Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Type 26: Auto Fabrica's Elegant Honda CB750 Café Racer


Type 26: Auto Fabrica's Elegant Honda CB750 Café Racer The English workshop Auto Fabrica delivers another show-stopper. This time, it's the Honda CB750 that goes under the knife.The Muharremi brothers over at Auto Fabrica have been busy. Last week, we unveiled their first-ever custom BMW K100—now we've got a look at the Honda CB750 Nighthawk that they b...

From My Garage to Yours: Gifts With True Motorcycling Soul


From My Garage to Yours: Gifts With True Motorcycling Soul Ah, the holiday season. The air is crisp, the roads are often dusted with an unforgiving layer of salt (or, in my case, snow), and for those of us who live and breathe two wheels, it’s a time to retreat to the garage, fire up the shop heater, and dream of next season’s rides and projects.But Christm...

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Taiwan’s take on a Hot Rod 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Glide  


Taiwan’s take on a Hot Rod 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Glide  

In the world of performance baggers, we’re always on the lookout for something unique. You don’t see a ton of hot-rod Street Glides anymore, so […]

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Monday, November 24, 2025

Let’s Roll Motorcycle Pro Lift – Heavy-Duty Low-Profile Shop Lift for Custom Bikes


Let’s Roll Motorcycle Pro Lift – Heavy-Duty Low-Profile Shop Lift for Custom Bikes

Serious V-twin maintenance demands serious equipment. The Let’s Roll Motorcycle Pro Lift brings pro-level functionality into home garages, offering a […]

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Saturday, November 22, 2025

Express Delivery: Rough Crafts Customizes the BMW R 12 Across Countries


Express Delivery: Rough Crafts Customizes the BMW R 12 Across Countries Is the new BMW R 12 nineT easier to customize than its predecessor? Rough Crafts says yes.The BMW R nineT had a nine-year run before it was succeeded by the redesigned R 12 nineT. Yet in all that time, the hit-making Taiwanese custom shop Rough Crafts only tackled it twice.Rough Crafts’ first nineT ...

Friday, November 21, 2025

2026 MotoAmerica King of the Baggers & Super Hooligans Preview: A Landmark Season Ahead


2026 MotoAmerica King of the Baggers & Super Hooligans Preview: A Landmark Season Ahead

As MotoAmerica gears up for its biggest and most historic season yet, 2026 promises massive stakes for fans of King […]

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Savvy Builder's Guide: 5 Motorcycle Parts to Buy Used (and 2 to Avoid)


Savvy Builder's Guide: 5 Motorcycle Parts to Buy Used (and 2 to Avoid) Every motorcycle purchase starts as a vision, whether it's a daily driver or a ground-up custom. But as soon as you start swapping parts, reality hits in the form of receipts, and your dream machine can quickly get bogged down by the staggering cost of new parts, turning a passion project into an in...

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Sweet Lorraine – The Speed Merchant’s 2018 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 


Sweet Lorraine – The Speed Merchant’s 2018 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 

When a motorcycle lands in the hands of Brandon “Brawny” Holstein of The Speed Merchant (TSM), it becomes more than […]

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Monday, November 17, 2025

Catching Up With Satya Kraus From Kraus Motor Co.


Catching Up With Satya Kraus From Kraus Motor Co.

HOT BIKE: Describe yourself in three words. SATYA KRAUS: Short? No, just kidding. Let’s see… I’d say driven, creative and […]

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Friday, November 14, 2025

Bare Knuckle Performance’s Oversized 1994 Harley-Davidson FXR


Bare Knuckle Performance’s Oversized 1994 Harley-Davidson FXR

Bare Knuckle Paul is a big guy. And by that I mean he’s fucking huge. If you’re under 6-feet-tall, you’ll feel like a twerp standing next to him. It’s intimidating at […]

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Monday, November 10, 2025

13 Motorcycle Products – Exhaust, Air cleaners, Suspension and More


13 Motorcycle Products – Exhaust, Air cleaners, Suspension and More

Biltwell  – EXFIL-105 Bag   The EXFIL-105 can fit 105 frickin’ beers in it! What else is there to be said? It’s a […]

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Gold Stars: Six of our Favorite Custom BSA Motorcycles


Gold Stars: Six of our Favorite Custom BSA Motorcycles There are certain motorcycle marques whose stories feel less like corporate histories and more like epics. BSA—the Birmingham Small Arms Company—is one of them. For decades, the ‘Beezer’ was British motorcycling, a brand that put rubber to road, delivered victory on the track, and cemented its place...

