Modifying motorcycles to make more speed by reducing weight is a tradition stretching back to before WWII. These "bob jobs" or "bobbers" strip anything not necessary, leaving a lighter and nimbler ...

If you’re a custom motorcycle builder and there’s one event where you fantasize about showcasing your build, it has to be Japan’s Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show. It’s the crème de la crème of custom ...

Based in the sprawling Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Batakastem Workshop has long been at the very top of the bike-modding game. Abraham Simatupang and his teammates have all the necessary know-how ...

There’s nothing quite like a chopper. That stretched-out, low rider look, courtesy of extended forks with custom steering head angles, hardtail frames, and ape hangers. It’s like poetry in motion. In ...

Motocycle customization is a tough trade to get into and actually do for a living, with many workshops seemingly vanishing off the scene without warning. Even the most promising names can go under ...

Radically designed, chrome-laden motorcycles - the type driving biker mania on TV - are showing up on Fargo-Moorhead streets. Chopper fever, fueled by the Discovery Channel's popular "American Chopper ...

Building a custom motorcycle isn’t cheap. Whether you take on a ground-up project, a cosmetic refresh, or a basket-case rebuild, the expenses add up fast. To craft the motorcycle of his dreams without ...

Back in the Noughties, when cafe racers were all the rage and the global custom scene went through a renaissance of sorts, it was easy to see choppers as a dinosaur-style of bike. Representing the ...