Brat bike

Like all aesthetic pursuits, customizing motorcycles is mostly an exercise in personal taste. So when we told Philippe Lagente that his Yamaha XS650 might get less than favorable comments, his response was: “I don't mind—and I love to ride it.” Based in Toulouse, France, Philippe builds bikes as Soyouz Cycles—an after-hours hobby which he describes as “just a bunch of friends sharing a garage.” And while his build might tick all the wrong boxes for some folks, we dig it for reasons that we…

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With Honda's recent revival of small displacement retro favorites, the owner of this Honda CB125 found herself contemplating a new Honda Monkey to celebrate her own 40th birthday.

This Yamaha SR500 tracker by Pancake Customs of Holland is low key and beautifully detailed.

The Honda TMX -- or Tricycle Model X-treme -- is a series of air-cooled utility bikes popular in the Philippines, where their power and ruggedness make them ideal for sidecar or "tricycle" work. The original TMX 125 was essentially a re-badged version of the venerable CG125, while the newest version

Bought the bike as a tired US spec Special that was a non runner. It was a solid low mileage bike but way too stock for me. I stripped the bike down and got it running for a season and tried a few different bar and suspension setups. In the end I went with wide

A garage for special motorcycles and cafe racers

844 Likes, 17 Comments - www.HondaCafeRacers.com (@hondacafe_racers) on Instagram: "Simply a nice bike. Great job @stg_tracker CB125"

Another awesome Honda CX500 Brat/cafe built by Ironwood Custom Motorcycles from Holland. Check out this radical custom CX500 brat!

Motorcycle Honda Brat Style - Sketch Manual & Digital Rendering