Porco Rosso Cafe Racers
Found these pics and cant find any information on them. Only that they are designed by Porco Rosso which means ‘red pig’ in french Italian. There are more on Numero1 if you like what you see. The...
View ArticleParilla Thrilla
This is one beautiful motorcycle. Parilla motorcycles only made motorbikes for 18 years so they are quite rare. The story goes that Parilla Motorcycles was started after a young man in Italy saw a...
View Article1983 BMW R80RT –‘CARNERA’
We love the scramblers coming out of Europe at the moment. The latest is this BMW R80RT built by the talented brothers at Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche named ‘Carnera’. To most of us this name...
View Article‘86 Benelli 654 Sport – Inglourious Basterds Cycles
You have to admit, the global custom motorcycle scene at the moment is anything but boring. While the current generation waxes lyrical about their new-school café racers and brats, the old school...
View Article‘84 Suzuki GR650 – Anvil Motociclette
Want a quick and easy way to sort bikers into ‘buyers’ and ‘builders’? It’s easy – just talk about a tragically unpopular model. See, a buyer will judge a bike on its factory form. These are the guys...
View Article‘86 Yamaha SRX600 – Dagger Cycles
Japanese Motorcycles make up a large part of the custom scene. CB Hondas of the 70’s are everywhere. 90’s litre bikes built the Street Fighter Scene and the modern machines from the land of the rising...
View ArticleHonda XL600 LM – Matteucci Garage
Head of Italian workshop Matteucci Garage, Marco Matteucci, is adamant he’s not a mechanic. ‘I’m not even close, I wouldn’t offend the category’ he insists. Instead he comes to motorcycles from a...
View ArticleBuell M2 Cyclone – Plan B Motorcycles
Written by Martin Hodgson. Plan B Motorcycles from Northern Italy might describe themselves as being a ‘neo-café’ workshop, but in the grand tradition of Speed Shops around the world they have an...
View ArticleBMW R100RS – Anvil Motociclette
Goddamn Steve McQueen. There – I said it. Am I jealous? A little bit. But mostly I’m confused. Just how does one single, solitary guy amass so much coolness in one lifetime?
View ArticleMoto Guzzi SP1000 – Officine Rossopuro
Growing up in the 1980's with a classic bike rider for a neighbour, I was thumbing through his old brochures that I first set eyes on a Moto Guzzi. I was captivated. When it comes to the old Italian...
View Article‘07 Triumph Bonneville – North East Custom
When you grow up in a city of historical beauty – the setting of a Shakespeare play and where Galileo lectured at the local university – that also happens to be one of the oldest in the world,...
View ArticleMoto Guzzi V7 II – Anvil Motociclette
When Sky Uno, the Italian TV Channel, was looking for the 10 best custom bike workshops in the country for their TV show “Lord of the Bikes”, it came as no surprise that our friends at Anvil...
View ArticleMoto Guzzi V7 ‘Electro’ – Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche
Installment three of Italy's TV series “Lord of the Bikes” is here. Once again, the producers at Sky Uno have chosen more old friends of Pipeburn; this time it's the turn of the bad boys from Rome's...
View ArticleMoto Guzzi V9 ‘Silver Knight’ – OMT Garage
For a custom motorcycle workshop, to be selected to compete in a bike build off on National Television with backing from a major manufacturer sounds like a dream come true. A free motorcycle, cash to...
View Article‘76 Honda CB350F – Apache Custom Motorcycles
A good custom bike build is a big ask from just about anybody. The time, effort, thought and skills required are a challenge that has bettered the best of us. Starting custom shop is another step...
View Article‘Mad Max’ BMW R65 – Delux Motorcycles
If you’ve ever visited outback Australia, you’ll realise just how a movie like Mad Max could come about. With nature’s brutal extremes an always-present reality, and dusty old Australian cars the only...
View Article‘Rusty Quattroemmezzo’ Honda CB450 – Anvil Motociclette
Every industry has its personalities. The leaders. The entrepreneurs. The strong, silent types. The worker bees – and of course the rockstars. The post ‘Rusty Quattroemmezzo’ Honda CB450 – Anvil...
View ArticleDucati 900S – CC Racing Garage
Not every project is a smooth one, they can start and be halted for months at a time, life gets in the way, parts can be hard to find and when you finish you can still be left with doubts as to...
View Article‘Foxtrot’ Triumph Bonneville – Anvil Motociclette
For a number of decades the AMA Grand National Championship was dominated by Americans riding American machinery from the big two; Harley Davidson and Indian. That was until the late '60s when in the...
View Article‘MagmaMille’ Moto Guzzi SP1000 – Officine Rossopuro
In Italian they call it ‘Monte Vesuvio’, but English speakers may be more familiar with its nome Inglese, ‘Mount Vesuvius’. Responsible for the deaths of thousands of Pompeii inhabitants in ancient...
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