The Japanese custom rockstars AC Sanctuary set up shop in California. Plus a bratty Honda CB1100, a $49,500 custom kit for the BMW R nineT, and highlights from the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building.

AC Sanctuary A16-004 AC Sanctuary sits in the absolute top echelon of custom builders. They?ve got a winning formula and they stick to it: immaculate classic superbike restomods, mostly from the Kawasaki Z series.
The Japanese company has good news for well-heeled thrill seekers in the USA: they?re opening a branch in Gardena, California, and will be showing the first machine for sale stateside at the Long Beach Motorcycle Show on 16 November.

This is the first bike, known as A16-004, and it?s a Z1 rebuilt for the 21st century. The frame is new, 25 mm shorter than the original, modified to suit a 17-inch front wheel, and much, much stiffer. Everything else is the highest spec possible, with Öhlins suspension, Brembo brakes and forged OZ Racing wheels. The hand-built 1045cc engine is now fuel-injected and pumps out 99 hp, plenty enough to propel this 196 kg (432 lbs.) around the canyons.

Interestingly, the US-spec Sanctuary builds can be endlessly customized to a client?s wishes, apart from the brakes and the intake and exhaust systems?presumably to satisfy local regulations. [More]

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