Bike to the Future: Eight Extrapolations of Moto ’Morrow

Bike to the Future: Eight Extrapolations of Moto ’Morrow The future is inevitable. Sometimes it feels like a freight train and we’re tied to the tracks. Fortunately, the future has yet to be written, and we have the power to shape it. We love to speculate about what the future might look and feel like, so we’ve rounded up eight motorcycles by artists and ...

Motul Hot Bike Tour Day 4 Recap: Kraus Factory Tour · Lake Mead · Red Rock Harley-Davidson · The End

Motul Hot Bike Tour Day 4 Recap: Kraus Factory Tour · Lake Mead · Red Rock Harley-Davidson · The End

The fourth and final day started with something special: an invitation into the inner world of Kraus Motor Co. in […]

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Short ’n’ Sweet: A Tight ’n’ Right Ironhead Chopper from Essex

Short ’n’ Sweet: A Tight ’n’ Right Ironhead Chopper from Essex Misunderstood and often overlooked, Harley’s Ironhead Sportster has always been one of the Motor Company’s underdog engines. While there’s some truth in its reputation, there’s a lot to like about the old Ironhead if it’s the golden age of choppers that trips your trigger. The iron lump has cooling ...

Speed Read: Tamarit's Buff Triumph Speed Twin Café Racer and More

Speed Read: Tamarit's Buff Triumph Speed Twin Café Racer and More Two Triumphs lead the charge this week: a Speed Twin café racer from Spain and a Bobber from the UK. We end things with a classy Ducati Monster 796 featuring miles of forged carbon fiber.Triumph Speed Twin 1200 RS by Tamarit MotorcyclesStraight out of the box, the Triumph Speed Twin 1200 RS is the s...

Monster Madness: 6 Of Our Favorite Ducati Monsters

Monster Madness: 6 Of Our Favorite Ducati Monsters When Miguel Galluzzi stripped a Ducati 888 of its fairings and sketched a fuel tank that looked like a muscular hunchback, he wasn't just designing a bike—he was inventing a category. Launched in 1993, the Ducati Monster (or Il Mostro) adhered to a simple, yet brutal philosophy: "All you need is a s...

Hit and Run: A Peppy Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Café Racer from India

Hit and Run: A Peppy Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Café Racer from India Few motorcycle companies pour as much energy into the custom motorcycle scene as Royal Enfield. The Indian marque farms a staggering number of bikes out to the world's best customizers each year—and the creations that come back act as rolling advertisements for whichever model the brand is focusing ...

TESTED: Chargers, Gloves, Grips and Cleaning

TESTED: Chargers, Gloves, Grips and Cleaning

HARLEY-DAVIDSON 5.0 AMP DUAL-MODE BATTERY CHARGER Sometimes the least exciting product ends up being the most important. That’s exactly the […]

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This Ducati 749S Café Racer is Equal Parts Performance and Style

This Ducati 749S Café Racer is Equal Parts Performance and Style In the early naughts, Pierre Terblanche ruffled the feathers of Ducatisti worldwide with the radically redesigned Ducati 999 and 749. While both bikes’ engines evolved from their predecessors, aesthetically they were a bold departure from the Italian marque’s well-established playbook.Aside from the...

Kawasaki KR500: A Two-Stroke Monocoque Monster and the Man Who Tamed it

Kawasaki KR500: A Two-Stroke Monocoque Monster and the Man Who Tamed it Kork Ballington occupies a rare space in Grand Prix history, the kind reserved for riders who combined speed with mechanical sympathy and timing that bordered on prophetic. Born in Rhodesia and racing under the South African flag, Ballington arrived in Europe during a period when Grand Prix paddocks...

Speed Read: A Supercharged Suzuki Flat Tracker and More

Speed Read: A Supercharged Suzuki Flat Tracker and More This week's edition of Speed Read kicks off with a stonking supercharged Suzuki GSX-R / GSX 1100 hybrid from Finland, built for flat track racing of all things. We shift gears to profile a svelte Honda CB750 café racer from an award-winning Japanese workshop, before focusing on a Baja racing-inspire...

