Back to Basics: HB-Custom's Honda NX650 Dominator

Back to Basics: HB-Custom's Honda NX650 Dominator In the windswept coastal town of Husum, Germany, Holger Breuer of HB-Custom continues to cement his reputation as one of the world’s most proficient customizers for the Honda NX650 Dominator. We recently caught up with Holger to admire his Teutonic 1920s-style BMW R69S, a build that showcased his ab...

Blue Monday: A Simson S50 Cafe Racer with a Soul

Blue Monday: A Simson S50 Cafe Racer with a Soul In the far east of Germany, Zwickau sits, a city where the air has smelled of two-stroke premix and industrial ambition for over a century. Known as the ‘City of Automobiles,’ it’s the birthplace of Audi and the infamous Trabant. But for those who grew up in the rural stretches of the former GDR, th...

Flashback Friday: Top 10 Custom Motorcycles from March '25

Flashback Friday: Top 10 Custom Motorcycles from March '25 As we crest the hill of another week and look toward the weekend's horizon, it’s time to raid the archives for our latest Flashback Friday. This week, we’re winding the clock back to March 2025, a month that saw Bike EXIF trade in high-concept futurism for a masterclass in 'Newstalgia.' From Austral...

S&S Cycle 131ci Kit for M8 Models: Sleeper Big-Inch Power Without the Hassle

S&S Cycle 131ci Kit for M8 Models: Sleeper Big-Inch Power Without the Hassle

  For riders chasing serious horsepower without turning their engine into a full-blown custom build, S&S Cycle’s new 131ci kit […]

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Blue Haze Hybrid—A Parts-Built Yamaha RD350LC from the UK

Blue Haze Hybrid—A Parts-Built Yamaha RD350LC from the UK Once a teenage dream machine, this RD350LC returns as a nostalgic hybrid with sharper handling, a bigger engine and a classic Yamaha livery.If you had a bike in the shed and a television in the mid-1970s, there’s a good chance you were dying to get your hands on a liquid-cooled Yamaha two-stroke. Ya...

How Led Sled’s Custom Sportster Chopper Reignited A Mom’s Passion

How Led Sled’s Custom Sportster Chopper Reignited A Mom’s Passion

For Kim Petit, motorcycles weren’t just a hobby—they were once a way of life. Long before motherhood, she and her […]

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Flashback Friday: Top 10 Custom Motorcycles from March '24

Flashback Friday: Top 10 Custom Motorcycles from March '24 As the frost begins to retreat and the riding season beckons, we find ourselves looking back at a particularly vintage-heavy month in the archives. March 2024 was a period of high-contrast brilliance on Bike EXIF, bridging the gap between small-capacity Thai street-scramblers and meticulously engine...