BIKEEXIF

Bike EXIF is a digital magazine that features some of the most impressive custom motorcycles on a regular basis, several times a week. You can find a variety of styles like cafe racers, scramblers, trackers, and bobbers, all crafted by top builders in the industry. Established in 2008 by Chris Hunter, the platform has gained input from renowned motorcycle journalists such as David Edwards from the USA and Gary Inman from the UK, as well as prominent builders like Richard Pollock of Mule Motorcycles and John Ryland from Classified Moto. We provide a free subscription option, allowing you to receive our latest articles directly in your email inbox. Join the community today!

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Don't Call It a Comeback: Asterisk's Award-Winning Harley Shovelhead

1 week ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

In Egyptian mythology, Bennu is an ancient deity associated with creation and rebirth. Depicted as a bird, it is believed that he may have been the original inspiration for the legend of the phoenix—which is exactly why the owner of this enchanting 1978 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead named it after him. Even though the donor bike was almost a half-century old, this story of rebirth has less to do with the bike’s restoration, and more to do with the man behind it.
This Yamaha SR150 Café Racer by Mike's Garage Oozes Hot Rod Style

1 week ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

There are a thousand ways to approach motorcycle customization. Some custom builders are slaves to geometry, creating machines that boast architectural levels of mathematical harmony. Then there are artisans like Mike Chen. Mike runs the eponymous Mike’s Garage in Taipei, Taiwan. His builds often appear to be cobbled together from mismatched parts, but the reality is that every part, detail, and finish is carefully considered.
Supermono Supreme: XTR Pepo Customizes the Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450

2 weeks ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

Pepo Rosell, better known as XTR Pepo, is a force of nature. He originally burst onto the scene with his specialist custom workshop, Radical Ducati, before taking a break and relaunching as a solo act. Often inspired by classic endurance racers, Pepo’s bikes convey a sense of speed—with a hint of eccentricity. Pepo’s portfolio is dripping with exotic twin-cylinder Italian machines, but he’s just as adept at applying his talents to smaller bikes.
Something Blue: A Yamaha SR150 Street Tracker by 2LOUD Custom

2 weeks ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

In Taiwan, small bikes rule the roost. The country is bursting with sub-200 cc commuter motorcycles, many of which are produced locally. They’re easy to handle in tight traffic, robust, and easy to maintain—and since they’re not subject to the same taxes as bigger bikes, they’re more affordable too. The utilitarian nature of these plucky single-cylinder machines means that, although they’re visually bland, they’re also very simple. And that makes them ripe for customization.
Testastretta Tempest: Rough Crafts' Savage Custom Ducati Monster

2 weeks ago | bikeexif.com | Wesley Reyneke

The ‘new’ Ducati Monster is almost five years old, but we still haven’t made peace with its hawkish design, nor the loss of the Monster’s iconic trellis frame. Luckily, our good friend Winston Yeh doesn’t share our reservations. When a client requested an aggressive, performance-oriented custom, the Ducati Monster rose to the top of the list.
Small Bike, Big Smile: A 125 cc Honda Cub chopper from China

3 weeks 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 weeks 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

3 weeks 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 month 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.
The Kinetic Harley-Davidson Breakout that Wowed at Speed and Crafts

1 month 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.