The fine folks over at Motorcycle.com recently shared a profile on FCR Originals, a French custom motorcycle shop that loves building beauties out of classic English twins. This is the “Green Legend”, a custom Bonneville built as a tribute to the enduro that Steve McQueen used in the famous scene in The Great Escape.
In Canada – Colorado Norton Works #82
4-14-20 Update: A year and a half later, this beautiful custom Commando is still up for sale – but the price is almost 50% off. It looks like nothing else has changed but the price, which is down from 40k to 25k Canadian dollars (currently about $18,012 USD). Find it still on sale here at Robin’s Classic Motorcycles in Parksville, …
“Thrasher 2” – 1983 Moto Guzzi LeMans III Custom
Jim Knaup of Encore Performance and Fabrication (EPF) built a custom Guzzi based on a 1977 T3 – it featured hand formed bodywork from Evan Wilcox and was part personal project/part rolling parts catalog for their shop. An anesthesiologist in Phoenix liked what he saw and came to EPF with a beat up ’83 850 Le Mans III with “a …
Retro Custom in Belgium – 2002 Ducati 900SS
We’re seeing a lot of OEMs build modern bikes designed to look like old ones – here’s a custom effort that tries the same thing, taking a 900SS ie and trying to make it look like the black/gold Darmah stunner from 1978. This generation of Ducati’s air-cooled SuperSports wasn’t particularly loved by the public from a styling standpoint. Does this …
Custom Scooter – Bomb Bike
Someone in New Zealand has built a one-off that he calls the Bomb Bike. Hopefully it’s obvious why…
1910s Wood Motorcycle
When Tim Graber of Classic Motorcycle Consignments sent this over to me, he said “I got something you have never seen, betchya!” He was right!
Rare Project – 1963 VW-Powered Custom
Post Sale Update: This custom sold for $5,000 on eBay in Inverness, Florida. “It seems that if you want something new and different these days, the easiest way to get it is to build it yourself.” Sounds like something you’d hear at your local bike night today, right? But in this case, it’s the opening line from an article in …
1976 Triumph Bonneville 750 Street Tracker
Post Listing Update: This custom Bonnie did not meet reserve despite 31 bids up to $11,100 in Altadena, California. Whether or not you’re interested in Barry Weiss from Storage Wars, this is an interesting take on a Bonnie Street Tracker.
$1 Million Asking Price – The Recidivist
Surely the asking price is for attention’s sake (and it’s worked in this case), but the real headline here is that this is claimed to be the “world’s first tattooed motorcycle”. That’s right: “light colored cow hide leather – similar to the color of human skin – is engineered onto the bike. Artists from professional tattoo studios applied traditional works …
1 of 30 – 2007 Harley-Davidson Elvis Presley 30th Anniversary
Post Listing Update: This tribute to Elvis did not meet reserve despite 17 bids up to $25,100 on eBay in Middlebury, Connecticut. In honor of the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, the CEO of 11 Harley-Davidson dealership (including Graceland Harley-Davidson) created a Signature Collection of 30 Softail Deluxes that were styled to look like Elvis’ black 1957 FLH.
2012 OCC Bio Diesel
Built by Orange County Choppers and featured on season 3, episode 6 of the show American Chopper, this is one of two bikes created for National Biodiesel Day back in 2012.
1966 Triumph Tiger T100 Chopper
Post Listing Update: This custom Triumph did not meet reserve despite 29 bids up to $9,500 on eBay in Palmdale, California. 1-14-2020 Update: “Sangria” is back up for sale. Bidding is up to $7,100 and the reserve not yet met with over a week left to go. Find it for sale here on eBay. Post Listing Update: This custom Triumph …
GPz750 Turbo Engine – 1978 Kawasaki KZ650
Post Listing Update: This custom KZ was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. The seller of this calls it “not your Grandpa’s old KZ650” – because it now has the heart from a GPz750 Turbo!
Harley-Davidson VL Panhead Custom
Post Sale Update: this custom Harley sold for $30,000 after 28 bids on eBay in Henderson, Nevada. Called the “Ultimate Chopper” by an an editor at Easyriders, this custom VL-framed Harley has a history that includes many magazine covers and awards
The Fugitive by Radical Guzzi
Post Listing Update: The Fugitive did not meet reserve despite 40 bids up to $14,500 on eBay in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Earlier this week I featured a highly modified classic Guzzi that got more “nays” than “yays”. So let’s see what you guys think about a highly modified modern Guzzi…