This popped up for sale the other day with a rather unfortunate name, it’s called the Barghest Motive Garmr, unfortunate because it’s so hard to remember even if you like the concept, but hard to remember name or not, I like what they’ve done here. Though technical details are sparse, like exactly what Harley they […]
Category: Motorcycle Builders
Is motorcycling expensive or affordable? Yes. Wait, … what? The simple fact is that you can spend as much or as little as you want to and enjoy it either way. The latest and greatest factory machinery is often beautiful to look at with all of the performance the pros demand, but if you want […]
You can build a motorcycle for a lot of reasons, sometimes there’s a theme or style like a cafe racer or maybe a street tracker, but other times a builder just does what he wants and that’s what we have here, the Proboost M1. I noticed it while looking over the bikes for sale and […]
In a world of constant internet auctions, where everything is available for sale, where rarity itself is, well, rare, a few motorcycles still hide away, known to a few, but rarely if ever seen and certainly never offered for sale, then, out of the blue, one pops up, a 1980 Egli 1MRD Turbo Kawasaki. Eleven […]
Last summer we showed the latest version of Bob Horn’s recumbent racer with two wheel steering. If you’re new here, Bob’s race bike is his own design and entirely scratch built and when you decide to incorporate 2WS, you can’t just look around to see how everyone else did it and choose the method you […]
It all started years ago, in 2009, when we featured a series of Solidworks CAD drawings by Ian McElroy for a concept motorcycle called “Kickboxer.” The idea was to create a radical, but carefully planned design using the 2.5 liter engine from a Subaru WRX. The drawings were a big hit and quickly made their […]
Alex Zemlin has been on The Kneeslider twice before with his Honda CB 1.5 and then again with his VTR 1000 Super Hawk GT. In both instances, his work displayed that finished factory look, where many miss the amount of work done until a closer look begins to reveal the truth. His attention to detail […]
It was almost four years ago when I first wrote about the beginnings of Chris Barber’s Maserati V6 project. I hadn’t heard much about it since, but Chris dropped me a note saying he, too, had taken a break, but he’s back at it now and I’m really happy to hear it because this is […]
The results are in for the 12th AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building and Suicide Customs of Japan takes the win for their entry, Rumble Racer. Michael Naumann of Germany took second with Simple Iron and third place goes to Krugger Motorcycles of Belgium for his S&S 103 powered LADD. Custom builds like these […]
When we last left Bob Horn and his recumbent racer, he had just had a rather unfortunate accident running off track leading to an extended recovery. Not the type to waste an opportunity, he used the time off to redesign the racer during the rebuild. Now, Bob’s back with the first track test of his […]