Considering America’s well-known love affair with custom motorcycles, you might think that the Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building would be dominated by U.S.-based builders.

Motorcycle models come and go largely unnoticed by folks outside that world, but some bikes transcend that natural segregation to make more of a mark on a greater plurality of citizens than others.

Back in the Noughties, when cafe racers were all the rage and the global custom scene went through a renaissance of sorts, it was easy to see choppers as a dinosaur-style of bike. Representing the ...

Ever heard of a “cool down lap?” It’s the circuit you do of a racetrack on your bike between trying to set your best time and pulling back into the pits. Usually there’s still other bikes on track, so ...

Automakers, motorcycle builders, and tech platforms are increasingly using AI to speed up design, enhance personalization, and integrate advanced features into vehicles. GM now creates detailed 3D ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kristin Shaw is an automotive journalist based in Texas. Dream Rides is a world-renowned custom motorcycle shop that is owned by ...

The hardest thing a custom motorcycle shop can do is not create a project based on an existing two-wheeler, but go for a full custom build. That would be one together from scratch, or by using parts ...

No matter where you travel in this world, the custom motorcycle scene is dominated by stock motorcycles modified to look and very rarely perform completely different than they did when they rolled off ...

Royal Enfield, the global leader in midsize motorcycles, are renowned for making the most custom friendly motorcycles in the ...

The idea of having a custom motorcycle is one to pump up any true bikehead, no doubt. For some, building one themselves is even more satisfying. Even so, a big question lingers: Are home-built or ...

TJ started writing for TopSpeed in 2015, but has been writing on motorcycle and automotive topics since 2009 for outlets such as eHow, eHowNow, and MotorTrend subsidiaries. He is certified to work on ...