- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 1, 2017
Scramblers are one of the oldest versions of custom motorcycles. Were the cafe racer has its origin in the mid-’50s, the scrambler goes way back to the 20s. British racers tend to race all kinds of terrain and these races were called “scrambles”. Jumping back to today, scramblers still very popular. [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: June 28, 2017
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 [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 27, 2017
To be honest, I have to say that bobbers are not a specific type of motorcycle that I love, but I must say that my perception slowly is changing in a positive direction. And if I take a look at the motorcycle market, I think we see a similar change in [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: March 24, 2017
Scramblers maybe one of the most popular type of custom bikes lately. You see them pop up everywhere and every self-respecting brand now offers a production model. While the scrambler motorcycle has its origin back in the 1920s, we may carefully say that Triumph started a “new wave” of Scrambler enthusiasm with the [...]
- 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 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 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: February 10, 2017
The Kawasaki W800 could be called an instant modern classic. No racer, but an easy goin’ cruiser: powered by a torquey 773cc parallel twin with that typical classic look and sound. While most of the time the modern classics of Triumph are an easy pick as a donor bike, the W800 is [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 31, 2017
After our photo contest for Best Custom of 2016, we’re up for a new Bikes of the Month. Like every month we’ve selected the best customs from around the web. This month we have a Ducati 750 from Down Under, a BMW K100 from the US, a Yamaha XSR700 from France, [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 5, 2017
Mash Motorcycles is a small French motorcycle brand that focusses on small sized and affordable motorcycles with a retro look. The brand was launched almost four years ago, offering a pretty cool line with all kinds of retro variations on each model like café racers and scramblers. If you look good at [...]
- 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 1, 2016
As some of my readers don’t know a real winter season for riding, here in Holland only the real die hards and commuters ride their motorcycles. I’ve cleaned and hugged my V7 Racer, to get it back out in March or April next year. This gives me also the time to [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 1, 2016
Holiday season is behind us, we saw a little “dip” in the amount of new custom motorcycles out there, but nevertheless we same some real cool creations this month. This month we have a wide variety of bikes:Â we have a Moto Guzzi, Honda CBX, a Honda CRF (!), a Triumph Thruxton [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 11, 2016
The BMW R nine T is one of the most beautiful (and powerful) modern classic bikes out there. A real retro bike with the classic BMW air cooled boxer engine but full of modern technology. The model was introduced in 2014 and was a direct success and a full worthy add to the BMW [...]
- 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: May 31, 2016
Buell XB9 Café Racer by IRON Pirate Garage Awesome creation by the pretty new IRON Pirate Garage, based on a Buell XB9. The high torque/hp Harley engine in a lightweight setup and only top quality hardware. The bike also got recognized by Bike EXIF and I think that this Buell is a [...]


