Wesley Reyneke

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Small Bike, Big Smile: A 125 cc Honda Cub chopper from China

2 days ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

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.
Dusty Smiles for Miles: A Kawasaki KZ750 Scrambler from Poland

3 days ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

Dive into Kawasaki’s lore and you’ll discover machines like the Kawasaki KZ750—a twin-cylinder beast that never quite reached the icon status of the manufacturer’s four-cylinder Zeds. Go even deeper, and you’ll find the mythical KZ750 LTD. It was common practice in the late 70s and early 80s for Japanese brands to release special versions of their bikes with cruiser underpinnings. And that’s exactly what the Kawasaki KZ750 LTD was.
New Life: Wedge Turns the Ducati Scrambler 1100 into a Café Racer

1 week ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

The Ducati Scrambler 1100 is not long for this world. Rather than update its aging engine (originally borrowed from the Monster 1100) to meet ever-stricter European emissions regulations, Ducati is dropping it from its portfolio altogether. The odds were stacked against the Ducati Scrambler 1100 from the get-go. It offers less power than most of its competitors for the same, or more, money.
Drawing Parallels: A Minimalistic BMW R80 Café Racer from Slovakia

1 week ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

There’s no denying the popularity of the classic BMW boxer—but it does have its idiosyncrasies. Perhaps the most infamous of these is the way its fuel tank leans one way, while its substantial engine block leans another. This visual disharmony didn’t sit well with Earth Motorcycles. Faced with a 1987 BMW R80RT and a client who wanted a slick café racer, the Slovakian custom shop resolved to massage the old boxer’s individual parts into alignment.
Drawing Parallels: A Minimalistic BMW R80 Café Racer from Slovakia

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Wesley Reyneke

Whoa, whoa, whoa. How in the name of Bavaria, has BMW been able to make a boring compact (ish) SUV this fun? It takes alot to surprise a Dad. We can …
The Kinetic Harley-Davidson Breakout that Wowed at Speed and Crafts

1 week ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

With a 34-degree rake and a 240 mm rear tire, the Harley-Davidson Breakout is the antithesis of the bikes that typically rev our motor. But once in a while, a workshop builds a custom Breakout that’s impossible to ignore. This vivid Breakout blipped on our radar, when it took silver in the Modified Harley-Davidson class at Winston Yeh’s Speed and Crafts show. Slathered in kinetic bodywork and modern accouterments, it’s the work of the Taiwanese Harley-Davidson parts specialist Fangster.
The Kinetic Harley-Davidson Breakout that Wowed at Speed and Crafts

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Wesley Reyneke

Danica Patrick calls relationship with Aaron Rodgers the 'most pain she's experienced'Aaron Rodgers is no stranger to ugly breakups. It was a well-publicized divorce between the quarterback and the Green Bay Packers in the spring of 2023. History repeated itself earlier this year when the New York Jets decided to go their separate ways. While those issues typically remain limited to …
The Kingsman: A 3.9-meter Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 by Kingston Custom

2 weeks ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

“Something really big is coming” and “It’s 3.9 meters long” were the only clues that Dirk Oehlerking of Kingston Custom gave us about his latest project. We knew that he had a Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 on the bench after winning last year’s Malle Mile Custom Build Challenge, and we’re well familiar with his work. So that was all the data we needed to fuel our speculation. Kingston Custom’s Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 has just broken cover, and it’s even wilder than we imagined.
90s Kid: HAXCH Turns the Yamaha XSR900 Into a Retro Sportbike

2 weeks ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

The 90s sportbike revival is in full swing, and custom builders like Marc Bell are setting the pace. A full-time metal fabricator with an unwavering love for retro sportbikes, Marc has built some of the best late-80s and early-90s restomods we’ve seen under the HAXCH Moto banner. If it’s got perfectly proportioned bodywork, a lust-worthy livery, and buckets of retro charm, chances are it’s a HAXCH creation. Marc typically uses period-correct donors, but his latest project breaks the mold.
90s Kid: HAXCH Turns the Yamaha XSR900 Into a Retro Sportbike

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Wesley Reyneke

Russia confirmed it still seeks to annex four regions of Ukraine, plus Crimea, and force Ukraine to be a buffer state. Russia questioned Ukrainian sovereignty and undermined the authority of its president as the two countries engaged in their first direct talks since Russia invaded Ukraine in …