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Talking the Indian Girder Concept with Ola Stenegärd


Talking the Indian Girder Concept with Ola Stenegärd Fresh off the plane from EICMA, Indian Motorcycle's Director of Design, Ola Stenegärd, takes us behind the scenes of the Indian Girder Concept.The recent sale of Indian Motorcycle by Polaris set the internet ablaze with speculation about the storied American marque’s future. But while the keyboard c...

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Road Tested: AIO-5 Play Navigation by CHIGEE


Road Tested: AIO-5 Play Navigation by CHIGEE I’m a pretty no-nonsense guy when it comes to technology on my motorcycle. My bike has an incredibly basic LCD screen (which doesn’t even report revs or fuel level), and I have a cellphone mount and old helmet coms that I rarely use. So when CHIGEE reached out asking if I’d like to take one of their...

Friday, November 7, 2025

ClubSport V2: Made-to-Order Honda CB750 Café Racers by Mile Zero


ClubSport V2: Made-to-Order Honda CB750 Café Racers by Mile Zero Has Mile Zero Racers cracked the code for the perfect neo-retro Honda CB750 café racer?When Mile Zero Racers' first Honda CB750 café racer broke cover three years ago, we immediately knew that founder Thomas Manno was onto a good thing. Drawing inspiration from Porsche Clubsport racing cars, his vis...

Installing Bitubo’s WME 14-inch Shocks


Installing Bitubo’s WME 14-inch Shocks

Our pal’s ‘94 FXR was in dire need of some new rear shocks. These things were so bad that he […]

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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Feuling’s New BA Slim Air Cleaner First Look


Feuling’s New BA Slim Air Cleaner First Look

When it comes to performance V-twin upgrades, Feuling Parts doesn’t play small—unless small means slimmer, sleeker, and more comfortable for […]

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Shotgun 650 x Rough Crafts: A Menacing Royal Enfield with a Matching Production Bike


Shotgun 650 x Rough Crafts: A Menacing Royal Enfield with a Matching Production Bike Royal Enfield teams up with Rough Crafts to deliver a radical Shotgun 650 with a matching limited edition production model.Continuing its fine tradition of working with the world's leading custom motorcycle builders, Royal Enfield has just partnered up with our man in Taiwan, Winston Yeh at Rough Cr...

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Harley-Davidson Reveals First Phase of 2026 Motorcycle Lineup


Harley-Davidson Reveals First Phase of 2026 Motorcycle Lineup

Harley-Davidson just pulled the sheet off the first wave of its 2026 model lineup, dropping a new video premiere titled […]

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Back in Black: The All-New BRABUS 1400 R Signature Edition Breaks Cover


Back in Black: The All-New BRABUS 1400 R Signature Edition Breaks Cover The new BRABUS 1400 R Signature Edition is a KTM Super Duke R Evo with miles of luxury performance SUV style.What goes like a KTM 1390 Super Duke R Evo, but looks like a luxury SUV and costs twice as much? Meet the highly exclusive 2026 BRABUS 1400 R Signature Edition—the latest collaboration betwee...

Hot Bike Gear – Riding Jeans, Shirt and Communications


Hot Bike Gear – Riding Jeans, Shirt and Communications

We’re always on the lookout for protective riding gear that looks anything but. There’s no need to look like you’re […]

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Monday, November 3, 2025

Fox Factory’s 2024 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Test Mule By Woodlawn Baggers 


Fox Factory’s 2024 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Test Mule By Woodlawn Baggers 

At this past Sturgis rally, we encountered a pretty rad Road Glide with some of the wildest paint we’ve seen […]

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Beyond the Shock: The Ultimate Timekeeper for Adventure Riders


Beyond the Shock: The Ultimate Timekeeper for Adventure Riders There's an unwritten code among motorcyclists, especially those who wander off the asphalt grid: gear must earn its place. Everything—from the stitching on your jacket to the tire tread beneath you—has to withstand the chaos of vibration, dirt, and sudden, unplanned impacts. A watch is no exception....

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Behind the Scenes: Our Honda CB550 Tracker Project from Start to Finish


Behind the Scenes: Our Honda CB550 Tracker Project from Start to Finish They say that perfection is the enemy of progress, and while you might see a bike that has cruddy cases and old brown paint, I see a phoenix that’s risen from the ashes. What was once a $400 clunker requiring heavy visor tint to be seen on is now a retro hoonmobile that remembers just enough of wher...