Your complete guide to scrambler motorcycles, from retro desert sleds to 21st century specials. Here you’ll find traditional Triumph and Ducati scrambler builds plus the latest BMW, Yamaha and Kawasaki conversions—with a few Harleys thrown in too.
Discover the performance upgrades and styling tweaks that’ll make your own scrambler bike more fun to ride and own, whether on the road or dirt.
As Taiwan’s relatively young custom scene continues to flourish, we have the privilege of watching plucky startups become established players. Take Twentytwo Custom; this custom Suzuki TU250 Grasstracker is only their seventh build, but it perfectly showcases their skill at turning lightweight commuters into spicy little scramblers. Twentytwo is the custom arm of the Taiwanese…
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This week’s selection of custom bikes is all about the finishes. We have a Yamaha WR155 scrambler with a classic ‘speed block’ livery, a Honda CRF450 with art by a four-year-old, and a Hero Honda Hunk café racer with a livery inspired by single malt whiskey. Pier City Cycles brings it home, delivering a BMW…
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Thailand’s K-Speed is a house of many talents. But there’s one particular trick that they excel at, and that’s turning small-capacity motorcycles into custom machines with big attitudes. So we’re not the least bit surprised to see them apply their signature style to the freshly minted Triumph Scrambler 400 X and Speed 400. Created in…
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Husqvarna teased us two weeks ago with a camouflaged prototype of the long-awaited Svartpilen 801. The production version of the Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 has just broken cover—and it’s pretty much the same bike, sans stickers. Surprised? The 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 replaces the single-cylinder Svartpilen 701 as the big brother to the smaller 125 and…
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Mention motorcycle brands and the American Midwest in the same sentence, and a particular Motor Co. springs to mind first. But there’s…
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Deus ex Machina leads this week’s round-up, with a Fantic Caballero scrambler that tips its hat to the Fantic enduros of the…
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The short-lived Harley XR1200 was a special bike. If you’ve ever thrown a leg over one yourself, you know what we mean;…
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Nothing cures boredom quite like motorcycles—and that goes not just for riding them, but wrenching on them too. This is why the…
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Dirk Oehlerking’s name has become synonymous with cosmic art deco machines that wouldn’t look out of place in an art gallery. But…
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If you’ve ever looked at the Honda CL500 and thought it resembled a small cruiser that’s been crudely massaged into the shape…
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The Indian-made TVS Ronin is still a relatively fresh face on the scene, but it’s already found favor amongst customizers. This custom…
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Running a custom motorcycle workshop isn’t an easy racket, so we applaud anyone who can pull it off. Germany’s Crooked Motorcycles clearly…
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