Here’s a crazy custom of a rat bike built with a Redneck Engineering frame around a Buell XB9S engine. There’s a lot of bare metal and a custom seat, but the really interesting things are a fuel tank made out of two air compressor tanks and an oil tank made out of a fire extinguisher. What do you think?
1 of 5 – Target Design MV Agusta 750S
Target Design was formed back in 1979 after 3 ex-BMW stylists (including the legendary Hans Muth) decided to split off and try things on their own. They almost immediately made a name for themselves by winning a competition from German magazine Motorrad about what motorcycles would look like in the future. Their winning design (called the ED-1, ED stood for …
1979 Kawasaki “Z1100”
Curious to know what you guys and gals think about this custom Z1 restomod – it has less than 1,000 miles on an engine rebuild which includes a bump up to 1138cc, Ducati wheels/swingarm and that weird headlight found on Zeros and Brammos. Cool or poorly done? Find this Z1100 for sale in Riverview, Florida with bidding up to $5,101 …
1972 Triumph Bonneville Custom
Post Listing Update: This crazy Triumph did not get any action at the opening bid of $9,000. Built by the (apparently crazy) folks at 6th Street Cycles, this numbers-matching Bonnie has been turned into an interesting custom. Would you ride it? Would you OWN it?
1981 Kawasaki KZ440 LTD Bobber
Post Listing Update: This custom Kawi did not meet reserve despite 44 bids up to $7,100. For some reason the seller responded to this by relisting the bike with a BIN of $17,500 – as you’d expect, it did not sell. Based on a Kawasaki KZ440-A LTD, this bike was converted to a bobber that’s inspired by motocrosser Ryan Villopoto …
1978 Yamaha XT500 Custom
Post-Listing Update: This beautiful XT did not meet reserve with bidding up to $7,450. A brand new build by Rob Phillips of Husky Restorations, this is a lowered and stretched custom based on the XT500. It has plenty of new parts, highlights of which include the custom exhaust, Excel rims, shortened forks from a Yamaha YZ, and Hammer Head shocks. …
Eye Watering Price – 2011 FIST Enterprises Biometric Bike
Post-Listing Update: As you probably expected, this bike got no action at the BIN of $125k. Built in 2011 by Paul Jr. Designs, this custom cruiser was commissioned by FIST (Fingerprint Identification Systems Technology) for an episode of American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior as a showcase of their technology that replaces the ignition of a bike with a fingerprint scanner.
Jeff Wright Build – 1990 Harley FXR Custom
Post-Listing Update: This Church of Choppers FXR was relisted several times, eventually with bidding getting up to $14,100 but the reserve still was not met. Built by Jeff Wright of Church of Choppers, this incredible FXR was featured at the 2014 Brooklyn Invitational.
MotoBe XLX – 1983 Harley-Davidson Sportster Custom
Built by Walt Siegl, this 60ci Sportster has been converted into the MotoBe XLX, a bike with completely handcrafted bodywork and some upgrades like Progressive springs and Magura controls. This was a commissioned bike where Walt “tried to make a small cafe bike that was a visual marriage of the British and Italian styles.”
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? BMW K75S Custom
I was made aware of this fantastic bike by Frank Charriaut of the Mot’Art Journal – check this link out for his write-up on it.
The Aristocad – 2007 Triumph Bonneville Custom
Not sure what to say about this bike – but I’ll give it a shot. This is the Aristocad, a custom build from Putsch Racing, built as an homage to a character/story they made up about an assassination attempt of key members of the Nazi party. It’s all a little odd, but the bike sure is interesting – especially the …
Not For Everyone – Buell XB9 Rat Bike
The seller freely admits that this bike is not for everyone, but it sure is…interesting. Originally a Buell XB9, this has had some custom work to look something like a Mad Max bike with a twisted girder front end, cheese grater exhaust, and plenty of copper sheet metal. Buying it is one thing, but would you ride it?