
COMMISSIONING A CUSTOM BIKE FROM SHINYA KIMURA: MV Agusta F4 750 ‘Manta’.
It may be an almost unbelievable statement, but it wasn’t until 2013 before I properly rode a four cylinder bike for the first time. Having thus far been married to Ducati and the v twin, this felt like an incredibly exciting infidelity. My first ride on an...

MV Agusta Superlove: A review of the Superveloce Oro.
The MV and I met on a busy street in Monaco at the beginning of June and ever since then it has been a story of butterflies in the tummy and puppy dog eyes. My phone is brimming with photos of her and I can’t stop posting them on instagram with cute...

HAZANITIS: Max Hazan and the Art of the Machine.
I clearly remember the day I got the custom bug, and I’m not talking about a hybrid strain of COVID but my passion for custom motorcycles. A friend and I had started what we called “Monster Monday,” where we’d get together and tinker with our Monsters...

BOUNDLESS IMAGINATION: The Zero Zero by Vtopia Design
Meeting Giorgio Cerrato for the first time in the Spring of 2017 was a memorable moment, he was delivering The Zero Zero, his first Ducati Hypermotard under the guise of Vtopia Design, a bike he had been tinkering with for 7 years. The man is tall and...

AGAINST THE GRAIN: The Harrison Award – George Woodman Laverda
Where we choose to call home says a lot about us, hence the warehouse that Sébastien Valliergues calls his own speaks volumes about the man and his passion for wood. Known by the Instagram handle @georgewoodman64, Seb even looks slightly like a fine tree...