Built

Built magazine is dedicated to the burgeoning world of retro-styled custom motorcycles and the lifestyle that surrounds them. We meet the world’s best custom bike builders, take silly trips on unsuitable machines and visit the best of the globes custom biking events. Built is the guide to the hot bikes, gear and events in the custom biking world.

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BUSTING OUT IN TENNESSEE • A BIKE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL AT LORETTA LYNN’S RANCH IN HURRICANE MILLS? WITH AN ADDRESS LIKE THAT, WE HAD TO DROP IN…

BRIGHT SPARK • NOT ONLY IS THIS BMW R100 ONE COOL-LOOKING MACHINE IT’S ALSO FULLY TYPE APPROVED BY THE SWISS AUTHORITIES AND THAT IS NO EASY TASK …

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL • THE ITALIAN MOTOR BIKE EXPO 2021 WAS THE FIRST REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE A RETURN TO SOME KIND OF NORMALITY. BUILT JOINS THE PARTY

LONG LIVE THE SPORTSTER S • AFTER 64 YEARS, HARLEY AXED THE SPORTSTER. DOES THE REPLACEMENT LIVE UP TO THE NAME? WE FIND OUT

The Phoenix rises The Gorilla lives • NOT CONTENT WITH ONE DISASTER, BGM (BOOGIE THE GORILLA AND MYSELF) HAD TWO TO COPE WITH. JUST BEFORE COVID STRUCK, A FIRE NEARLY WIPED OUT THE BUSINESS…

SOCAL SUMMERS • WHAT DRIVES A GEEZER TO FOCUS HIS LIFE ON BUILDING VINTAGE HARLEY CHOPPERS? WE DROPPED IN ON ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS TO FIND OUT

HELTER SKELTER 101 • WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHAKE OFF THE COVID BLUES THAN WITH A 101 MILE CHOPPER RIDE FROM THE SOUTH COAST TO AN EXCLUSIVE CHOPPER SHOW IN LONDON?

MADE IN ENGLAND • Built reveals P&Co’s new clothing collection

ASCOT by LUDWIG CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES • ITALIAN BUILDER TRANSFORMS A DATED ASCOT TRACKER INTO TASTY BEACH CRUISER

OLD TRICKS NEW TOOLS • Off-road expert Ben Butter worth pits a cutting-edge electric dirt bike against a classic mud-plugger

The Godfather • When a customer says he’s a fan of Scorsese’s classic movie, there’s only one possible name for his uprated Ducati Monster…

WIRED • Got a custom with electrical problems? Mono Motorcycles specialise in helping riders banish their wiring woes

Seize the day • Portuguese custom crew turn to Japanese bikes and culture once again to create more Unik machines

ICE racers of Lake Baikal • Once you’ve raced flat-track in Moscow, there’s only one place to go for your sideways kicks: a vast frozen lake in Siberia…

Worship the metal • Church of Choppers revealed their latest creation at the recent One Motorcycle Show in Portland. As usual, the custom congregation paid close attention

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Streetwise • IN ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR, CCM LAUNCHES TWO NEW MODELS BASED ON THE SPITFIRE

FROM MX TO FOGGY • IN THE 1970s CCM WAS FAMOUS FOR ITS THUNDEROUS MOTOCROSSERS, AND NOW ITS MODERN DESCENDANTS ARE JUST AS POPULAR WITH ROAD RIDERS. BUT THE PATH BETWEEN THE TWO ERAS WAS ANYTHING BUT SMOOTH…

THE LAKE RUN • BOLT LONDON CHANNELS THE SPIRIT OF THE ’60S WITH A FREE AND EASY PARTY WEEKEND. NO SPONSORS, NO COMMERCE, NO HASSLES, MAN…