1983 Honda CX500 – Café Racer Rescue
Thursday, 18 March 2021
The Honda CX500 was what we call a “rescue build”. It’s always a tough job to take on a half completed build. We’ve had it happen before, a deflated customer comes in after a bad experience wanting their dream bike built how they imagined it. The bike they’ve received isn’t up to scratch and now
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2016 Indian Scout Bobber
Tuesday, 08 December 2020
Custom Indian Scout Bobber The Indian Scout Bobber exploded onto the scene only a few short years ago, since then it has carved out quite a foothold in the custom community. With pre-loved examples getting cheap, all manner of customs are starting to pop up. Purpose Built Moto has been patiently waiting for
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Honda CB400F Vintage Café Racer
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
A few years ago I was given the chance to build a great brat styled Honda CB350 four. With its simple layout, and easy to work with styling we were able to create something pretty special for that client. So when Paddy asked me to bring his 1975 CB400F back from the dead I
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Tracker Build EP. 5
Monday, 05 October 2020
We’ve come to the end of another build series. This time our donor was a 2018 Husqvarna Vitpilen 401. We’ve taken it from stock, to Street Tracker over 4 build episodes and are giving our fans and customers the chance to own this bike through a competition we’re running. You can own the husky by
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Honda VFR750 Retro Racer
Thursday, 17 September 2020
1994 Honda VFR750 Retro Racer The Honda VFR750 project was new ground for Purpose Built Moto. Taking a mid 90’s track day staple, stripping it down and rebuilding it in our vision of a retro throwback racer. Of course we couldn’t stay too true to form with any particular sub-genre of track bike, instead choosing
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Tracker Build EP. 4
Thursday, 10 September 2020
We’re on the home stretch with the Custom Husqvarna Vitpilen Street Tracker. Episode 4 will be our last build episode. All the puzzle pieces are coming together and over this 3 day episode you’ll see the Husky finished for a test ride. We also let slip that we will be running a give away
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Tracker Build EP. 3
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Episode 3 of our Husqvarna Vitpilen Street Tracker build will see this little beauty start to get some really important detail pieces. The earlier episodes we’ve developed our idea and direction and changed the overall look and feel with some larger mods. From here the styling starts. Smaller custom pieces that won’t be as
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Tracker Build EP. 2
Tuesday, 04 August 2020
Back for round 2 of the Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Tracker build. Episode one saw some pretty quick progress for the little husky, being stripped down, having the front end overhauled by the addition of some Renthal MX bars and Hollowtip LED turn signals. We also took the opportunity to better the riding style with
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2018 Suzuki DRZ400 – Street Tracker
Thursday, 23 July 2020
2018 Suzuki DRZ400 – Street Tracker It’s not often we take on a half project where we agree to help out with the in-between stages of the riders build. Generally Purpose Built Moto builds are done from start to finish in our workshop, at our hands. However, this DRZ400 and its owner had a
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 Tracker Build EP. 1
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
We had so much fun making our last build series, I though we better do another one. This time around I’ve picked up a Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 that will be the subject of the customisation. During pre-release these bikes caused a stir that echoed through the custom bike world, capturing the attention of a
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