Heritage in the Mojave: Jason Chinnock’s 1971 Ducati 450 R/T Desmo

Heritage in the Mojave: Jason Chinnock’s 1971 Ducati 450 R/T Desmo There is a specific kind of magic found in the Mojave Desert near Ridgecrest, California, every April. It’s not just the vast, unforgiving landscape or the shimmering heat haze; it’s the sound of hundreds of engines shattering the silence for the Biltwell 100. It is an annual, grassroots, 100-mile d...

Flashback Friday: The Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of May 2024

Flashback Friday: The Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of May 2024 In the world of custom motorcycles, May 2024 was a month defined by extreme engineering. We saw builders moving away from simple aesthetic swaps and leaning into complex mechanical transformations. From the rural workshops of Northern Germany to the high-tech garages of Jakarta and Moscow, the commo...

Throwback Thursday—Essence of a Motorcycle: Heiwa’s Suzuki ST250 Scrambler

Throwback Thursday—Essence of a Motorcycle: Heiwa’s Suzuki ST250 Scrambler Kengo Kimura is one of the world’s most versatile bike builders. He can create high-end customs that win ‘Best In Show’ prizes at Mooneyes.He can also build wild concepts for the likes of BMW. And then he can take a humble commuter bike and make it look like a million dollars.This elegant little scr...

The French Connection: Mecabuell’s X1R Street Brawler

The French Connection: Mecabuell’s X1R Street Brawler Regular readers will remember Mecabuell’s XB12R  that caught our eye a few weeks back. Now, Hugo, the man behind the curtain, is back with a project that reaches further into the brand’s history, breathing new life into the iconic tube-frame era.Based in Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues, just a stone...

Flashback Friday: Top 8 Harley Davidsons of 2020

Flashback Friday: Top 8 Harley Davidsons of 2020 The year 2020 was a tumultuous one for the world, but for the custom motorcycle scene, it was a year of focused, high-caliber craftsmanship. While the global pandemic slowed the pace of life, it gave builders the solitude they needed to refine their art.In this Flashback Friday special, we count dow...

Time Traveler: Kingston Custom's Custom Yamaha TRX850 Cafe Racer

Time Traveler: Kingston Custom's Custom Yamaha TRX850 Cafe Racer For some, the Ruhr region of Germany is defined by its industrial grit, a landscape of coal, steel, and smoke. For Dirk Oehlerking, the mastermind behind Kingston Custom, Gelsenkirchen is a sanctuary of craftsmanship. It is a place where the down-to-earth nature of the people matches the honest, mec...

Unscrambled: 8 of Our Favorite Triumph Scramblers

Unscrambled: 8 of Our Favorite Triumph Scramblers While Triumph’s official "Scrambler" models have been a mainstay of the modern classic scene since 2006, the term "scramble" is, at its heart, a verb. It describes the act of taking a road-going machine and preparing it for battle against dirt, sand, and mud. In the 1960s, this meant stripping a Bon...