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Custom Yamaha SR500 by Phil Leeke

This Yamaha SR500 café racer named “Minty,” built by retired Bentley Motors engineer Phil Leeke.

Rather than cutting up a complete bike, Leeke built the motorcycle from scratch using a standalone 1984 frame and a 1979 single-cylinder engine.

Custom Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 by Roland Sands

Built using the Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 platform, Roland Sands and his team wanted to strip away the bike’s stock cruiser identity and transform it into a high-performance street tracker that looks aggressive but remains perfectly approachable for everyday riders.

They achieved this by leaning heavily into a retro-modern hot rod aesthetic, utilizing a striking gloss black paint scheme highlighted with clean gold pinstriping.

Custom Honda CB750F1 by Matthias Ebenhoch

Matthias Ebenhoch, a German engineer looking for an escape from his desk job, picked up a 1978 Honda CB750F1 Super Sport with a straightforward plan: spend three years and €10,000 to build a clean café racer.

Instead, between career shifts, relocations, and renovating a century-old house, the project stretched into a grueling nine-year, 1,300-hour obsession.

Custom Triumph Bonneville T120 by Tamarit Motorcycles

This custom Triumph Bonneville T120 built by Tamarit Motorcycles out of Spain is gorgeous.

The bike, nicknamed “First,” was commissioned by a French guy named Patrick who wanted a totally personalized machine that blended rugged “brat-style” proportions with a bit of a sporty café racer look.

Custom Yamaha RD350 by Lord Drake Kustoms

The Yamaha RD350 “Black Widow Tribute” is a custom motorcycle built by the Malaga, Spain workshop of Lord Drake Kustoms.

Designed for a client using their corporate colors, the project focuses on sharpening the classic, unhinged 1970s two-stroke twin into a lean, aggressive street machine that lands somewhere between a modern streetfighter and a classic GP racer.

Custom Norton Dominator and Kawasaki Two-Stroke by Davmomoto

This crazy custom motorcycle puts together a Norton bike with a Kawasaki two-stroke. Meet the Norsaki.

The “Norsaki” is a custom motorcycle built by David of Davmomoto for his client, Richard Aspery, who wanted a unique machine for his annual trips to the Texas Hill Country.

Custom Triumph Street Twin by Crafton Atelier

The TYPE 110 by Bangkok-based Crafton Atelier is a sophisticated reinterpretation of the classic Triumph Street Twin, designed to channel the spirit and athletic stance of the early 1960s Triumph Tiger 110.

Rather than a traditional “chopped” custom, the build utilizes a high-end, plug-and-play kit that corrects the Street Twin’s stock, rear-heavy silhouette without any permanent modifications to the frame.

Custom Speedway Bike by Purpose Built Moto

The fully custom “Speedway Commission” by Australian workshop Purpose Built Moto (PBM) is a radical, street-legal reimagining of a professional speedway racer.

Built for a client named Jake, the project ditches the traditional “donor bike” approach in favor of a completely custom-fabricated chromoly frame designed around a specialized 500cc GM (Giuseppe Marzotto) engine.

Custom Yamaha RD256 Tribute by Big Dream Motorcycles

The Yamaha “RD256” is a stunning restomod tribute built by Matt of Big Dream Motorcycles, designed to honor the legendary Canadian racer Michelle (Mike) Duff.

The project takes its name and visual inspiration from the Yamaha RD56, the iconic machine Duff rode to Grand Prix victories in the 1960s. Using a 1974 RD250 as the foundation, Matt blended vintage Grand Prix aesthetics with modern performance components to create a “hybritza” that is as capable on the track as it is beautiful to look at.

Custom Kawasaki Z1 by Auto Magic

Master Misao Araki of Auto Magic, one of Japan’s most influential custom workshops, has transformed a Kawasaki Z1 into a masterpiece of engineering that bridges the gap between aerospace precision and classic superbike style.

Known for pioneering the process of obtaining government permits for radical modifications, Araki-san utilized 38 years of experience to “future-proof” this machine. The build is centered around a revolutionary modular frame concept designed to address the structural decay common in 40-year-old motorcycles while allowing for total adaptability.