New, but not improved, because sometimes the old things are still the best.
MotoKouture is a Belgium motorcycle customizer, that makes some beautiful machines. Their latest build is their third Triumph, which they call the MK20 MTKN Motorcycle ($TBA). It was made to take on the trails as well as urban environments that require a nimble ride. They describe the bike as having “Pipes that are loud, tires […]
Artic Cat Bikes, USA, 1972
Motorcycle styling has always been conservative rather than revolutionary. Even the most famous machines from history fit into a very obvious lineage of aesthetic development. There’s nothing rebellious about early board trackers, BMWs, Brough Superiors, Vincents or Crockers. The engineering might have been exemplary, but the styling was evolutionary. If you look hard though, there are a handful of early outliers to match later oddballs like BMW’s K1, the Honda DN-01, and the Philippe Starck-designed Aprilia Moto 6.5. And the best of the vintage oddities has got to be the Majestic of the early 1930s. There are very few of
My kids love our family bike rides in their trailers and front toddler seats and are dying for the day they can take off down the trail on their own. Unfortunately, they don’t have the balance or coordination necessary to send them off without training wheels, which is why we love Prince Lionheart’s line of ... Read more
1975 Raleigh Chopper Mk2 1975: ABBA. Rocky Horror Show. Wombles. End of the Vietnam War. Bay City Rollers. Curly perms. Jaws. KC & the Sunshine Band. If that’s the way you like it, then r…
I loved you head over handles like my first bicycle accident— before the mouthful of gravel and blood, I swore we were flying. ~~Sierra DeMulder
Handcrafted 1940 Stainless Steel Knucklehead: 3500+ hours of work!Builder and fabricator Christian Newman (@ctnewman) got into motorcycles the way many of us do: a combination of dirt bikes and inspiration from his father. He started tinkering as a kid and it just grew into an obsession wi
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1953 Harley-Davidson Panhead Photos: Tommy Koppingers Like any other creative work, a custom bike is a snapshot of its creator’s mind and skill set—a rolling photograph of what that person was thinking and how capable they were of realizing those thoughts on two wheels in the real world. Line up all the custom motorcycles they’ve […]
Sometimes fate has your back and offers you an opportunity you didn’t plan for. Sometimes that opportunity looks like a rusty old box of parts and a whole lot of work. The Triumph project you see here was born from a situation like this. Pittsburgh’s Jeff Wichman stumbled onto the beginnings of this 1952 Pre-Unit when his friend decided to sell all of his belongings and travel the world indefinitely.
Having eight-thousand pounds of steel crush your legs is something that would almost certainly stop the average biker from ever ripping down the highway on a chopper again. As gruesome as you can imagine, this happened to local rider Shawn Holbrook a couple of years ago. The news of the incident scared the hell out of his friends and sent waves of concern through the local motorcycle community. Don’t worry, there’s good news.
Motorcycle styling has always been conservative rather than revolutionary. Even the most famous machines from history fit into a very obvious lineage of aesthetic development. There’s nothing rebellious about early board trackers, BMWs, Brough Superiors, Vincents or Crockers. The engineering might have been exemplary, but the styling was evolutionary. If you look hard though, there are a handful of early outliers to match later oddballs like BMW’s K1, the Honda DN-01, and the Philippe Starck-designed Aprilia Moto 6.5. And the best of the vintage oddities has got to be the Majestic of the early 1930s. There are very few of
2001 Panzer Chopper crossing the auction block at Las Vegas Motorcycles June 2018 as S28.
My kids love our family bike rides in their trailers and front toddler seats and are dying for the day they can take off down the trail on their own. Unfortunately, they don’t have the balance or coordination necessary to send them off without training wheels, which is why we love Prince Lionheart’s line of ... Read more
Style is the name of the game with this rigid chopper built by Chaos Cycle. Its Sugar Bear springer front end and Shovelhead motor would be perfectly at home in 1970s chopper culture but the motorcycle lives to prowl the mean streets of New York City.
1975 Raleigh Chopper Mk2 1975: ABBA. Rocky Horror Show. Wombles. End of the Vietnam War. Bay City Rollers. Curly perms. Jaws. KC & the Sunshine Band. If that’s the way you like it, then r…
