: why not use is as a base for a modern café racer? That’s what the guys from Smoked Garage Customs must have thought. So [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: February 5, 2016
Yet another scrambler this week! This bike is based on a Ducati Scrambler (no we won’t call it Scrambler Ducati…), and is more of a facelift than a real custom. Ducati has a clear vision on todays motorcycle market where everybody wants something unique and personal. So the Ducati Scrambler comes [...]


