A few times a year, I make vintage inspired custom motorcycles, mostly for my own gratification, but commissioned builds are possible.

Typically I work with clean used 70’s to 80’s era bikes that get functional and cosmetic work done to transform them into prewar era vintage, antique and oldtimer styled bikes that are reliable, fun to ride and you can easily get parts for.

I have a soft spot for BMW airhead motorcycles from the mid to late 70’s, but Japanese bikes can provide the most fun for a very reasonable price.safety, reliability and a little modern performance with heaps of retro style are the goals with these bikes. So far i’ve built most of the iconic styles of custom bikes such as cafe racers, brat style, bobber and scrambler – street tracker as design exercises and to get some grease under my nails to learn along the way. a few purpose built dual sport adventure builds have snuck into the mix which have been a lot of fun realizing further capabilities on strong base platforms.

In the gallery below you will find:

1976 BMW R60/6 rennsport inspired airheadlate 1990’s

Honda VT600 Shadow post war bobberlawsuit era

Kawasaki Vulcan Drifter 800 with a 1930’s art deco look

1985 Honda Rebel CMX250 that I made into a prewar BMW single inspired solo seat

Honda VT1100 sabre that became a 1950’s inspired hotrod drag bike

Honda GL1100 Goldwing that became a post war bobber

1970’s Honda CM200 twinstar that became a classic british postwar inspired small twin similar to BSA and Ariel

1977 Yamaha XS400 ‘D’ that became a store display bike with a strong cafe racer look

1996 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 with a blacked out bobber look

1997 BMW F650GS that got kind of a james bond film vehicle european spec police bike treatment (very funny to ride around town and watch everyone suddenly drive carefully or hide their cell phones while driving!)

Suzuki TU250x that I gave a simple brat style cosmetic treatment to that really woke this fabulous bike up and cured a few of the ills with engine tuning and rideability

1981 Honda CX500 that got the black leather jacket cafe racer setup1977 Kawasaki KZ440 that underwent a velocette KTT KSS board track racer inspired makeover

Honda CB500 brat style build that had a bit of star wars stormtrooper vibe to it..