Event Report: Picking Favorites at the 2023 Handbuilt Show
Three days of live music, art and over 150 handbuilt motorcycles and custom cars—it definitely took a bit to get our you-know-what…
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EXIF Picks: The 2023 Lightning Bolt NYC custom bike build-off
$20 grand, winner takes all—that’s the philosophy behind the Lightning Bolt custom motorcycle build-off. The regional, invitation-only event attracts bike builders from…
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Special Report: The 30th edition of the Mooneyes show
The custom scene’s calendar is stacked with bike shows the world over—but none of them are quite like the Yokohama Hot Rod…
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Full out: the 2022 Chirihama Sandflats vintage beach race
Of the 800,000 miles of thoroughfare winding across the islands of Japan, there’s only one five mile stretch where you can drive…
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Dusty Smiles: On the ground at the 2022 Malle Mile
You’ll see anything and everything at the Malle Mile. Vintage dirt bikes, modern classics and customs; new motorcyclists and crusty old bikers;…
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The Art of Machine: Bike EXIF alumni at the 2022 Malle Mile
Malle London describes their annual Malle Mile event as “a non-stop celebration of the speed, music and art of the motorcycle culture.”…
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Sekepal Aspal: Top customs from the big Indonesian show
A pause on motorcycle shows has been one of the many disappointments of the COVID-19 pandemic. But rather than sulk, the organizers…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: Best of The No Show
The global pandemic hasn’t just shut down big events like Intermot and EICMA—a slew of grassroots custom shows have hit the pause…
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Before the doors opened: The 2020 One Motorcycle Show
The grassroots custom moto show is big business now. The big events pull in hundreds of display bikes and thousands of punters,…
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A photographer’s perspective on the Mooneyes show
Japan is a cornucopia of eye-opening delights. The people are exceedingly polite, the whisky is top-notch, and getting directions in English is…
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Show Report: Pure&Crafted, Amsterdam
There’s a mystical connection between music and motorcycles that isn’t explored nearly enough. BMW Motorrad recognizes that—and hosts the Pure&Crafted festival each…
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Showstopper: A 21st century boardtracker wows The Quail
The Quail Gathering is the motorcycle equivalent of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance: a world-class display of rarified exotica and immaculate restorations,…
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Eye Candy: The Motorcycles of the Concorso d’Eleganza
Every year since 1929, rare and classic vehicles have lined the lawns of Villa d’Este and Villa Erba on the banks of…
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The Best of the Outlier’s Guild Motorcycle Show
The custom moto show scene is booming in the US. Off the top of our heads there’s the Brooklyn Invitational on the…
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The Best of the 2019 Mama Tried Motorcycle Show
There are only four or five months of good riding weather in the American Midwest. The rest of the time, motorcyclists keep…
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