Years before Honda thought about stripping off its Gold Wing to make the brawny F6B and the naughty naked Valkyrie,...
The inaugural Motorcycle Spectacular in Melbourne on March 9 is expected to attract more than 100 custom motorcycles and over...
No, it‘s not a 2014 BMW R nineT Roadster. It’s actually a 2003 BMW R 1150 R Rockster custom. It’s the brainchild of Brisbane Motorline BMW dealer principal Craig Rose whose workshop turned his dream into reality. It’s the second motorcycle custom the workshop has produced after turning an R...
There are so many custom motorcycle images on the internet, people are becoming bored, says industrial designer and Ellaspede custom...
Is Suus Customs the next Deus Ex Machina? Apart from also being a Latin-named custom motorcycle shop, Suus shares a...
Danish motorcycle company Lauge Jensen conscripted a famed BMW and Aston Martin car designer to help develop its Viking Concept motorcycle unveiled at the Top Marques luxury brands show in Monaco. CHECK OUT THE GALLERY OF IMAGES Like all 2014 Lauge Jensen bikes, it features the Wisconsin-made S&S “1-Eleven Squarehead”...
It might be because they are next door to the now-closed Hells Angels clubhouse, or it could be that owner...
Paul Teutul Jr, previously of American Choppers fame before the bust-up with his dad, has produced two bikes for...
If you think this bike looks like a Transformer, you’re right. But you may have seen it instead on the silver screen in Fast and Furious 4. SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE Owner Steve Leach of Brisbane says the bike, which he calls Beond, was considered for the second...
Brisbane custom shop Ellaspede will stage their Dust Hustle on September 20 in Brisbane proving that flat track is once again popular and trendy...
Swiss customiser Gannet Design has shown the potential to customise the new BMW R nineT with its City Scrambler Concept...
It looks like a modernist version of the postie bike and you wouldn’t be far wrong. The Vietnamese-made Bandit9 Bishop Motorcycle is powered by a Honda SuperSport 90-125cc engine, but has some high-grade components and exclusivity that warrant the relatively high pricetag of $US6400-6800, plus shipping. Those components include a...
It appears BMW is reaching out to the custom bike industry with its R nineT roadster. First, the styling project...
In just three years, the Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride has become a roaring success, if you’ll excuse the pun. So far...
The Buell 1125 was a revolutionary motorcycle that was never given its due by riders. But one American company thinks the radical sportsbike makes a great platform for a very limited edition custom. Ronin Motor Works in Denver, Colorado, is that company and, in keeping with its name, they have...
“Here you go, Mark, I trust you,” says Gordon Wallace as he tosses me the keys to “Goldie”, his beloved...
The Harley-Davidson Street 500 is a great “blank canvas” that is destined to become a custom favourite. Custom bike builder...
If you have a cool $US250,000 (about $287,000) lying around and fancy something exclusive on two wheels, try the Bienville Legacy. Only three of this wild custom bike will be built and the owners will be required to exhibit the bikes around America, as “ambassadors of fine mechanical craftsmanship and...
Custom motorcycle company Ellaspede has turned its mechanical and design brilliance to solving the problem of where to safely hang...
The Harley-Davidson Street 500 is a blank canvas with plenty of scope for customisation and personalisation. READ MY REVIEW It is...
A couple of months ago I bought a 1980 Honda CX500 with restoration intentions. The idea was that it would be a good bonding project with my daughter’s partner, Mitch. However, life intervenes and I haven’t had a lot of time to put into it while Mitch has been way...
A New York artist has built a plastic motorcycle with a 3D printer and a South African designer has built...
The return of the Norton motorcycle looks like being a success, judging by the pre-sales orders at Rocker Classic Motorcycles. Brisbane’s...
Custom bikes are the big craze at the moment and the Moto Guzzi V7 II is certainly not missing out on the action. While the V7 is one of the most privately customised new bikes around, it’s also one of the most factory customised. Not only does it come as...
As the Ducati Scrambler starts rolling into Aussie showrooms, Ducati Thailand’s top engineers have created a Dirt Tracker version showing...
UPDATE: Competition is now closed. Click here for the results. How would you like to help us and Rocker Classic Motorcycles...
It’s official; our 1980 Honda CX500 Custom will be customised into a street tracker by Rocker Classic Motorcycles. Our competition to find an innovative design for the CX, affectionately known as the “plastic maggot”, has been won by Dan Mickan. Congratulations Dan. You’ve won a $100 motorcycle accessories voucher with...
The retro/modern BMW R nineT continues to show its chameleon abilities with new tank accessories to further personalise the bike....
UPDATED: Hollywod actor Keanu Reeves, has launched his first motorcycle. Seven years ago the Hollywood star formed the Arch Motorcycle Company...
Indian Scout motorcycles were used in small numbers by the US Army and its Allies in World War II and now the reborn Scout has been customised for “military duty” again. Indian Motorcycle asked Klock Werks Kustolm Cycles in South Dakota to create a military tribute motorcycle to celebrate their...
Artist and amateur custom bikie builder Steve Campbell says customising motorcycles helps stave off depression. Steve now has three themed...
