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2019 Custom Built Show, Bogotá, Colombia

Marlon Slack — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:26:44 +0000

. I was in Colombia for twelve hours when a man yelled at me and shoved a pistol in my face. I panicked, reverted to German and cried ‘Nich schiessen!’ before he laughed, lowered the gun and ran out of the shopping centre. Security guards in Bogotá don’t f*ck. He and his two camarada were bounding their way through the mall, pistols in hand, when I rounded a corner and startled them. Later, Gustavo from the custom shop Pasquale Motorcycles told me I’d stuffed up. You should give security guards a wide berth. And police. And soldiers. “Pretty much anyone with a gun,” he laughed. It was the only blip I had in my time at Colombia for the Custom Built Show. Colombia’s not the wild west of Latin America as it was ten years ago. The place is safe, the people, without exception, are welcoming and the food and booze terrific. I could wax lyrical about the country for hours. But you’re here for the bikes.

BOXER REBELLION. Matt Hart’s Classic BMW R65 Scrambler

Marlon Slack — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:12:50 +0000

Matt Hart’s a photographer - and a damn good one at that. Trawling through his drool-worthy Instagram shows his passion for racing old Porsches and other, lesser marques. But when he was young he lived and breathed bikes, belting around on a little 80cc Yamaha. And lately the moto bug has bitten again...

BRAAP MUSIC. Hombrese’s KTM 450 SX Dirt Tracker

Marlon Slack — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:27:42 +0000

We totally get show queens here at Pipeburn. Something built and polished to within an inch of its life, destined to live out it’s existence in a shop front window or a lounge room. That’s cool. But even better is a custom bike that’s going to be thrashed, dropped, flipped, and bounced off people’s heads...

ROUGH AND READY. Pasquale’s ‘111’ Honda CB500 Cafe Brat

Marlon Slack — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:59:26 +0000

Gustavo from Pasquale and his dad are fucking legends.” That's how our man Marlon described the family powerhouse that is Colombia's Pasquale Motors, and he's harder to impress than Vladimir Putin. We don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the whole custom scene in Colombia looks to them...

WERKING CLASS. Schlachtwerk’s Kawasaki W650 Racer

Marlon Slack — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:17:39 +0000

Schlachtwerk’s Tommy Thöring is obsessed with the Kawasaki W650. As everyone should be. They’re dead reliable, have handling so neutral it could be described as ‘Swiss’. If you’re in Germany and you own a Dub you want chopped into something special, it’s Schlachtwerk’s number you’d be calling...

JEWEL, BRITANNIA. Old Empire’s ‘Gypsy’ Honda CB360 Cafe Racer

Marlon Slack — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:40:39 +0000

When you’re as good as suffolk’s Old Empire Motorcycles you don’t need to go hunting for work. Hell, their incredible history of customising classic motorcycles has customers practically begging them to create a bike. And that’s what’s happened with their latest creation, a 1976 Honda CB360...

BOXER BULLION. Untitled’s ‘Silver City’ BMW R80 Street Scrambler

Marlon Slack — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:32:09 +0000

We’ve had more airheads through here than a cheerleading college. We’ve had bobbers, choppers, cafe racers, trackers and everything in between. So we here at Pipeburn can pick a killer R-series BMW build from a mile away. And here’s one of the best, a glorious BMW R80 by Untitled Motorcycles...

FORREST THUMP. Red Clouds’ Twin Yamaha XT500 Enduros

Marlon Slack — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:18:33 +0000

The Red Clouds Collective are a Portland-based outfit that make bomb-proof waxed cotton moto gear. And luckily for us Seth and Casey Neefus, head honchos at Red Clouds, also use the business as a front for making gorgeous custom bikes, like this pair of incredible Yamaha XT500s...

ZEE WHIZ. BGM Cafe Racer’s ’78 Kawasaki Z400 Street Scrambler

Marlon Slack — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:17:26 +0000

BGM Cafe Racers’ Tonie Wishart is trying to redeem himself. Years ago his father brought a bike home, an old Kawasaki G4TR 100, which Tonie successfully pulled apart and unsuccessfully put back together. Now, years later, Tonie and the team from BGM have turned out this...

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. Pop Bang Classics’ ‘Borg’ Honda CB450

Marlon Slack — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:05:22 +0000

Living next to the ocean is gorgeous, but as any surf-girted motorcycle nut will tell you, all that salty sea breeze just destroys motorcycles. It eats chrome, dulls aluminum and causes rust to flash up in weeks. So what’s the point of a polished custom if it’s just going to get eaten by the sea?