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Indian unveils updated Chieftain. NEW styling. THREE rider modes. MORE customisation.
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Indian Motorcycle has just announced its redesigned Chieftain line-up – and for 2019, the Chieftain, Chieftain Dark Horse and Chieftain Limited are set to receive a range of updates to help make the bikes better than ever before. First off, the Chieftain range will receive restyled fairing and saddlebags, with sharper lines and harder edges. It’s…
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Mick Doohan’s CUSTOM Glemseck Honda CB1000R.
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Australian racing legend and five-time 500cc GP World Champion Mick Doohan has been busy this weekend. He’s been at Glemseck in Germany – riding an AWESOME one-off custom from Honda Racing UK, called the Glemseck CB1000R. Each year, swarms of two-wheeling enthusiasts descend on the historic Solitude circuit of Leonberg in Germany. They’re there to…
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VODKA-powered Yamaha XS850 sets new SPEED RECORD at Bonneville
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Montana-based Montgomery Distillery has set a new record average speed of 113mph at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials – on a custom 1980 Yamaha XS850 which has been converted to run on recycled-vodka. The XS850 custom was hand-built by the distillery’s owner Ryan Montgomery – who reportedly began planning for the event last winter after…
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NASA engineer WINS Indian ‘Wrench: Scout Bobber Build Off’
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Alfredo Juarez, a NASA engineer from Las Cruces, New Mexico has won the Indian Motorcycle ‘Wrench: Scout Bobber Build Off’, with his custom Indian Scout Bobber. Juarez’s bare-bones chopper, featuring a completely custom hardtail frame, drew inspiration from a number of different mechanical works of art, both in and out of the motorcycle industry. Juarez sites…
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RADICAL Kawasaki Zephyr 400 CUSTOM project. The Urabe.
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Japanese customisation specialists Bagus has made a name for itself, producing an eclectic range of radical and bizarre two wheeled creations. And the latest to be unveiled to the public is an awesome RACE-READY Kawasaki Zephyr 400. Ok, so it’s possible that Kawasaki’s Zephyr 400 isn’t the most obvious choice if you were looking for…
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Indian unveils three finalists from its ‘The Wrench: Scout Bobber Build Off’
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Indian Motorcycle has unveiled its final three custom builds from The Wrench: Scout Bobber Build Off. And here they are. Indian’s national custom motorcycle competition was designed to spotlight non-professional builders who wrench for passion and not pay. The three finalists were chosen earlier this year, and awarded with a 2018 Indian Scout Bobber and…
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BMW R nineT ‘Giggerl’ Custom Project. It’s MAD.
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Austrian bike-builder Bernhard Naumann has built chopped and changed BMW’s R nineT – and come up with this mental custom project called the Giggerl. Naumann built the Giggerl on behalf of BMW Motorrad for the 2018 Soul Food event at Neukirchen, Austria. And he’s called it the Giggerl because it reminds him of a…
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WT (actual) F! Jet Ski MotoGymkhana
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We’ve just been sent this hilarious video of a two wheeled jet ski doing some tight turns, MotoGymkhana style. Made us smile. Perfect for a Monday morning. Underneath the ‘fairing’ It’s actually a little Honda Grom – it’s creator has aptly named his crazy construction, the Gromski. https://www.facebook.com/motoXupdates/videos/2247885368683710/
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VIDEO: Weird and wonderful Honda CBR1000F ‘MotoHome’
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26-year-old Californian student Jeremy Carman has created one of the strangest two-wheeled projects we’ve ever seen; The MotoHome. The base bike is a ’93 Honda CBR1000F, but Carman’s made a few changes to make the bike more capable on challenging terrain (and to take the weight of the cabin at the rear). In essence, he’s…
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Yamaha’s Yard Built XSR700’s inspired by ‘Back to the Future’. Which is your favourite?
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Yamaha unveiled six Yard Built SXR700’s at this year’s Wheels & Waves Festival – all inspired by ‘Back to the Future’. This year, it was down to bike builders and custom shops from Miss Bikes, Ton Up Garage, Le French Atelier, Russell Motorcycles, Yamaha Klein and Ironwood Motorcycles to make their marks on the XSR700…
