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...

Bosphorus Brute: Bunker Custom Cycles’ Royal Enfield GT 650

Bosphorus Brute: Bunker Custom Cycles’ Royal Enfield GT 650 In the sprawling, transcontinental metropolis of Istanbul, where the call to prayer mingles with the roar of modern transit, the custom scene is defined by a unique kind of grit. It is a city of layers, ancient history stacked atop a surging, tech-driven future. Amidst this architectural and cultura...

Wartime Hero: Garage Built Motorcycles' Triumph 3HW

Wartime Hero: Garage Built Motorcycles' Triumph 3HW In the world of custom motorcycles, there is a distinct difference between those who build for the gallery and those who build because they simply cannot help themselves. For Kyle Pereira and Suraj Thapa of Mumbai-based Garage Built Motorcycles, the latter is the only reality they know.Kyle’s educat...

Divine Wind: A Stealthy Royal Enfield Continental GT by Mean Green Customs

Divine Wind: A Stealthy Royal Enfield Continental GT by Mean Green Customs The Royal Enfield Continental GT remains one of the few modern motorcycles that genuinely lends itself to customization. Its straightforward architecture, classic proportions and honest 648 cc parallel twin make it an easy canvas, but creating a masterpiece is still the work of the painter. Thi...

The Café Racer’s Standard: Our Favorite Triumph Thruxtons

The Café Racer’s Standard: Our Favorite Triumph Thruxtons If the Bonneville is the heart of Triumph’s modern classic lineup, the Thruxton is undoubtedly its soul. The name itself is steeped in the grime and glory of 1960s endurance racing, specifically the Thruxton 500-mile race, where Triumph’s twin-cylinder machines first proved their mettle. By 1969, th...

Flashback Friday: Revisiting The 2020 One Motorcycle Show

Flashback Friday: Revisiting The 2020 One Motorcycle Show For this week’s Flashback Friday, we’re hopping into the time machine and heading back to the rainy, caffeine-fueled streets of Portland, Oregon. This article originally appeared on Bike EXIF in February 2020, documenting a pivotal moment when The One Motorcycle Show moved into the cavernous, mid-ce...