Considering America’s well-known love affair with custom motorcycles, you might think that the Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building would be dominated by U.S.-based builders.

Solemnly perched on a workbench, with the custom bike they are building taking center stage, students on the Schoolyard Motorworks build team watched the steady flow of traffic. Showing off their hard ...

Modifying motorcycles to make more speed by reducing weight is a tradition stretching back to before WWII. These "bob jobs" or "bobbers" strip anything not necessary, leaving a lighter and nimbler ...

DeWalt recently commissioned the creation of a custom motorcycle that was designed to represent the brand during a company event. The tool manufacturer makes a few products aimed at general automotive ...

What if you could learn to build your own custom bike frame from scratch? In 2026, Portland, Oregon, will become home to Firsthand Framebuilding, a first-of-its-kind bicycle framebuilding school that ...

Luke started working as a Freelance Writer for HotCars in 2020. After three years, he moved to a more permanent role with the TopSpeed motorcycle content team as a Journalist. Motorcycles need to be ...

I love a good build that fights stereotypical norms – and Žiga Petek’s work on this R65 is a key example of just that. According to coverage from BikeEXIF, hopping from a lightweight touring machine ...