Category - Scrambler

THRILL MACHINE: Honda XR630R ‘Smiles for Miles’

Hey Siri, show me a motorbike that would be insanely fun for ripping around on in the urban jungle and backcountry lanes. Here's what I found..., enter, 'Smiles for Miles'! It is easy to forget that while a motorcycle is a form of transportation what we...

A GENTLEMAN AND A SCRAMBLER: Ducati Scrambler 800 by Bunker Custom Cycles.

Imagine a rugged James Bond character taking a beautiful lady friend off-road through the pine forest trail to his hidden chalet in the mountains. But on the way there, they stop at a picturesque view. He pulls out the vintage Champagne and unrolls the...

SECOND TIME AROUND: 1984 BMW R65 ‘Scrambler’ by Ellaspede.

There are obviously advantages to buying an already-built custom motorcycle. But sometimes it doesn’t go to plan – especially when older bikes are concerned. Douglas had been toying with the idea of building a custom bike but, being time poor, decided to...

TRICKED OUT TRACKER: 1990 Honda NX650 ‘Primera’ Dominator by Side Rock Cycles.

When you're building custom bikes for a living, the most cost-effective strategy is to stick to a specialised marque. Experience – having done something many, many times before – is valuable. But, as someone smarter than me once said, variety is the spice...

SLAYER SCRAMBLER: 2016 Ducati Scrambler by Doublestar.

Severe drought, raging bushfires and then a global pandemic hit Australians like a sledgehammer in the space of just six months. You could be forgiven for thinking the final deathly apocalypse was coming to the dusty island continent, and to survive you have...

TOURER OF DUTY: BMW K1100LT by Recast Moto.

Sports fans will do anything for a fix, and during the troubled times of Covid-19 it has been all eyes on the Eastern European country of Belarus. With all major sporting competitions shut down and the Olympics delayed for a year, the Belarusian Premier...

THROWBACK TRACKER: Harley-Davidson Sportster by Redmax Speed Shop.

Whether you're looking at a big dollar bike parked up at a show and shine or flicking through the internet scoping out some crazy customs, at some point any true biker is going to ask themselves; I wonder how it rides? This takes on even more importance when...

SILVER WING TAKES FLIGHT: Honda GL500 by Kaspeed Custom Motorcycles.

Success in any endeavor can breed complacency and from here even the mighty can fall at a rapid rate. But such is the commitment to excellence at Germany's Kaspeed Custom Motorcycles they're always investing in new ideas and doing the R&D to make sure their...

TOUGH VINTAGE: 1976 Honda CB750 ‘M6’ by MONNOM Customs.

This story begins like many others: someone starts tearing a bike apart but soon enough realises that they don't have the time to finish the project or are in way over their head. So the bike sits in a barn or garage for years, waiting for someone, anyone, to...

URBAN ASSAULT: Yamaha TW200 Tracker by Purpose Built Moto.

Over the decades, the humble little Yamaha TW200 has usually been used as a farm or ‘ag’ bike. But more recently, companies like Deus Ex Machina have been turning these reliable thumpers into beach trackers with fat tyres and surfboard racks. So when a...