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Since the latter half of 2022, Barcelona-based upcycler and art studio Bel&Bel has been building a hybrid electric replica of an iconic motorcycle featured in a dystopian manga classic. Now a limited fully electric model is in the works, and it’s being… Continue reading Post-apocalyptic dream ride made real in the striking Akira electric moto
“This thing’s gonna be a chungus!” In the northern tip of Idaho, 70-odd miles from Spokane, Washington, a magnificently silly project is underway: a colossal batpod of a motorcycle with a KTM motor, monster truck wheels, and hydraulic steering.Continue… Continue reading KTM-powered “Monster Chopper” gets hydraulic steering
We haven’t been paying much attention to the custom motorcycle world lately, but this jaw-dropping project demanded our attention. It’s a Hayabusa engine wrapped in a spectacular titanium frame, swingarm, exhaust, subframe and bodywork.Continue Reading… Continue reading World’s first all-titanium motorcycle is spectacular, and nearly done
Draped in liquid-smooth aluminum bodywork, this visually stunning custom motorcycle features a number of air scoops that wouldn’t look out of place on a fighter jet, as well as a nearly fully-enclosed front wheel and some absurdly low-mount clip-ons.Co… Continue reading Aluminum-bodied FMC Storm brings jet-like aeros to the motorcycle world
There’s no shortage of crazy ideas in the custom bike world, but we haven’t seen one like this before. The Biancaneve, with its seat hidden under a fold-out tailpiece, is an interesting first bike from new Italian custom shop Dotto Creations.Continue R… Continue reading Dotto’s first custom motorcycle folds open like a Swiss Army knife
Miami custom shop Nmoto has a bit of a thing for the art deco era, and it’s now released a (very expensive) carbon bodykit that can transform a current-model BMW C 400 X scooter into a bulbous retro ride inspired by a little-known 1936 custom bike.Cont… Continue reading Nmoto takes BMW scooters back to the Golden Age with art deco bodykits
AMA 250GP national champion racer Roland Sands has been taking perfectly good motorcycles and engoodening them further for 20-odd years. Now, he’s turned his attentions to BMW’s giant boxer cruiser, giving the R18 a hardtail dragster treatment.Continue… Continue reading Roland Sands builds a straight-line dragster out of the BMW R18
This supercharged, three-wheeled, ice-racing monstrosity once lived a happy, peaceful life as a Ducati Hypermotard, until Vitaliy Selyukov of Balamutti got hold of it and turned it into a mutant Trikenstein perfect for today’s apocalyptic mood.Continue… Continue reading Balamutti Yondu: An apocalyptic, supercharged Russian ice-racing trike
Posted here for your gratuitous drooling is the winner of Best in Show at this year’s Verona Motor Bike Expo in Italy. Starting life as a BMW R1100S, this beast has been stripped to the bones and rebuilt as a celebration of shiny metal.Continue Reading… Continue reading Twisted-metal BMW takes out Best of Show in Verona
On the one hand, this is a custom bike, and no two will be the same. On the other, it’s totally Euro IV certified and engineering homologated for road use. DAB is allowing an unprecedented degree of customization for every bike, but they’ll all be road legal.
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