There is a growing trend for community motorcycle garages that is fuelling DIY custom motorcycles. They are places where inexperienced...
Meet the latest Aussie-made V8 vehicle – only this isn’t a Commodore or a Falcon family sedan; it’s a motorcycle! The PGM is powered by a 2-litre 1996cc, 90-degree V8 with the engine pumping out a massive 249kW (334HP) at 12,800rpm and 214Nm of torque at 9500rpm, measured at the...
Custom baggers in the US are now dabbling in 30-inch front wheels, radical air suspension, raked-out forks and superchargers. Vicbaggers...
Moto Guzzi Australia is offering an incentive to buy and personalise their V7 II and California models with some factory custom...
Brisbane’s custom motorcycle scene has been driven by Rocker Classic Motorcycles since they opened in 2012, and now they are forging a name as a service centre. Owner Matt Jones says they moved from Nundah to bigger premises at 21 Beach St, Kippa Ring, late last year to attract more customers with their...
Yes, you heard right, our 1980 Honda CX500 project bike has gone NOS, thanks to Rocker Classic Motorcycles. Notice the...
Harley-Davidson senior designer Dais Nagao believes the company should tap the youth market by building a “Darth-Vader-styled” slammed custom bagger...
London-born interior fashion design label Buster + Punch has launched this trendy custom motorcycle in collaboration with Mutt Motorcycles. Spokeswoman Anna Paganelli says they are interested in overseas orders for the LDN Born Mutt Motorcycle and their other bikes as well as their wide range of interior products from lights...
Are riders ready for a hot pink Hello Kitty version of the trendy Ducati Scrambler? It seems not. The bike grabbed everyone’s...
A Canadian Boardtracker custom has won the first global Indian Scout custom competition called “Project Scout: Build a Legend”. Our...
You don’t need to add lights to pimp up your motorcycle now that Australian company LuminAuz has produced paint work that can be electrically charged to light up. Their first motorcycle using LuminAuz Electric Glow Paint is called the Volcotron Project. It will be unveiled on Saturday (May 14, 2016) in...
No sooner has Indian Motorcycle – or Victory Motorcycles – released a new bike these days, than they also unveil...
Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves is working on his second motorcycle after the successful release of his first project the KRGT-1....
BMW continues to toy with customers’ hearts and minds with their latest concept, the Paris-Dakar rallye “Lac Rose” (pink lake) for the 2016 Wheels & Waves Festival. But there is a deal of hope that something like this beautiful retro scrambler/adventurer/rallye bike will go into production. After all, last year the Bavarian...
The Suzuki Boulevard C50 is a superb bargain tourer that was just dying to be modified, says Brisbane MBW reader...
The results are in for the 2016 Laverda Concours and a 1973 Kawasaki 1100 drag bike built by Anthony Anderson was judged best Street...
Once considered an ugly duckling, the BMW twin-opposed “Boxer” engine is now perhaps the most attractive engine for custom motorcycle builders. The bulbous block draws the eye as the heads stick awkwardly out of both sides of the bike. Truly ugly, yet somehow strangely alluring! The first motorcycle with a boxer engine...
Brass and copper were common materials in veteran and vintage motorcycles and it is now making a comeback the 2016 Triumph...
Before you get too excited, this BMW Titan Concept streamliner is just the imagining of freelance industrial designer Mehmet Doruk...
Harley-Davidson Australia has launched a Marvel Comics superheroes themed custom bike competition among their dealers where a customer can win a holiday to Hollywood and Las Vegas. To enter, customers will have to go to their dealer or online at h-dmarvelcustoms.com and vote for their favourite custom done in one of...
A Black Panther Harley-Davidson Softail Breakout is the popular choice for the best Harley customised in a Marvel Comics superheroes...
https://youtu.be/AL0ubC7GwcE This short film celebrates the life and achievements of Rex Wolfenden, an iconic Australian motorcycle builder. Rex was an...
It seems the Japanese are leading the world in the custom bike culture after taking out the AMD World Champion of Custom Bike Building competition for the third successive year. Japanese customiser Suicide Customs won the 12th AMD World Championship at the INTERMOT Customised show in Cologne with its 1000cc...
Two independent Victory Motorcycles stores in Australia are among 26 entrants in a global Victory Octane bike build-off competition. It follows...
Billy Joel seems to have partially solved the mystery surrounding fellow rock star Bruce Springsteen’s Moto Guzzi which broke down...
The simpler the motorcycle, the more scope there is for customisation, or so it would seem from these two very varied Royal Enfield custom projects. On the one hand we have the Green Fly scrambler (above) and on the other we have the Nautilus Harley-lookalike. A recent competition in Australia...
Indian Motorcycle Australia is continuing with its release of limited-edition Scouts with the fourth model, the Scout Franklin Edition. It’s named...
If you are customising or restoring a motorcycle and can’t find a part or need special custom parts machined, this...
Indian Motorcycle Australia continues to demonstrate the personalisation potential of its popular Scout with the latest Wall of Death custom. Country manager Peter Harvey says they commissioned four Wall of Death bikes for display purposes only in their stores in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. He says the bikes were built for them...