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There’s a marvelous history of smaller motorcycle manufacturers in France, and the tradition shows no sign of abating. Mash Motors is probably the best known outside La République, but the most interesting company right now is DAB Motors. DAB is based in the beautiful city of Bayonne, in the Basque region of southwest France. We’ve already showcased their sharp-looking LM-S scrambler, but this new electric concept is the most significant step forward yet for founder Simon Dabadie and his…

It's all about Honda this week, with a Gundam-inspired limited edition Monkey from Thailand, a murdered-out Dommie from Sweden, and a crisp XR650 supermotard from Italy. The outlier is a modern BMW GS sidecar rig that could transport two in comfort from one end of a continent to another. Honda Dominator by Gorm Taube The evergreen Dommie is a brilliant bike for modification: it’s tough, has excellent parts support, and is relatively cheap and easy to find. This stealthy custom is one of the…

North East Custom have never been bound to one style. We've already seen the Italian outfit build cafe racers and street trackers—but they seem to have the most fun when they're building scramblers. That's because brothers Diego and Riccardo 'Riki' Coppiello are passionate dirt bikers. When I met them at the Italian Wildays festival a few years ago, they spent more time riding the enduro course than they did manning their stand. So when they build out dirt bikes, they're designed to be…

A ballistic cafe-slash-streetfighter Ducati Panigale. Very nice work from Thornton Hundred Motorcycles!

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is madness of the highest order. Racers blast through the 12-mile course at breakneck speed—climbing 4,720 feet and navigating 156 turns, right on the edge of disaster. Tackling it on two wheels takes tons of skill, massive cojones and a few loose screws. And a motorcycle that can go really, really fast. Today we're profiling one such bike: the Bottpower BOTT XR1R, which Travis Newbold recently piloted to a win in the Exhibition Powersport class. You…

Just revealed: our Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2019! Here's one of the winners, a wild BMX framer from Down & Out Motorcycles.

Based in a country where sub-250cc bikes rule, it’s no surprise that K-Speed has a serious knack for transforming small-displacement models into mean, menacing-looking machines. Despite the Thai shop’s proclivity for pint-sized projects, K-Speed has worked with all manner of donors, including full-size models—which again, shouldn’t come as a surprise considering it completed almost five dozen builds in 2018 alone. This latest build was commissioned by Yamaha Thailand to be released in…

Ironwood says goodbye to older bikes with their last carb'd custom. We've also rounded up another fresh Triumph from Tamarit, a Zero with handcrafted bodywork, KTM's new 450 Rally Replica, and a modern homage to the Ducati 750 Sport. Honda GL500 by Ironwood Custom Motorcycles Arjan van den Boom is no stranger to these pages. He’s been making custom bikes since 2012 and has been rather prolific, to say the least. What might come as a surprise, is that you're looking at the last carbureted…

It looks like a 1990 GSX-R1100—but there are some very clever updates hidden under the bodywork of this Spanish restomod, including the suspension from a much later model.

Flat track racing is all the rage in Europe and the States, but it hasn't really caught on in South Africa yet. There's no official race series there—just the occasional 'run what ya brung' shindig, where the emphasis is on fun rather than hard-nosed competition. That hasn't stopped Johannesburg local Justin Steyn from building his ideal flat track rig though—a replica of Honda's late-80s RS600 race bike. The RS600 was the baby brother to the dominant RS750, purpose-built for short tracks…