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FORREST THUMP. Red Clouds’ Twin Yamaha XT500 Enduros
The Red Clouds Collective are a Portland-based outfit that make bomb-proof waxed cotton moto gear. And luckily for us Seth and Casey Neefus, head honchos at Red Clouds, also use the business as a...
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BOXER BULLION. Untitled’s ‘Silver City’ BMW R80 Street Scrambler
We’ve had more airheads through here than a cheerleading college. We’ve had bobbers, choppers, cafe racers, trackers and everything in between. So we here at Pipeburn can pick a killer R-series BMW...
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JEWEL, BRITANNIA. Old Empire’s ‘Gypsy’ Honda CB360 Cafe Racer
When you’re as good as suffolk’s Old Empire Motorcycles you don’t need to go hunting for work. Hell, their incredible history of customising classic motorcycles has customers practically begging them...
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WERKING CLASS. Schlachtwerk’s Kawasaki W650 Racer
Schlachtwerk’s Tommy Thöring is obsessed with the Kawasaki W650. As everyone should be. They’re dead reliable, have handling so neutral it could be described as ‘Swiss’. If you’re in Germany and you...
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ROUGH AND READY. Pasquale’s ‘111’ Honda CB500 Cafe Brat
Gustavo from Pasquale and his dad are fucking legends.” That's how our man Marlon described the family powerhouse that is Colombia's Pasquale Motors, and he's harder to impress than Vladimir Putin. We...
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BRAAP MUSIC. Hombrese’s KTM 450 SX Dirt Tracker
We totally get show queens here at Pipeburn. Something built and polished to within an inch of its life, destined to live out it’s existence in a shop front window or a lounge room. That’s cool. But...
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BOXER REBELLION. Matt Hart’s Classic BMW R65 Scrambler
Matt Hart’s a photographer - and a damn good one at that. Trawling through his drool-worthy Instagram shows his passion for racing old Porsches and other, lesser marques. But when he was young he...
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2019 Custom Built Show, Bogotá, Colombia
. I was in Colombia for twelve hours when a man yelled at me and shoved a pistol in my face. I panicked, reverted to German and cried ‘Nich schiessen!’ before he laughed, lowered the gun and ran out...
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FUN SIZED: Honda Dax chopper by Lemb Inc.
Indonesian artist Muklay produces some wild work. It’s all mental neon colours and insanely demented figures. So when he set out to commission a custom ride he wanted a real head-turner. And he knew...
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STROKER GENIUS: KTM Two-Stroke Café Racer by Salt Motorcycles.
Australia’s SALT Motorcycle Company have it figured out. They know new road bikes are as refined as they are boring. Which is part of why they’ve built this; a gnarly cafe racer based on a KTM 300...
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