Bike EXIF

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

1. Revealed: The Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2025

   It's that time of the year again. We've scoured our stats, done the sums, and compiled the 2025 edition of the notorious Bike EXIF Top 10.For the second year running, we've considered data from the start of December last year until the end of November this year, which means that any bikes that poppe...

2. The Privateer: A Custom Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition from the PNW

   Pacific Northwest local Eric Minsker upgrades his Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition with an Aurora rally kit, a host of top-shelf components, and a razor-sharp livery.Adventure motorcyclists are low-key among the most prolific custom motorcycle builders around. But theirs is a philosophy of function a...

3. Featured Shop: Restored Land Rovers by Brooklyn Coachworks

   Brooklyn is home to a great many strange, hip, modern, and trendy new businesses that can feel cartoonishly stereotypical against the constantly shifting landscape of the legendary NYC borough. For all the cucumber milkshake parlors and Croatian Black Metal concert venues dotting Brooklyn, there is...

4. Speed Read: A Sportster Street Tracker by FXR Division and More

   Speed Read barrels towards the end of the year with a brooding Sportster street tracker that has one heck of a backstory. We also feature two very different adventure-oriented BMWs—a custom BMW R 12 nineT from Australia, and a beastly BMW R 1300 GS Adventure from Switzerland.Harley-Davidson Sportste...

5. Bandit9 Monaco: How an Accomplished Bike Builder Sees the Future of EVs

   If you’re already familiar with Bandit9, chances are pretty good that it’s because of the company’s wildly futuristic custom motorcycles. Since 2011, the Vietnam-based shop has been turning out bikes the likes of which the world has never seen, with soft edges, swooping curves, and space-age materia...