Andrew Jones

BALLS & CHAIN. 485 Design’s Tough Yamaha XV920 Cafe

We wear our hearts on our sleeves when it comes to Yamaha’s good ol’ Virago Vee. We bloody well love ‘em. But boy, we've seen a heap of them. So needless to say that it takes something a little special for us to notice them. Enter Denver’s 485 Designs...

RIDE THE DRAGON. Panache Custom’s ‘Falkor’ Yamaha XS360 Scrambler

“It took about two years from the moment I started unscrewing parts until the finished product was ready.” This is How Panache's Charles Murillon kicked things off when explaining exactly how he sunk two years of his life into this rather beautiful little...

MOTO PHOTOS. 2019 Machine Show, Braidwood, Australia

The same thing happened every year. I'd promise myself that I'd go to Australia's Machine Show and then at the very last minute the reality of travelling three hours south of Sydney would kick me in the family jewels. With a six-hour round trip, it'd either...

QUICK SILVER. Stephen Brisken’s Ducati 900 SS Cafe

How many 21-year-olds do you know with an amazing bike collection? The answer is probably zero. That's because getting older seems to be a distinct benefit in the bike scene. In retirement many of us find ourselves in a position where those dream bikes we've...

Animal Farm. Purpose Built Moto’s Yamaha XT250 MX Scrambler

When you mention a Yamaha XT to any bike enthusiast a few things come to mind. Yamaha’s XT series set the bar in off-road racing for a long time, and since then they’ve been synonymous with durability, performance and reliability. So of course, I have one...

PIPEBURN INTERVIEW: Calum From DeBolex Finds Oil In The Blood

What's better than a movie about motorcycles? If you answered, ‘A movie about custom motorcycles,” then you win. Luckily for all of us, Englishman Gareth Roberts is way ahead of the curve. He's been banging away on a rather epic project for the past three...

NEW MODEL ARMY. Gannet & Fuhrer’s Honda ‘CB1000R-adical’ Neo Racer

Blame Akira. Blame Blade Runner. Blame Daft Punk. We have a rather unhealthy obsession with the limitless future of motorcycle design. Bring on the electric engines and the artificial intelligence. Swiss supergroup Gannet Design and Fuhrer Moto have teamed up...

MOTO PHOTOS: 2019 MBE Show, Verona, Italy

When you think about it, Italy having one of the world's biggest and best bike shows makes total sense. Motorcycles seem to be at the very heart of the Italian psyche. Motorcycles are Italy and Italy is motorcycles. And one visit to a show like Motor Bike...

KESSEL COFFEE RUN. Ironwood’s ‘Latte Stormtrooper’ BMW R80 Bobber

Since 2012, Dutch shop Ironwood Motorcycles have pretty much dominated the classic BMW custom market in Western Europe. So much so, that their style has pretty much become shorthand for an entire genre of custom Beemers. It's their ability to break the mould...

PIPEBURN EXCLUSIVE: A Behind The Scenes Look At Royal Enfield’s New 650 Twins

It's September 26th, 2017. Through a series of events I still don’t quite understand, I’m sitting in the boardroom of the new Royal Enfield Technical Centre at Bruntingthorpe in the UK. Next to me is Siddharth Lal who’s the son of Vikram Lal, one of...