Page 31, News from the world of motorcycles

KTM’s 1090 Adventure R is a platform that was derived from the brand’s experience with an older sibling, the 1190 Adventure R. Sharing styling and many of the same parts, the most significant diffe

It’s clear looking at his work that Rad prefers a sportier aesthetic. He applies a healthy dose of café racer methodology into his neo-retro styled machines. In 2016 he wowed the Mooneyes judges wi

The Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin was introduced last year to rave reviews from the motorcycle press. Bucking the trend toward ever-larger and less off-road-capable Adventure Bikes, the Africa Twin se

Very elaborate and detailed customer conversion of an XT-660Z TENERE with the support of OFF-THE-ROAD. The motorbike is used for trips in North Africa as

With over 100 million - and rising - built, the immortal Honda Super Cub is the king of cheap transport, familiar in every country in the world where there are roads and just as many where there ar

“Sometimes you pick up a piece of clay and you don’t know what to do with it until you get it in your hands,” says professional bike builder Jay Gershen about the 1989 Suzuki 800 Intruder he bought

In between, 1979-1980 Honda developed some powerful motorcycles with six-cylinders which was specially made for racing purpose. Now in these modern days, that kind of power-packed motorcycles was d

While most of us are used to custom motorcycles usually having a V-twin of some sort and following the typical cruiser styling, Kenstomoto of Malaysia prefers to buck the trend. Case in point is th

Despite unable to brag on any bike-building experience, Roy dreamed of creating a custom frame for the VTR Firestorm and basically creating a new bike, altogether. Yes, just like the big names in t

“My name is Teguh Setiawan. I’m a 23 years old and studying at a university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In 2012 I began to notice more custom motorcycles on the streets, and after attending “KustomFe

Vincent’s brief for his new custom bike was as quick as it was poetic. Leaning on the corner of his French bar, his hand-drawn sketch showing a classic early 70s scrambler was handed to Yann from B

There are times in one’s life when a gem of unequivocally rare proportions comes up for sale. And if you’ve made the right financial decisions over the course of your life, you just might be able t

Greg Hageman is one of the OG custom motorcycle builders of our time, he’s been at it since the early 1990s and he’s produced builds that have been so influential that motorcycle manufacturers have

Launched in 1974 the MR50 Elsinore was designed as a ‘Pit Bike’ or ‘Paddock Bike’ resembling the larger Elsinore competition bike’s. Daytona Orange although really closer to red was the colour sche

This bike is a tribute to all those boxes of old parts and storage sheds full of discarded moto-ambition. Part Honda SL125, CB125, CL125, and Honda XR, our goal was to create a machine with vintage

Before the new-fangled internet changed everything, motorcycle magazines had some serious budgets that allowed for fascinating stories and for expensive projects – like racing. As Cycle World put i

The Bimota YB1 wasn’t originally called the YB1 because it predated Bimota’s traditional naming conventions. Internally, it was known as the Yamaha-Bimota Gran Prix ’74, but later became known as t

The SL350 was nothing like this when Honda first presented the bike in 1970 as a dirt-dedicated enduro variation of its CB350. The factory set up the SL with aggressive rubber, high-mount fenders,

The Rouse brothers picked up this bike from a friend and fellow industry guy. They paid a respectable price for it: $1,500. The bike was in good shape; it was about 95 percent original, the plastic

When Yamaha decided to update its XVS1300 cruiser for the year 2016, Yamaha opted not to make any major technical changes to their signature bike. What they did do, however, was deliver a dark, bro