Wintergroen: A Candy-Green Triumph Bonneville from the Netherlands

Wintergroen: A Candy-Green Triumph Bonneville from the Netherlands Known for its wild customs, Rno Cycles tones it down with a Triumph Bonneville T100 street tracker that cuts a timeless silhouette.As the man behind Rno Cycles, Arno Overweel specializes in custom bikes that range from wild to outright nuts. One minute, he's slapping a turbo-charger on a Honda CBX 1...

Bavarian Beasts: 7 of our favorite BMW R18 Customs

Bavarian Beasts: 7 of our favorite BMW R18 Customs When BMW Motorrad unveiled the R18 in 2020, it wasn't just launching a motorcycle; it was reclaiming a piece of its soul. Designed as a direct challenge to the American cruiser hegemony, the R18 is a paradoxical machine—a modern vessel that feels like a pre-war relic. At its heart lies the "Big Boxe...

Speed Read: A Yamaha R5 Two-Stroke Café-Racer and More

Speed Read: A Yamaha R5 Two-Stroke Café-Racer and More Our first Speed Read of 2026 boasts a racy Yamaha R5 café racer from the UK, a feisty Yamaha WR155R scrambler from Indonesia, and a burly Suzuki Bandit 1200 from Australia. Dig in! Yamaha R5 by Jets ForeverBuilt by Jets Forever’s Tony Taysom and Jeff Duval in their UK workshop, this stunning Yamaha ...

Edelweiss: A Harley Softail Deuce Chopper by One Way Machine

Edelweiss: A Harley Softail Deuce Chopper by One Way Machine Germany's One Way Machine takes a break from its usual fare to convert a 2001-model Harley-Davidson Softail Deuce into a chopper for the open road.Julian von Oheimb's signature style is as consistent as it is inimitable. The Harley-Davidson bobbers that roll out of his workshop, One Way Machine, are...

Dust and Dependability: 6 of Our Favorite Honda Scramblers

Dust and Dependability: 6 of Our Favorite Honda Scramblers Long before the advent of liquid-cooled adventure bikes and specialized motocross weapons, there was the scrambler. In the 1960s and 70s, "scrambling" was a simple affair: take a lightweight street bike, add high-mount pipes for water crossings, knobby tires for traction, and a braced handlebar for ...

Small Wheels, Big Thrills: 6 Custom Scooters

Small Wheels, Big Thrills: 6 Custom Scooters Forget the clichés of the commuter hack or the pizza delivery drone. When a talented builder gets their hands on a scooter like a Vespa, a Lambretta, or even a humble Honda Cub, the results can be just as breathtaking, challenging, and technically brilliant as any large-capacity custom motorcycle. T...

2LOUD's Harley Sportster Forty-Eight is a Desaturated Dream

2LOUD's Harley Sportster Forty-Eight is a Desaturated Dream 2LOUD Custom's latest build is a 2014-model Harley Sportster Forty-Eight street tracker with mixed elements and a performance bend.Harley-Davidson's new-generation Sportster S is a cocktail of ideas that, despite the Motor Co.'s best efforts, misses the mark. It has the bodywork of a flat tracker, t...

Showstoppers: The 5 Most Viewed Custom Motorcycles of December

Showstoppers: The 5 Most Viewed Custom Motorcycles of December Trends and tradition are two major themes of what we do around here at Bike EXIF. We’re always watching out for the next hottest thing making waves, but at the same time, the motorcycling hobby has an intense reverence for its past. It’s all about bowing your head to where we’ve been, while imaginin...

Return of the Manx: After 50 Years, the Original Dune Buggy Makes a Comeback

Return of the Manx: After 50 Years, the Original Dune Buggy Makes a Comeback If I ask you to picture a “dune buggy,” what comes to mind? Chances are you’ve imagined the shape of a Meyers Manx without even realizing it. When sailor, surfer, and fiberglass boat-builder Bruce Meyers created the first Manx, he had no idea he was launching an entirely new type of vehicle — one th...