Bike EXIF

Bike EXIF is a showcase for the world's most exciting custom motorcycles, from cafe racers to bobbers to street trackers

1. Parallel Twin Perfection: 6 of Our Favorite Triumph Choppers

   Modern motorcycles have become rolling supercomputers, draped in plastic and governed by algorithms; the classic Triumph parallel twin remains a canvas for the minimalist. It is motor that looks like a drawing of an engine, housed in a silhouette that has defined "cool" since Brando first scowled at...

2. Speed Read: A Yamaha R5 Two-Stroke Café-Racer and More

   Our first Speed Read of 2026 boasts a racy Yamaha R5 café racer from the UK, a feisty Yamaha WR155R scrambler from Indonesia, and a burly Suzuki Bandit 1200 from Australia. Dig in! Yamaha R5 by Jets ForeverBuilt by Jets Forever’s Tony Taysom and Jeff Duval in their UK workshop, this stunning Yamaha...

3. Edelweiss: A Harley Softail Deuce Chopper by One Way Machine

   Germany's One Way Machine takes a break from its usual fare to convert a 2001-model Harley-Davidson Softail Deuce into a chopper for the open road.Julian von Oheimb's signature style is as consistent as it is inimitable. The Harley-Davidson bobbers that roll out of his workshop, One Way Machine, are...

4. Midnight Rider: A Minimalist Honda CX400 Café Racer from Japan

   This Honda CX400 café racer cuts a sharp silhouette despite its quirky DNA, thanks to Tokyo's Minami Motorcycle.'Ultimate simplicity' isn't quite how we would describe the fabled Honda CX500. Its blocky longitudinal V-twin motor was an oddball, paired with an awkward silhouette and bodywork that nev...

5. Dust and Dependability: 6 of Our Favorite Honda Scramblers

   Long before the advent of liquid-cooled adventure bikes and specialized motocross weapons, there was the scrambler. In the 1960s and 70s, "scrambling" was a simple affair: take a lightweight street bike, add high-mount pipes for water crossings, knobby tires for traction, and a braced handlebar for...