This is a custom-made race bike built by Joe Schmidt. The engine is punched out to 750cc and uses a...
When is an R 18 not an R 18? When the hood straps, louvered panels, and dual-grill nose cone play...
I feel a bit self-conscious as I park my Toyota Corolla in the yard outside Grant Vlahovic’s workshop. I’d originally planned to ride my bike (a Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT) out to meet him here in Langley, about an hour east of Vancouver, but the roads have been icy...
You know when you are having a go at an apple and working your way to the core, and keep...
When you hop over a border (or three) and decide to visit the urban haunts of Canada’s metropolitan meccas, you’ll...
When we feature bikes in the ‘Criminal Customs’ category, we’re typically looking for monstrous builds that showcase impressive specs…or, at the very least, break some kind of law of physics in the name of effort. You know, something like the Dodge Tomahawk we popped into our supercar-inspired bike list, that...
The paint job on your motorcycle isn’t vital to the way it functions, but it’s absolutely essential for making sure...
I love riding small bikes fast. Maybe it’s the ease with which you can slap through the gearbox on a...
Want to want to design and build your own exclusive and unique motorcycle? How about collaborating directly with designers and technicians to create a motorcycle that will be a unique standalone piece of premium prettiness? You don’t have far to look, because we’ve just had a gander at a press...
When Lithuanian bike shop Tommy & Sons took on this Harley-Davidson Road Glide, the goal wasn’t just to make it...
When the good people at Tony Prust’s Analog Motorcycles decided to take on this monochromatic build, we were excited. As...
Honda is Seeing Double I don’t know what it is about Honda engines (for reference, please scoot over and take a gander at the CBR1000F boasting a turbo-ed K24 minivan engine we covered last week), but we have another chonky custom build for the bike banks – and apparently one...
I know what you’re thinking. “How in bloody sausages does a bike like that rake in $45,000 at an auction?”...
We’ve got bikes inspired by all kinds of things here at wBW. From the tattoo-inspired bikes courtesy of Indian Motorcycles,...
https://www.motorcyclepowersportsnews.com/winners-bonus-round-jp-cycles-ultimate-builder-custom-bike-show/ Here Are the Winners of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show Bonus Round When Progressive IMS Outdoors held their 11th annual J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show (UBCBS), the bonus round apparently had a very pretty list of bikes – and Tracy Harris, the senior vice...
CBR1000F Blessed With Honda Odyssey Engine Calls SOS Back in December, the funkiest thing I’d seen in relation to custom...
BMW Motorrad has asked a Canadian metal sculptor to tackle an R 18 in the name of top-notch custom builds...
2003 Never Looked So Good Every time we smack into a top-shelf custom build, we’re impressed at how frequently minimalism plays a role in the final project. Take this badass 2003 Ducati Monster SR4, for instance. Labeled by HiConsumption as ‘proof that [Ducati] can get more badass,’ the build itself...
What happens when you stuff a 618 cc L-twin engine into a hardtail built entirely of custom, one-off parts? An...
It’s the end of Q4 2021. You’re at the store, picking out charcuterie boards and beers for the evening festivities,...
Another celebrity has just been given a custom Indian Chief – and this time, it’s got a bit of motocross DNA. Don’t panic, we don’t mean the bike – FMX legend Carey Hart knows what he’s doing when it comes to form and functionality on a custom bike build. ...
What do you get when you combine a titanium motorcycle frame with a prototype BMW boxer engine? A minimalist’s wet dream...
Revenge of the ‘Carbon’ators German bike shop Rod Squad has taken a Harley muscle machine and decked the thing out...
Some Guys Put a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 Engine into a mini Toyota GR Yaris What do you do when you build a mini-cager but want to have a bit of extra fun? Chuck an inline four at it and see how the wheelbase handles the rest, of course. A recent report from...
Four European Builders, Four Bikes – And One Could Go Home With You “Inspired from the past, anchored in the...
Yanko Design has been covering some custom beauties lately – and this time, they’ve gone and found a ‘shape-shifting’ motorcycle. ...
Every once and a while, it’s worthwhile to travel somewhere new, walk toward a fresh set of ideas, and reset the old grey stuff upstairs. For many in the Powersports industry, that reset came in the form of LA’s Autopia 2099 – “a new and dedicated EV event held at...
MB (Martin Becker) Cycles has done it again – and this time, they’ve given us a gorgeously skeletal hardtail fit...
Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, is one of the longest runways in...
This year’s EICMA saw the Italian Motorcycling Federation (IMF)’s central display area taken by none other than Magni – a brand dedicated to building special bikes and “a supplier of special parts for the restoration of MV Agusta classic motorcycles,” according to Wikipedia. This year, IMF’s spotlight was taken by...
“It all started with a visit to the BMW Motorrad development team in Germany,” admits BMW Motorrad’s latest muse in...
When Francisco Alí Manén of Lord Drake Kustoms (LDK) sent us this beauty in a press release just before the...
A European custom shop has just done what they do best on a Harley-Davidson Street Bobber – and the combo of 12-inch ape handlebars, and the blacked-out vibe is making me grin like a schoolgirl. D-Star Customs is part of the D-Star group of companies best known for their racewear...
When a bloke at Onehandmade decided to take on an iconic 1979 Ducati MH900e, there was so much to balance....
As if we didn’t see this one coming. America’s beloved motorcycle manufacturer has just gone and dropped a commissioned custom...
Robert Haas, wealthy financier, published aerial photographer, and owner of the beautiful Haas Moto Museum, has passed, leaving behind 74 years of solid work, stunning inspiration, and a passion for beautiful motorcycles that leaves us very respectful of the man we never met. “I was 41 years old, and I...
Honda has decided to collab with an Italian company in the business of 3D printing – and the machines work...
Here at wBW, it is our pleasure and obsession to find the newest of the new; not only to write...
Looking for a bit of fun to accompany the fall weather? San Diego (and the Ramona Motorcycle Rally) has you covered, with the fun scheduled for this weekend. Sitting along the foothills of the noteworthy Cuyamaca Mountains, the Ramona Motorcycle Rally – presented by Indian Motorcycles of San Diego and...
When we covered what Bandit9 Motorcycles was up to back in August, founder Daryl Villanueva had just given us a...