Ultraleicht: A custom BMW R65 trimmed with wood and aluminum
If you’re going to name your custom-bike-building side hustle ‘Atomic Contraptions,’ the machines that you create better be imaginative enough to warrant…
Read more »Search Results
Showing 1-13 of 93 results for r65
Cool Whip: HB-Custom’s crisp Suzuki DR650 scrambler
If we had to use one word to describe the bikes that roll out of Holger Breuer’s workshop, it would be ‘crisp.’…
Read more »
Think Different: A hopped-up BMW R65 café racer from Slovenia
Last year, Žiga Petek did something truly refreshing—he built a custom BMW boxer that bucked all custom BMW boxer trends. With sharp…
Read more »
Honda’s Bulletproof XR650L Turns 30
The year is 1993, and your brand new Honda XR650 is just about the most capable thing on two wheels. Twist the…
Read more »
Hit Machine: A Honda XR650R from Mule Motorcycles
Repeat custom is the lifeblood of most businesses, including bike builders. Ten years ago, Matt Helders bought a very sharp Triumph T100…
Read more »
Going Strong: JuanVerde’s Honda XR650L street tracker
Some motorcycles are a flash in the proverbial pan, abandoned after a couple of years on the market. Others linger in showrooms…
Read more »
Thumper Twins: The Crooked x Heimplanet Suzuki DR650s
From where I’m writing, in rural New Zealand, the Suzuki DR650 is a common sight. The bulletproof thumper has been one of…
Read more »
Desert Fox: A Honda XR650 scrambler from Hungary
Way back in the day, scramblers were really just road bikes that were adapted slightly for desert use. And the same is…
Read more »
Nicky Hayden tribute: Analog’s custom Honda XR650L
Nicky Hayden left a massive hole in the motorcycling world—and in all of our hearts—when he passed away unexpectedly in May last…
Read more »
Head Turner: A BMW R65 inspired by the Alpina 2002Ti
There are some parts you just don’t see on custom bikes nowadays. Like mirrors, center stands, fork reflectors, and—heck—even fenders. They all…
Read more »
A Pukka Scrambler: Federal Moto’s Honda XR650L
Is ‘scrambler‘ the most overused description in the custom scene vernacular? Probably. It’s been allocated to everything from street bikes with upright…
Read more »
The big ‘F— You’: Classified Moto’s Honda XR650L
When John Ryland of Classified Moto sent through images of this heavily customized Honda XR650L, our jaws hit the floor. So we…
Read more »
Street Smarts: an urban Suzuki DR650 by Diamond Atelier
Since the scrambler is the style du jour, street bikes are being reconfigured as dirt-bikes on a daily basis. So it’s a…
Read more »