Welcome to the second edition of Speed Read?our new weekend roundup that covers not just custom bikes, but also motorcycle news, gear, and sometimes even art.
Today, we’ve gathered together an adorable MZ ETZ 250 bobber, a Yamaha RD350 from the eccentric Blechmann, and a Norton Commando that’s never left its crate. Plus we look at new riding sneakers from Icon 1000, and the evocative art of Chris White. Grab your beverage of choice and dig in.

The art of Chris White If you’ve already picked up Issue 40 of Iron & Air magazine, you would have seen the work of Chris White, A.K.A Buzz Vizualz, on both the cover and inside the magazine. Based in Hereford, England, Chris is an artist with a deep love for motorcycles, which he inherited from his petrolhead father. Chris’ chosen medium is a mix of oil and spray cans, and he paints motorcycles with a very specific approach.

?The main idea is to render only parts of the vehicle,? he says, ?and leave the rest up to pure imagination?an after-image, so to speak. Imagine the machine screaming past you at speed; your eyes will only see certain parts, and your brain, at a later stage, will construct the rest of it in its own way.”

He picks his subjects by scouring Instagram for bikes that grab his attention, and then contacting the builder to kick things off. That’s connected him to Bike EXIF alumni like Max Hazan, Craig Rodsmith, Chris Tope (whose ‘Ice Pick‘ Penton is pictured ab...