2018 Yamaha XSR700 Scrambler
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Yamaha XSR700 Scrambler Purpose Built Moto was given a shot a breathing new life into a neglected commuter. The XSR700 owner Simon loves the bike, but it had been in storage for a little too long deteriorating. I say it all the time, the worst thing you can do for your bike is not use
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2020 Indian Scout Bobber Custom
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
We first tried our hands on an Indian Bobber late in 2020. We took quite a departure away from the Bobber style as its usually known sculpting a wild sheet metal tail that to my eye better suited the Indian’s tank. That job has led us here. Our client Jason was introduced to PBM through
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1981 Honda CBX1000 Café Racer
Thursday, 29 July 2021
We get a few projects a year that really make me step back and take stock on what we’re doing. This Custom Honda CBX1000 is one of those builds. When Honda built a 6 Cylinder and released it in 1978 it got a lot of people talking, not only was it the fastest production bike
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1983 Suzuki GR650 Tempter
Thursday, 08 July 2021
I haven’t seen many GR650 Tempter customs around, not a bad thing. When James and I started speaking about the project, the more I saw of it, the keener I became to get this strange 650 twin onto the garage and have a run at it. The Suzuki GR650 came out as some sort of
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1978 SR500 Donny’s Scrambler
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Hey guys! Dylan here. Donny for mates. This SR500 scrambler is a side project I have been building on the weekends at the Purpose Built Moto Workshop. Benny came to me with his grandfather’s XT500 which at the start looked like it was gonna be able to be resurrected but after further inspection, we realised
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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 our
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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 jumped
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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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