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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...

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Parilla 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...

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1983 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...

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‘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...

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‘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...

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‘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...

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Honda 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...

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Buell 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...

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BMW 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?

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Moto 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...

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‘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,...

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Moto 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...

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Moto 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...

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Moto 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...

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‘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...

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‘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...

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‘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...

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Ducati 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...

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‘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...

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‘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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