Post-Sale Update: This custom electric sold for $1,975 after 15 bids on eBay. Introduced in 2011, Zero’s XU model utilized a dirt bike frame but it was designed for street riding. One year later the bike gained belt drive, a new AC motor, and 50% more battery capacity. Two years later the bike was discontinued, making room for more new …
Quail Gathering Winner – 1999 Ducati Monster 750 Custom
Starting with a Ducati Monster, Jimmy Kilroy built a custom that kept the frame intact but surrounded it in fascinating bodywork. The build was completed in 2012, and the next year it won the “La Piu Bella” (the most beautiful) award at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering.
The Mud Dauber – 1999 HD Sportster 1200 Custom
Post-Listing Update: Despite 46 bids on eBay, the Mud Dauber did not meet reserve with bidding up to $11,600. Built to “ride like a supermoto or dirt bike”, the Mud Dauber is a Sportster scrambler custom that took a year to build. For what it’s worth, dauber is defined as “a crude or inartistic painter.”
H Garage Build – 1982 Honda FT500 Custom
Post-Listing Update: This Ascot custom did not get any action at the BIN of $14,500. I recently featured a Ascot custom, and frankly I thought I wouldn’t see another one for at least several months. This one’s going to the Handbuilt Show – what do you think of it?
Dirt Tracker Custom – 1982 Honda Ascot FT500
Built by Sean Skinner of MotoRelic, this custom build is the coolest Honda Ascot I’ve seen in a long, long time.
AMEN Framed – 1973 Honda CB Chopper
Post Sale Update: After 24 bids on eBay, this Honda sold for $2,950. AMEN (American Motorcycle ENgineering) was based in North Hollywood, California, and they made a variety of custom parts in the 70s. One of their signature pieces was the Savior sprung frame, a “soft one that looks hard” – the idea was that you’d get the looks of …
“The Executive” – 2012 BMW K75 Custom
Post-Sale Update: This K75 Custom did not meet reserve with bidding up to $8,701. Larry and Carol Romestant of Romestant Engineering have been building flying brick customs for a few years now – Jay Leno featured some of his builds in a previous JLG segment, and one of them is now up for sale. Based on a BMW K75C, this …
1961 Harley-Davidson Panhead Chopper
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View PostCafe’d Interceptor — 1984 Honda VF500 Custom
Customs built on early Honda CB’s and CX’s are pretty common these days, and justifiably so. With their classic proportions and interesting engines, they fall easily to the artist’s eye. But can one work with a “modern” perimeter chassis and complex V-4 power plant? Apparently yes, as Illinois-based Craig Rodsmith of Rodsmith Customs shows us with this VF500 Interceptor cafe …
1 of 5 – Radical Guzzi Ristretto
My German is non-existent, so I’m depending a lot on Google Translate here. But let’s start with what I do know something about – Radical Guzzi, a shop that’s has made quite a name for themselves with custom MG builds. Looks like they’re building a line of 5 bikes called Ristretto – they’ve already sold 3 of 5 and now …
Blue Steel – 1974 Honda CB360T
Post-Sale Update: After 9 bids on eBay, this CB360T custom sold for $6,700. I’ve featured a couple of Powder Monkees bikes in the past – my favorite was their CB750 called Wabi Sabi. Here’s the smallest of their builds to date, a CB360T named Blue Steel (I assume that’s a reference to the movie Zoolander).
Patton Watch Commission – 1996 Moto Guzzi Sport 1100
View PostStill New in England – 2015 Bandit9 Bishop
I’ve featured a couple of Bandit9’s builds in the past – I even shared the Bishop when it was announced back in September of 2014. But the biggest problem for riders like me is the cost of shipping from Vietnam (though I believe they’ve since moved to China). But if you’re England, someone has taken care of the shipping problem …