Gifny at Hajarbroxx Motorcycles in Indonesia is straight up killing it with this flat track inspired 1976 CB100. Great lines, simple design with some beautiful details and killer pics.

Jeremy Cupp at LC Fabrications is continually building head turning, killer custom bikes and his latest creation continues the trend. Dubbed the “Chicken Salad” and built on the venerable Yamaha XS650 platform, the bike oozes cool with it’s simple lines, hand crafted parts and slickly engineered components. From the cantilevered seat suspension to the dirt track inspired front half, this bike has it going on. For a full tech sheet and more info, click the read more link below.

Classic Bike Dossier on the Kawasaki Z1. Still looks sharp more than 30 years later. For my tastes, very few bikes are coming straight out of the factory looking this good.

From Custom Cycle, Novermber 1981

Brian Haskell’s softail.

I don’t think I ever posted these shot’s of Nardi’s Triton. He keeps talking about changing a few things up, but she’s certainly a looker as she sits.

A production rigid frame for the Suzuki Savage? Who’da thunk it. Voodoo Vintage out of Austin, TX is putting these out and they look damn good. Little bit of gooseneck, clean lines and you can bolt up the majority of the stock bits to get it done (although I’d get rid of the stock tank in favor of a wassell or something similar). I dig it, check em out at http://www.voodoovintage.biz/

While I snooze on finishing up my Suzuki Savage chopper, Casey Stevenson has been busy putting together this beauty. Great design, clean execution and looks like a blast to ride. Here’s what Casey had to say about it:

I was in the market for a new motorcycle and wanted a lightweight thumper to get around the streets of L.A. I quickly discovered the lack of available options, so I started working on a new design. I was imagining a motorcycle with a Japanese engine and classic cafe styling, but more sleek and modern than the single cylinder customs based on old bikes that are popular at the moment.

I discovered my ultimate thumper cafe racer hidden inside a bike known as the Suzuki S40 (aka the Savage). They have been around for over 20 years and are still available brand new. The custom parts and accessories were designed to avoid any major modifications to the frame or engine, which allows anyone with basic tools to build their own bike from kit components. The end result is a machine that is simple, fun, and efficient.

Features:
Custom low profile tank with integrated keyswitch / indicator panel.
Fiberglass cafe racer seat. Seat mount isolates rider from frame to reduce vibration.
Rearsets with custom mounting bracket and hardware.
Aluminum clip-ons.
Custom fiberglass side covers.
Mini tachometer and speedometer with custom mounting brackets.
Custom battery box. Doubles as mounting point for electronic components.
Progressive rate rear shocks.
Super bright LED tail light includes running light, brake light, and blinkers in one unit.
Reverse cone muffler.
Foot-actuated decompression lever. Eliminates bulky stock decompression solenoid.
Gran Turismo style grips.
K&N air filter.

Check out more pics at Casey’s site: http://www.rycamotors.com/

I remember seeing this one a few months ago and having to wipe the drool off my chin - which is usually the case when Walt Siegl unveils a new bike. He is easily in my top 10 modern builders. Absolutely stunning work and a gorgeous machine. Check out his site if you haven’t already.

Walt Siegel Motorcycles

Was digging through my email archives and found a whole bunch of reader submissions I hadn’t posted up. Still got a lot more to go through, but here’s the first batch. Jean-Christophe from France, bitchin’ Ironhead chop, dig the punk rock sticker paint job on the tank.

Jeff Hammel’s budget Yamaha XS650

German Karp’s Suzuki GS 425. Don’t see many of these up here in the States.

Shane Cooper’s tastefully done modern Indian custom.

Deus kills it with this modern bonnie revamp. Click the thumbnails for bigger.
Check out more here: http://www.deus.com.au/gallery/dave-s-bonny/

I’ve slacked on posting reader’s submissions for a long time, going to try to get a few more rides up over the next couple weeks. This killer Kawasaki KZ200 comes from Gifny Richata out or Indonesia. Dig the attention to detail and smooth lines of the bike. Looks like a blast to rip around on. Here’s what Gifny has to say about it.

