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2016 webBikeWorld Motorcycle Product of the Year Awards

We name our favorite products of the year in the 12th annual Product of the Year Awards, a traditional New Year’s Eve event on webBikeWorld.com!

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Editor’s Choice: An Alternative Top 15 for 2016

Editor's Choice: An Alternative Top 10 Customs of 2016
Since 2009, we’ve dug through our stats at the end of every year to see which bikes our readers liked the most. The annual Top 10 is a purely objective list—the two-wheeled equivalent of a Billboard chart.

But there are always some builders who didn’t quite make it in, or inexplicably flew under the radar. So, for the second year running, here’s an Editor’s Choice. This time it’s 15 (rather than 10) builders we think deserved more recognition. They’re presented in alphabetical order, by builder’s name.

Gnarly: This Honda CBR street fighter from Australia has a 240-section rear tire.
Builder Wenley Andrews Location Sydney, Australia Bike Honda CBR954RR Fireblade Why Streetfighters aren’t our thing, but heavens above, this brutal CBR is something else. Wenley added the front-end and swing arm from a Honda VFR, and fitted a massive 240-section tire out back. Subtle it ain’t, but it also wins the Rear Of The Year award.

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The latest Yamaha Yard Built custom: A retro-futuristic XSR700 from Bunker Custom Cycles.
Builder Bunker Customs Location Istanbul, Turkey Bike Yamaha XSR700 Why The XSR700 is a stonkingly good bike, according to nearly all who ride it. The Uzer brothers took it to the next level with crisp new bodywork and performance upgrades, including Super Ténére wheels, MT-09 forks and a one-off exhaust plumbed into an Akrapovič catalytic convertor.

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Heavy Breathing: A turbo’d Harley Street 750 from Cherry's Company
Builder Cherry’s Company Location Tokyo, Japan Bike Harley-Davidson Street 750 Why Kaichiroh Kurosu usually spanners on older Harleys, but he worked a special kind of magic on the Street 750. Virtually every part of the bike is hand-fabricated, with only the front half of the frame remaining intact. And then there’s that turbocharger …

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French tailoring: Clutch Customs gives the BMW R nineT a stylish new suit.
Builder Clutch Custom Location Paris, France Bike BMW R nineT Why Willie Knoll, an American in Paris, is one of those builders with the ‘eye.’ His machines always have simple lines and perfect stance, and we can’t find a bad angle on this R nineT. The new bodywork and 18-inch wheels are the obvious changes, but the close-up detail and craftsmanship is mesmerizing too.

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The latest release from the Munich workshop Diamond Atelier: A heavily modified BMW R100R dripping with style and immaculate details.
Builder Diamond Atelier Location Munich, Germany Bike BMW R100R Why Every bike from Tom Konecny and Pablo Steigleder is a delight. They’re unpredictable, but also totally focused on the tiny details that can make or break a build. In a world saturated with airhead customs, this one stands out—and not just because of the paint color.

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Suzuki GS 550 cafe racer by Eastern Spirit Garage.
Builder Eastern Spirit Location Węgrowska, Poland Bike Suzuki GS550 Why New builds from Lukas and Sylwester are few and far between, but invariably hit the spot. They have the classic café racer vibe absolutely locked down—and who’d have thought a late 70s Suzuki GS 550E could look so good?

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California Dreaming: A brat style Triumph Bonneville by FCR Original.
Builder FCR Original Location Poitou-Charentes, France Bike Triumph Bonneville Why FCR are known for their performance-oriented customs, but they knocked the ball out of the park with this classic Brat build. ‘Sunrising’ doesn’t pretend to be anything more than a stylish boulevard cruiser, but with a nickel-plated frame and Ceriani rims, it has a remarkably elegant and timeless feel.

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Major Tom: ICON 1000 have turned the Suzuki GSX-R 750 into a nitrous-fueled rocket ship.
Builder ICON Motosports Location Portland, USA Bike Suzuki GSX-R750 Why Collectible 1980s sportbikes are not the best candidates for the grinder. But ICON has always zigged when other zag, and we reckon ‘Major Tom’ is the best build yet from Kurt Walter’s crew. With a Kawasaki ZX-7R front end and solid aluminum V-Rod wheels, it’s full of contradictions—but strangely appealing.

Jamesville gives a shovelhead Harley the cafe racer treatment—with incredible results.
Builder Jamesville Location Slangerup, Denmark Bike Harley-Davidson FX Super Glide Why The old school bobbers and choppers that have made James Roper-Caldbeck famous are not our usual fare, but the quality is obvious. This café’d Shovel, however, is right up our street—and one of the coolest slabs of Milwaukee muscle we’ve ever seen.

