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Tucked away in Upper Bavaria a stone’s throw away from the Austrian border, the town of Burghausen is notable for two things. It’s home to the world’s longest castle, and it’s where the new Krämer GP2-890RR race bike is being built. As we speak, the German boutique motorcycle manufacturer Krämer is busy moving to their…
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Although we usually fawn over custom motorcycles here at Bike EXIF, you can also find us glued to our screens during the MotoGP season. We love racing, and, by extension, racing motorcycles. The engineering on a proper MotoGP race bike is mind-boggling, and often trickles down to more high-end custom builds. But the motorcycle itself…
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If it’s rare, exotic and European, the chances are you’ll find it at Brooklyn’s Moto Borgotaro. Owner Peter Boggia is a man of exceptional taste, and has a knack for hunting down the sort of motorcycles that mere mortals can only dream of owning. But the latest machine to grace Moto Borgotaro’s shop floor is…
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A Harley-Davidson with sport bike goodies either trips your trigger or crosses your wires, but in our case, it’s almost always the former. If it’s done right, there’s something plain badass about a Milwaukee missile that looks like 100 mph standing still, all without losing its leaky old iron character. In terms of doing it…
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We never imagined that the adage “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” could apply to baggers… but here we are. To celebrate…
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The online classifieds of the world are littered with basket cases that may or may not make good donors for custom motorcycle…
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If you’re a student of Ducati racing history, you’ll know the Supermono—one of the most tingle-inducing singles of all time. In the…
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It takes a special cocktail of skill, knowledge and reverence to restore a classic race bike properly—especially if it’s a rare one.…
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Many vintage motorcycles that get restored often end up as showpieces—ridden seldom, if at all, for fear that something might break. But…
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There’s hardly a business that hasn’t been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. The Parisian custom shop Bad Winners knows…
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We all have a friend whose motorcycle is lathered with carbon fiber parts—and although they’ll claim otherwise, we know that it’s more…
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Unless your internet’s been down for the past year, you probably know about the phenomenon that is bagger racing. MotoAmerica’s King of…
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It’s all about racing lines this week. We kick off with a BMW K-series café racer, followed by a classy Moto Guzzi…
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Anyone who has raced motorcycles or spun spanners in a pit lane will know that track bikes are a work in progress.…
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On his first visit to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2013, Tim Klostermann couldn’t believe the variety of motorcycles he saw, from…
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