If you’re a custom motorcycle builder and there’s one event where you fantasize about showcasing your build, it has to be Japan’s Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show. It’s the crème de la crème of custom ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australians clearly love their custom motorcycles, as proven by the sheer number of bike-modding firms located down under. From fully-fledged workshops to solo craftsmen, there is no shortage of ...

This year’s Top Marques event in Monaco is the location where BMW has unveiled a new custom chopper motorcycle. Built as a one-off project in partnership with Radikal Chopper, the R 18 Magnifica is an ...

There’s nothing quite like a chopper. That stretched-out, low rider look, courtesy of extended forks with custom steering head angles, hardtail frames, and ape hangers. It’s like poetry in motion. In ...

The chopper craze is mostly a thing of the past in the West, but it’s still going relatively strong over in Japan. Custom choppers from the Land of the Rising Sun are some of the wildest specimens of ...

Backyard chopper builds have shifted from cheap salvage projects to custom builds that can run past $30,000 in parts and fabrication The extended front forks that define a chopper's look also create ...