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Belgian world champion bike builder Fred 'Krugger' Bertrand and famed MotoGP mechanic Bernard Ansiau.
Builder Fred ‘Krugger’ Bertrand Location Liege, Belgium Bike Yamaha SR400 Why Fred has won the AMD World Championship of bike building not once, but twice—with outlandish show bikes that subvert that genre. This SR400 commissioned by Yamaha Europe shows that he can still do the basics amazingly well. Built with the help of MotoGP mechanic Bernard Ansiau (above right), it’s possibly the fastest SR400 on the road, thanks to an Aisin supercharger.

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Honda Tracker by Swede Marcus Carlsson of Marcus Moto Design.
Builder Marcus Moto Design Location Stockholm, Sweden Bike Honda CRF450 Tracker Why Engineer Marcus Carlsson likes bikes that are “unique or a bit weird,” and so do we. This is a barely street legal racer, right down to the battery-powered lights, and cooler than an ice-cold shot of aquavit.

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A sleek custom Yamaha XV750 by Moto Adonis of Holland.
Builder Moto Adonis Location Roosendaal, Holland Bike Yamaha XV750 Why The XV series has been elevated to icon status in the custom world, thanks to the illustrious American builders Classified Moto and Greg Hageman. But Dutchman Daan Borsje has crashed the party with this stunning streetfighter-tinged XV750. Daan was only 27 years old when he built this bike—making him one of the most exciting young talents on the Euro scene.

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Custom BMW S 1000 RR by PRAËM: The Pursuit Of Perfektion
Builder PRAËM Location Paris, France Bike BMW S 1000 RR Why Brothers Sylvain and Florent Berneron stunned us with their futuristic Honda RC51 and then turned up the gas for this even more desirable Beemer. Optimus PRAËM was commissioned by BMW Motorrad France, and sports new bodywork inspired by 1980s endurance racers. Mechanical mods (including carbon wheels) have trimmed the avoirdupois by 20 kilos (44 pounds).

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Sub Zero Cool: A custom Yamaha GTS 1000 built in a remote village in Norway's frozen north.
Builder Scheffers Engineering Location Velfjord, Norway Bike Yamaha GTS 1000 Why Roel Scheffers lives in the land of the midnight sun, and a five-hour drive from the nearest city. That didn’t stop him building the most technically interesting motorcycle we saw in 2016. He’s added new rear suspension, a 136 horsepower FZR1000 engine, and bodywork that lowers the machine to just 32 inches in height. Madness, in the finest possible way.

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Tangerine Dream: Roland Snel's Yamaha TR1 cafe racer
Builder Roland Snel Location Amsterdam, The Netherlands Bike Yamaha TR1 Why We’d never heard of the TR1, a V-twin tourer from the 1980s, until we saw this very sharp café racer racer from Holland. Roland works for Yamaha, and despite not being a professional mechanic, has turned out a build we reckon even Greg Hageman would be proud of.

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Steampunk motorcycle: A Jawa sprinter built by Urban Motor of Berlin for the Essenza sprint at Glemseck 101.
Builder Urban Motor Location Berlin, Germany Bike 1964 Jawa 350 Why Perhaps the most original build of the year, this steampunk sprint bike was created for the Glemseck 101 races. Only the engine remains from the original Jawa, installed into a custom chassis. The extraordinary bodywork was designed by Henry Schulze and built by Marvin Diehl of KRT Framework; Jules Verne would have loved it.

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That’s our pick from a spectacularly good year. What’s yours?

Gnarly: This Honda CBR street fighter from Australia has a 240-section rear tire.

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F1 Covers For 5.5″ Round Air Cleaners

If you already own a round 5.5″ diameter center bolt mount air cleaner and would like to upgrade its look you can simply replace your existing cover with the F1. It’s one of the easiest custom design upgrade you can do to your bike. Machined from billet aluminum…

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2016, A Record Year For Triumph Motorcycles

The Hinckley, UK manufacturer announced bike sales increasing 4.5 percent, from 53,800 to 56,300 units. Profits doubled from $10.5 million to $20.5 million. A Triumph spokesperson stated :“Triumph has performed strongly against a backdrop of challenging currency, economic…

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Happy New Year 2017

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Cafe Racer Or Bobber?

Peter Bieri from the young Swiss custom shop PB33 Designs, sent me only one picture of this very unique custom 1982 Honda. I was expecting more photography before publishing, but Peter seems to have rode away…It’s a 6-cylinder bike designed such a way that it looks…

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Thought Of The Day

          Sir William Golding may have been an “oldie,” but he managed to condense a lifetime of experience with women into one brilliant summary statement. “I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far…

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iXS Curtis Jacket Review

Nicely made leather jacket with different styling and CE certified back protector, elbow and shoulder protectors.

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Wodonga to DartMouth Dam via Mt Granya

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Length: 261.28km / 163.30mi

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quick loop

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Length: 120.97km / 75.60mi

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