The motorcycle is 1981 Kawasaki KZ200, back then in Indonesia it was the biggest bike around since the goverment only limit the motorcycle’s displacement on the market under 200cc. This is my first custom ride, I’m working as an illustrator but motorcycles is always my obsession. I build it with a help from my partner Nandang who is a mechanic and also a customizer. This is our first work together under the ‘Hajarbroxx Motorcycles’ banner

Bought the bike in a poor condition and not running, we rebuild the engine to the original condition with NOS parts. The gas tank is a 19?? Suzuki TS100 NOS. The frame is original with some cutting here and there. The swingarm is a custom handmade (approximately 7cm longer the original) by a local smithy. The battery case and the headlight plate is also handmade from iron plate. The front fork is original, but we use the wide triple clamp from a customized one, I think it used to be used for an enduro bike. Handlebar is handmade custom, too.

The wheels are 3.00 wide for front and 3.50 wide for the rear. The tires are 120s. The rear shocks are from new Suzuki GSX250. The rear brake is still the original drum one. The front brake set is taken from the new Suzuki GSX125 with the OEM disc. The headlight is light accessories for cars. The turnlights are universal accessories. The exhaust is originally used for KTM 950 I got on a good deal so I tried it on this baby.

I’m working as a concept artist/illustrator and started my own studio ( www.oraystudios.com ) and now with my friend Nandang, a mechanic who helped me building this bike, we’re gonna start a small custom bike garage called Hajarbroxx motorcycles, and hopefully we’ll gonna start making really cool bikes in near future… We have a Facebook page so far, please visit to give comments and feedbacks, thanks!   

Nicely done.

TFLIII on the GR. Solid.

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Courtesy of Allen Kip. From Choppers Magazine, April 1976

Árpád checks in from… well, I’m not exactly sure, but it’s definitely not an English speaking country. That - in and of itself - is pretty rad. I love the fact that weirdos from all over the world check in with the crazy 2-wheel death traps they get wind of. So Árpád checks in with a couple links to the Hungarian version of Total bike. As you might guess, my Hungarian is pretty awesome, so deciphering the intimate details of the article was a piece of cake. I’ll boil it down for you - this crazy looking hessian dude runs a shop in Budapest called Art Deco Motorcycling. He takes shitty old Polish motorcycles (Junak’s… of course I’ve heard of them) and turns them into these incredibly gorgeous motorcycles. Oh, and he has the biggest polishing wheel I’ve ever seen. That pretty much sums it up… the article is a good read. I lifted these pics from their website, you can see all the photos and read the incredible article for yourself by clicking the links below.

http://totalbike.hu/magazin/kozelet/emberek/szakal/

http://totalbike.hu/tesztek/2009/08/11/junakracer/

One of the cool things about running this site is I get to hear from small shops and fabricators from all over the world. What’s exciting is that every once in a while these guys come out of seemingly nowhere and blow me out of the water with the quality, design and style of their work. LC Fabrications is a great example of that. I’ve known Jeremy (via email) for a while now and he continues to impress. My introduction to his work came at the 2008 Smoke Out when I was blown away by his modern Triumph, dubbed the TT Deluxe (previously mentioned here: TT Deluxe on Knucklebuster ) - the bike is simply stunning. Jeremy has continued to rock the mic over the past year - finishing 2 complete builds and introducing a bunch of new parts to his product line.

First up is the bike up top - another modern Triumph Bonneville, stripped down, hardtailed and given a dose of So. Cal style. It’s look of simplicity and clean lines is what pops this bike for me. You can read more about the build and it’s specs here, and check out some more pics of it below.

Oh, and if you’ve got a modern Trump that you want to give the hard tail treatment to, LC Fab has got those, so make sure you check them out.

Next up - the Birmingham Bee-liner. All the trick little bits on this one are part of Jeremy’s build signature. That’s a 1967 BSA A65 mated up to a modified 73 OIF trump frame - or I should say GIF. That’s right - the backbone is filled with petrol, not oil. Like I said - trick. What else? The custom fabbed front end and exhaust jump out - but that’s just scraping the surface. You can read more about the build here and check out the pics below for more details.

LC Fabrications just launched their new website (much improved from their last) so go check that out to see more of these builds as well as some of the others they’ve done in the past: http://www.lcfabrications.com/

Photos by Bessie Black / http://www.bessieblack.com/