custom motorbike thread….

Sod the ‘copters and planes, what custom motorbike makes you squeal?

I yearn for either of these from Deus ex Machina, but especially the street tracker

This is one of my fav’s, but mostly as it’s got a V5 Moto GP engine 8)

The Mac Motorcycles Pea Shooter….

If only they ever got everything together to build them 🙁 The Buell engine that it was designed around became no longer available and the plan seems to have stalled.

Pah.

Either of those first 2 would do me 🙂

Custom streetlegal XR replicas, Buell engined. USD26k a throw. I love flat trackers.

the one in the 1st pic please……………..with a number 8 rather than a 9…….awesome 8)

Ive always fancied a Triton and like this one a lot – the Chanel logos are because it was (rather surprisingly) designed by Karl Lagerfeld……. !

on the more practical side…

birky – Member

Following on from yours 8)

Ace thread thanks

Best thread in ages. First and last bikes are ace.

*edit* meant amplebrews pic above

I witnessed a custom bike in Rodney Aguiar’s California workshop with an RX7 rotary engine and straight pipes. Called Revelation, it sounded like a **** hoard of marauding devils. Not neighbour friendly if you had an early commute.

and behold, by the power of google…..

another one of his…..

http://hammarhead.com/

http://www.falconmotorcycles.com/

http://deus.com.au/

well this one is mine and I love it, although Its just having engine rebuild cos I blew the crank !

nothing too showy.. nice simple oldschool Yam chop..

For nostalgic reasons really.. my brothers godfather had one very similar in ’84 when I was young and impressionable..

Those are some sweet bikes.

I love this thing…

“You know what’d be a good idea?”
“What?”
“A goldwing cafe racer”

I love the style and details of Shinya Kimura’s bikes. Probably my favourite, Excelsior.

Its even got a jones fat front fork 🙂

That one at the top of the thread is a cracker too.

Shinya Kimura

couple of my faves

Munch mammut 2000 (260 bhp (191 kW) @ 5,650 rpm)

dunno why but i like this…

but you just can’t beat building your own 😈

“but you just can’t beat building your own”

I’m familiar with streetfighters that lack a pillion seat but I never quite understood why some dispense with anywhere for the rider to go

Loving that street tracker iDave.
I’ve seen some rumours on pricing 😯

this beasty

thats nice, once the badge is removed.

I’ve always fancied making a chopper/bobber hardtail with a KH500 engine. Or a flat tracker thingy.

have a look at this on my blog http://yodagoat.blogspot.com/2010/09/1919-douglas.html
Not a custom but cool all the same.

Yum… 80’s jap hooligan metal.

Could people stop calling them ‘buell engines’? The engines are the one bit that buell didnt build. Cozz – been there, done that, far too many times. I’ll have a root in the garage later, I may still have some carbon bits (air filter cover, belly pan) that would fit your bike. If I have, you can have em for nowt.

where my pic go?
Try again

yeah, you are right its a Harley engine, but made to go faster – thasts why they blow up from time to time !!

pretty much the same as in harley sportster 1200 that puts out 65 bhp, buell S1 standard is about 91 bhp and mine is 107 bhp, so its working pretty hard !

Let me know what you’ve got kicking around once you have a rummage mate, thanks

That street tracker in the first pic on the thread is stunning. Most of the rest do nothing for me although the Katana (which looks to be a standard bike) is lovely.

yeah, you are right its a Harley engine, but made to go faster

Probably more correct to say it’s “made to go less slow”…

I’d love a go on a Buell but everyone I know who’s had one has had massive reliability problems as have the long-termers in the magazines.

I’ve had a harley streetbob for about four years now, it’s more than fast enough for me (and so it should be with a 1600 engine), but other than the obligatory loud pipes, I’ve left it as standard. Harley engines (as any buell owner will testify) are best left in a soft state of tune. I loved my buell to bits when I owned it, but the reliability issues were endless. Fantastic when it worked though!

cozz – bad news I’m afraid. The wife’s had a ‘bit of a tidy round’ in the garage. Just hope the bin men appreciated how light the ‘rubbish’ was 🙄

see the bars on that spanking gorgeous street tracker at the top of the page…. they’re exactly the bars I need on my rigid 456..

I really, really, really like these

http://flatracer.com/#/photo-gallery/4526458183

Current faves-

One of Carpy’s CB750’s:

Wrenchmonkees CB750:

Roger Goldammer’s ‘Nortorious’:

Great thread 😀