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...

Unreal Moto: Inside Phoenix’s Hidden FXR Goldmine

Unreal Moto: Inside Phoenix’s Hidden FXR Goldmine

Tucked away in Phoenix, Arizona, Unreal Moto isn’t the kind of shop that screams for attention. There’s no flashy front, […]

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Counting Down: 24 Bikes Reimagines the Classic Moto Guzzi 850 T3

Counting Down: 24 Bikes Reimagines the Classic Moto Guzzi 850 T3 In the world of custom motorcycles, we often talk about "career changes," but Jochen Heinrich’s transition might be the most enviable one we’ve heard yet. After four decades navigating the sterile halls of the banking sector, Jochen traded his spreadsheets for a set of spanners. It’s a return to for...

Monza’s Masterpiece: Ruote Fiere’s 1970s Endurance-Inspired Trident

Monza’s Masterpiece: Ruote Fiere’s 1970s Endurance-Inspired Trident In the early 1970s, the Triumph Trident T150 was a machine caught between two worlds. With its 741cc transverse triple producing  58 bhp and a top speed north of 115 mph, it had the heart of a champion. Yet, it struggled to maintain its footing against the "Superbike" onslaught from Japan. By 1...

Sympathy for the Devil: 5 of our favorite Ducati Diavel Customs

Sympathy for the Devil: 5 of our favorite Ducati Diavel Customs When Ducati first pulled the silk off the Diavel in 2010, the motorcycling world didn’t quite know where to file it. It was a 162-hp brute that combined the long wheelbase of a cruiser with the rake and trail of a superbike, wrapped in bodywork that looked like a muscular middle linebacker in a tail...

Promises Delivered: A Custom Ducati 749

Promises Delivered: A Custom Ducati 749 Based in Washington, D.C., Andrew Jett of Jett Design Garage operates at the intersection of fine art and engineering. Having studied design in college, Jett’s philosophy is rooted in the concept of the ‘focused experience.’ For him, a motorcycle isn't a collection of specs; it’s a creative medium u...

Latvian Hammer: ZEPS Moto’s Belt-Driven Yamaha MT-01

Latvian Hammer: ZEPS Moto’s Belt-Driven Yamaha MT-01 In the world of electronic music, Girts Ozolins is a titan. As the founder of Erica Synths, he spends his days designing modular synthesizers that are as raw and uncompromising as the industrial soundscapes of his home in Riga, Latvia. But when the soldering iron is cold, Girts translates that same ...