Throwback Thursday—Glamster: Lucky Cat's Sportster Drips with Japanese Style

Remember the Sultans of Sprint drag race series in Europe? The man behind this brilliant idea was Séb Lorentz, who runs the Lucky Cat Garage with his partner, the artist and restoration specialist Laurence Chatokhine.The drag racing is on hold for the moment, for obvious reasons, but Séb has a solid...

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Titan of Alès: Mecabuell's Buell XB12R Custom

There is a specific kind of madness required to dedicate one’s life to a defunct American motorcycle brand in the heart of French racing country. But for Hugo, the manager of Mecabuell Garage, it isn't madness; it’s a mission. Located within the perimeter of the Alès motor racing circuit in southern...

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Desert Magic: Mike Rabideau's Sportster Chopper

If you’re looking for a spectacle in Las Vegas, you’ll usually find it under the neon glow of the Strip. But true magic happens in the shadows of the Mojave. Mike Rabideau, known to the custom world as ‘Majik Mike,’ has been conjuring two-wheeled illusions out of his workshop, Majik Mike’s Designs, ...

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Reinventing the Roundel: 7 of our Favorite BMW Cafe Racers

If there is one engine configuration that is the darling of the custom scene, it is the BMW air-cooled flat-twin. For over a century, the "Boxer" has been the backbone of Bavarian motorcycling, prized for its low center of gravity, ease of maintenance, and those iconic cylinders jutting out into the...

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French Connection: FCR Original’s ‘Bespoke #1’ Triumph Scrambler

In the custom motorcycle world, origin stories usually follow a predictable arc: a dimly lit garage, a surplus of caffeine, and a donor bike that probably should have stayed in the scrap heap. For FCR Original, that story began in a countryside barn in western France, with a dirt floor and walls tha...

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Flashback Friday: Top 10 Motorcycles of April '24

Welcome to this week’s Flashback Friday, where we take a look into the rearview mirror to revisit the machines that you, the reader, loved two years ago. April 2024 brought a diversity that stretched from the neon-soaked streets of Taipei to the rolling hills of France. We saw everything from Dax Ca...

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Throwback Thursday—Return to Form: Workhorse Revives a Speed Triple 1050

Before Brice Hennebert started building race-inspired machines as Workhorse Speed Shop, he ran another workshop with a friend, called Kruz Company. The two Belgian builders split amicably a while ago, but there was one notable casualty in the divorce: this Triumph Speed Triple.Brice and his former p...

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