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G L Special: Blue Metal, Brass Details and Exposed Craft

View G L Special: Blue Metal, Brass Details and Exposed Craft Photo Gallery The G L Special is built around visual contrast: vivid blue paint, polished metal, brass-colored hardware and a blacked-out belt drive all share the same tight package. Its long, low stance is reinforced by large, solid-style wheels and a narrow solo seat, while the exposed mechanical details …

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Speedymax Kawasaki ZX-9R: A Sharp White-and-Blue Streetfighter

View Speedymax Kawasaki ZX-9R: A Sharp White-and-Blue Streetfighter Photo Gallery Simon’s Speedymax Kawasaki ZX-9R takes an early B1 superbike in a much more compact direction. The original fairing has been replaced by Tecno-Bike’s distinctive Phantom Head unit, exposing more of the engine and front-end hardware while giving the machine a completely different silhouette. White bodywork, blue seat inserts, polished metal …

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Amen Design Hubless Monster: A Radical Long-Frame Custom

View Amen Design Hubless Monster: A Radical Long-Frame Custom Photo Gallery The Amen Design Hubless Monster is built around a single visual idea: remove the familiar wheel hub and let the tires dominate the motorcycle. Its enormous front and rear wheels, stretched chassis and flame-painted bodywork create a machine that looks closer to a mechanical sculpture than a conventional custom …

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Allmond Cycle Design T-Bob: A Ducati-Powered Bobber

View Allmond Cycle Design T-Bob: A Ducati-Powered Bobber Photo Gallery Allmond Cycle Design’s T-Bob takes the compact, stripped-back bobber idea in an unusually muscular direction. The UK-built motorcycle pairs a reported Ducati 996 engine from an S4R with oversized tires, a sharply sculpted tank and a bright red frame that leaves the mechanical center of the bike on display. Big …

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Akrapovič Full Moon Concept: An Exhaust-Shaped Custom

View Akrapovič Full Moon Concept: An Exhaust-Shaped Custom Photo Gallery The Akrapovič Full Moon Concept turns the motorcycle exhaust into its central design idea. Unveiled at the 2014 Custombike Show in Bad Salzuflen, Germany, this one-off show machine wraps a large S&S Knucklehead engine in smooth silver bodywork, with a fully exposed front wheel and a tail that narrows to …

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Triumph Scrambler Amazonia by Ton-Up Garage

View Triumph Scrambler Amazonia by Ton-Up Garage Photo Gallery Built for a customer who wanted more dirt-road character from a Triumph Scrambler, the Amazonia gives the platform a distinctly expedition-inspired identity. Ton-Up Garage, led by Pedro Oliveira and Daniel Cabral in Portugal, combined a military-style finish with taller-looking adventure hardware, compact controls and a practical piece of repurposed luggage. A …

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Mansory Zapico: Carbon Cruiser with S&S V-Twin Muscle

View Mansory Zapico: Carbon Cruiser with S&S V-Twin Muscle Photo Gallery The Mansory Zapico takes the familiar cruiser layout and gives it a sharply mechanical, almost concept-car treatment. Developed by Mansory with motorcycle customizer Thomas M. George, it combines a large S&S V-twin with extensive carbon-fibre bodywork, broad wheels and a deliberately exposed view of its engine and hardware. Carbon …

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Flatliner: Shaw Speed & Custom Reworks a Heritage Softail

View Flatliner: Shaw Speed & Custom Reworks a Heritage Softail Photo Gallery Shaw Speed & Custom’s Flatliner takes a 2006 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail in a very different direction. Rather than leaning into the usual heavyweight cruiser treatment, Steve Willis’s UK workshop reshaped the donor around a stripped-back 1930s and 1940s visual language, then added carefully chosen modern details. The result …

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Alonzo Bodden’s Ducati 1098 Cafe Racer by Nick Anglada

View Alonzo Bodden’s Ducati 1098 Cafe Racer by Nick Anglada Photo Gallery A damaged Ducati 1098 became the starting point for a very different kind of repair. Rather than restore the superbike to its former specification, Alonzo Bodden commissioned a stripped-back cafe racer interpretation from builder Nick Anglada, with parts supplied by Double Dog Moto. The finished motorcycle keeps the …

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RLX by Darwin Motorcycles: A V-Twin with Sporting Intent

View RLX by Darwin Motorcycles: A V-Twin with Sporting Intent Photo Gallery The Darwin Motorcycles RLX takes a familiar American V-twin layout and gives it a noticeably sharper visual direction. Its silver bodywork, exposed black frame, compact tail and gold inverted fork create a machine that sits somewhere between a custom street bike and a stripped-back sporting motorcycle. The result …

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