This Honda Monkey built by K-Speed and named Kong Kid is an absolutely silly and awesome bike.
I love the Honda Monkey. It’s a great little 125cc motorcycle by itself, and it’s also a fantastic platform to build a cool custom.
K-Speed took the Monkey to new heights with this blacked-out beauty, which was recently featured on Pipeburn.
Continue reading “Kong Kid Honda Monkey by K-Speed”This is a truly special machine.
This gorgeous machine is the Yamaha TR1 built by the wizards over at DNA Custom Cycles. This bike is a gorgeous example of thinking outside the box.
Every bit about this machine has been painstakingly crafted from the various carbon fiber bits to the 1065cc engine that was dramatically reworked.
The fine folks over at Pipeburn had a hand in writing up a full profile, but I felt the need to share it here.
Continue reading “Yamaha TR1 by DNA Custom Cycles”The Moto Guzzi Griso 1100 custom motorcycle you see here was built by the master Kenji “Katsu” Katsumoto of Katsu Motorworks.
The bike is based on a 2006 Moto Guzzi model but there’s little left of the stock bike to indicate that. The engine is the telltale sign.
Let’s take a closer look at this interesting machine.
Continue reading “Katsu Motorworks Moto Guzzi Griso 1100 Custom”When you think slick streetfighter, you probably don’t think custom Kawasaki KLR650, but that’s exactly what 485 Designs built.
This bike is amazing. It not only showcases 485 Designs’ capabilities but also shows how versatile the KLR650 platform is.
This might be one of my favorite bikes I’ve seen this year.
Continue reading “Custom Kawasaki KLR650 by 485 Designs”Are you a fan of the BMW R18? I am, and I’m loving this custom build from Mandrill Garage.
The good folks at Mandrill Garage managed to take the big cruiser and dress it up a little bit.
The guys over at Pipeburn featured this bike. Let’s take a closer look.
Continue reading “Custom BMW R18 by Mandrill Garage”If you’re looking for a different take on the classic airhead BMW motorcycles, then you need to check out Niks Motorcycles Nightmare BMW R80.
The bike is a beautiful, lean, black machine, and one of the coolest R80s that I’ve seen ever.
Niks Motorcycles has built a truly unforgettable machine here.
Continue reading “BMW R80 “Nightmare” by Niks Motorcycles”Single-cylinder motorcycles are some of my favorites. Yamaha’s XT600 bikes are some of the best out there. And this is a beautiful custom Yamaha XT600.
This particular bike built by Unik Edition who I have reported on before is a truly beautiful machine.
It’s a dual-sport, adventure, scrambler machine like no other.
Continue reading “Custom Yamaha XT600 “113” by Unik Edition”This year has seen some odd and frankly horrible things, including a global pandemic, so as far as getting weird goes, I think we’re all entitled. This Supercharged Honda GL1000 Gold Wing cafe racer is the kind of weird I encourage.
The bike is the last thing you’d expect when you think Gold Wing, from the beautiful red paint to the low handlebars to the funky vertically oriented headlight.
It’s an odd bike and fitting one for 2020. Railman Mark Nevitt built it, and I’m sure glad he did.
Continue reading “Supercharged Honda GL1000 Gold Wing Custom Cafe Racer”This Kawasaki KZ750 Twin cafe racer built by STG Tracker out of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is one of the reasons I included the KZ in my recent list of best motorcycles to customize.
This particular cafe racer shows that you can build pretty much anything out of a good KZ.
This bike is a 1976, and the team at STG Tracker transformed the bike.
Continue reading “This Kawasaki KZ750 TwinCafe Racer Built by STG Tracker Is Built Right”
Something I’ve been asked more than once is, “what are the best classic motorcycles to customize?”
I usually tell people the first thing they need to do if they have a classic motorcycle is to learn how to maintain it in its stock form. Then they can think about customization.
There’s nothing wrong with having a stock motorcycle. However, I completely get the appeal of a customized motorcycle. It allows you to put a personalized touch on your own machine and is quite clearly an art form. If you’re looking for a good bike, I have the list for you.
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