Our weekly offering of custom motorcycle news features three modern classics from different parts of the world. Japan's Heiwa MC delivers a handsome Triumph Bonneville bobber, Ireland's Medaza Cycles customizes the Royal Enfield Shotgun 650, and Germany's Woidwerk serves up a pair of modern BMW boxer customs. Triumph Bonneville T100 by Heiwa Motorcycle Kengo Kimura never misses. The founder of Japan's Heiwa MC is a regular fixture on Bike EXIF, consistently impressing with the elegant custom ...| Bike EXIF
Ask Indian Motorcycle's design director, Ola Stenegärd, which part of the new Indian Scout he's most proud of, and he'll most likely point to its tubular steel frame. So imagine his delight when Indian gave Ronna Norén at Unique Custom Cycles a brand new Indian Scout—and the first thing he changed was the frame. That's not sarcasm, by the way; Ola is genuinely happy that Ronna took an angle grinder to the Scout. For Ola and the entire team at Indian, the potential for customization was ba...| Bike EXIF
Based in Hangzhou, China, the mononymous RoninSu doesn't have a bona fide workshop. But what he does have, is a wild imagination, a handful of handy skills, and an undying devotion to choppers. Those qualities have culminated in this nutty Honda Cub chopper. Built by RoninSu over six months, the stretched Honda underbone has more chopper swagger than some bikes twice its size. As far as RoninSu is concerned, the key to building a radical chopper is getting the ingredients right. “In my opin...| Bike EXIF
To say that Winston Yeh likes the color black would be a gross understatement. The man behind Taiwan's Rough Crafts has a sense of style that would make Johnny Cash's wardrobe blush, and seldom builds a custom motorcycle that isn't swathed in various shades of black. We checked; a mere 10 percent of the Rough Crafts bikes featured on our pages buck this trend. So when Mr. Yeh does deviate from this formula, it's usually for a good reason—like a special request from a client. “He wanted an...| Bike EXIF
An invitation to build a custom bike for the annual Born Free show in the US is a massive accolade. But the honor is typically reserved for custom builders that are well established within the scene—and that's where the Biltwell People's Champ competition comes in. “Biltwell’s goal for the annual, democratic People’s Champ bike building competition has been the same since day one,” says the company's founder, Bill Bryant. “Give grassroots builders an opportunity to showcase their ...| Bike EXIF
Fo Huang has an enviable skill—the ability to take whatever he imagines and turn it into a physical object. Working as NamiXII Design from Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan, he creates everything from furniture and sculptures to trophies. More importantly, he also builds radical 70s-style choppers. The last time we checked in with Fo, he wowed us with a wildly chopped Yamaha SR400. This time he's back with an equally bodacious chopper on a very different foundation—a 2022-model Harley-Dav...| Bike EXIF
Just over a decade ago, Bruno Forcella had the nutty idea to build a chopper with an electric drivetrain. The minimalistic hardtail evoked myriad reactions, ranging from intrigued to downright vexed. But Bruno was undeterred—so he's just built another electric chopper, with even more features than the last. Based in Switzerland, Bruno is an electrical engineer who builds bikes under the moniker Sine Cycles. Like most artisans, Bruno had a head full of ideas after building his first battery-...| Bike EXIF
Once I've completed the arduous task of poring over our statistics to compile our list of the year's most popular custom motorcycles, I have the even more onerous task of selecting my personal favorites. Given the caliber of the custom builders that grace these pages, it's a tall order. Each year's routine is the same, starting with a 'short' list of 30-plus bikes. Once that's trimmed down to a more palatable size, I eliminate any bikes that have already placed in our ranked Top 10, in the in...| Bike EXIF
Big bikes bookend this edition of Speed Read. We start with a 1,700 cc single-cylinder chopper and finish with a BMW R18 from CW Zon. Sitting in the middle are a classy Honda CB200 café racer from Indonesia and a K-Speed kit for the Honda Dax. 1,700 cc single-cylinder chopper by Al Hackel What do the Beechcraft Staggerwing and Ford Trimotor aircraft, M18 Hellcat and M4 Sherman tanks, and HUP Retriever helicopter all have in common? They’re all powered by the same 975-cubic-inch Wright R-97...| Bike EXIF
A lone Yamaha XS650 chopper stands against a sea of Harley-Davidsons this week. Following it are a Harley XR1000 flat tracker, a Sportster bobber from Gas&Retro, and a spicy Harley Electra Glide Big Twin chopper from the USA. Yamaha XS650 by Mike Dodd Two years ago, Mike Dodd of Auckland, New Zealand found himself in possession of a 1982 Yamaha XS650. But there was a small hiccup—it was a complete basket case. Seeing as the bike was already in a thousand pieces, Mike thought the skinny and ...| Bike EXIF
Earlier this month, the Pacifico Yokohama convention hall hosted the 32nd running of the mega-popular Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show. A whopping 24,000 visitors sashayed their way through the scores of custom bikes and cars during the one-day show, displaying a sort of organized hubbub typical of Japanese events. Among them were our friends Marc Holstein and Christine Gabler; a formidable German photography duo with a deep love for Japan and her culture. With an invite to the much quieter setup...| Bike EXIF
Cries of heartbreak echoed across the internet when Harley-Davidson discontinued the revered Dyna. But it's easy to forget that the Dyna's inception caused an outcry of its own. That's because it replaced what many consider one of The Motor Co.'s most iconic motorcycles—the Harley-Davidson FXR. Introduced in 1982 as an answer to the sportier bikes coming out of Japan, the FXR quickly became known as a Harley that could carve corners. It was so popular, that Harley brought it back as a limit...| Bike EXIF
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This week's list starts with the first custom Honda Gyro X we've ever featured, courtesy of Deus ex Machina's Japanese outpost. We then feature a Harley Evo chopper by CW Zon, a Moto Guzzi Le Mans by 46Works, and a Honda CB360 from the only builder not based in Japan—Slipstream Creations. Honda Gyro X by Deus Japan Honda has manufactured some quirky and adorable bikes over the years. This offbeat custom from Deus ex Machina in Japan uses one of them as a base; the Honda Gyro X. In productio...| Bike EXIF
Given how long the chopper scene has been around, builders are spoilt for choice when sourcing parts for their projects. But finding the right engine, frame, and running gear for a custom chopper is only half the struggle. You need to know exactly which parts to pick—and you need to know how to combine them to create a cohesive machine. Martin Becker at MB Cycles excels at this. The German custom bike builder is a matchmaker of sorts, combining bits from wildly different sources to create j...| Bike EXIF