As one of man’s favourite modes of transport for more than a century, a ludicrous number of motorcycles have been produced over the years, in nations on every continent. But among them all, it is hard to imagine a more important series of...

When you think of the bobber style of custom motorcycle, performance is usually not front of mind, with minimalist styling generally being front and centre. But the original ‘bob-job’ bikes drew their inspiration from AMA Class C racing, where...

Last weekend, if you could have been anywhere on earth, then Austin, Texas was the place to be. Ok, maybe it’s just because we are motorcycle mad, but being able to attend both the MotoGP at the Circuit of the Americas and the legendary Handbuilt...

Three years ago, eagle-eyed automotive experts noticed an important application filed by Indian Motorcycle for the use of the title ‘101 Scout’. This is of course the name made famous by the model designed by Charles B. Franklin, produced from...

Fifteen years ago I bought a ’70s Honda CB750 ‘barn find’ for $200, it even came with a Haynes manual and a box of spares. But sadly those days are over, and classic motorcycles have only soared in price and desirability. So, for some, the...

For millions of people around the world, a motorcycle is a form of transport, nothing more. Then there are those of us who have a passion for all things two-wheels, we’ve gone well past the hobby phase and find it very easy to justify owning more...

When we received an invite to the Australian launch of the new Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 in the Victorian High Country, we thought we’d send someone who has done more miles on an adventure bike than anyone else we know. Our mate Henry Crew holds...

When you look at your social feed or turn on the idiot box, there’s no denying we are divided as a human race. But there’s one event that helps restore my faith in humanity, where motorcycle riders from every continent unite to ride on the same...

The vast bulk of custom motorcycles we feature on these pages are carefully conceived, meticulously designed and then executed with surgeon-like accuracy to produce a result that is incredibly close to the original drawings. It’s a great approach,...

If any single human being can lay claim to being the living Godfather of the custom motorcycle scene, it is the Japanese-born, LA living, Shinya Kimura. For the best part of four decades, he’s been using his training as a mechanic and his...

The phrase, ‘It was a simpler time’ is really only one you can use in hindsight and yet, in creating our future it is so often the past that we yearn for, and which provides us with a great deal of inspiration. How else do you explain so many...

Grottoes, Virginia, is a small town in the Shenandoah Valley of the Appalachian Mountains, and although it’s less than 200 miles from Washington DC, there is no pork barrelling or easy lobbyist cash to be made here. It’s a place where life will...

The story of Royal Enfield and the nation of India is one of the most storied in all of motorcycle history. Now a company owned and operated out of Chennai, the original outfit was a sewing needle supplier, who shifted to motorcycle production 123...

It’s been four years since the world was introduced to the BMW R18, and the big Bavarian cruiser has enjoyed mixed success. The initial reviews were glowing, and just about every motoring journalist had positive things to say, but that hasn’t...

You only have to be a regular reader of these pages to know that Triumph is on a roll right now and there seems to be nothing that can slow the rise and rise of the British brand. And unlike their success in the past, it’s not based on just a few...

In our corner of the custom bike scene, we tend to think of the rebirth of the Triumph Motorcycle company arriving with their 2001 launch of the ‘new’ Bonneville. But a decade earlier, the real work had begun, when bikes wearing names of old...

When you live in a city where the police drive the latest supercars and even have a supercharged Kawasaki H2 in their fleet, you’re going to need something special to stand out from the crowd. But in the first trimester of the life of Dubai’s...

For generations, Harley-Davidson never offered a truly learner-friendly motorcycle, but like most manufacturers, they couldn’t resist the financial pressure. For a while, the Street range gave the Milwaukee brand a foot in the door, but last year...

‘If you build it they will come’, and never has that phrase been more true for a motorcycle company than BMW when they released the R nineT a decade ago. For years prior, the company had largely relied on their tremendous GS range, K cruisers...

The whole EV world is still hard to get your head around, we’re told it’s the future and yet it seems the major manufacturers just can’t nail it on two or four wheels. Undoubtedly the biggest success story is Elon Musk’s Tesla, and whatever...

He’s been doing incredible work in the automotive industry for decades, but it was only 18 months ago when most of our readers first learnt about the genius that is Carl Cerra. We were privileged enough to feature his incredible Royal Enfield...

The modern dirt bike is an incredible thing, blisteringly fast, effortlessly reliable and able to handle and stop like on rails, no matter how terrible the terrain. And yet, never have vintage motocross, dual sports and scramblers been as popular as...

From the streets of Sturgis to AMD’s World Championship stage and the pages of Easy Rider magazine, legends have been born with bikes that have blown our minds. And one man who is building a serious name for himself is Newcastle, Australia’s...

The parallel twin is without a doubt the engine du jour for just about every motorcycle manufacturer in the world right now, with one sensational bike after another being released with a tall twin. But you have to go all the way back to the 1937...

There was a period in the late ’80s and through the ’90s that Honda could lay claim to producing the best engines for road or track, four or two-wheels of any manufacturer on the planet. Senna, Doohan, Kocinski, Merkel and more won world titles...