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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Ducati GT1000 Sport Classic Cafe Racer
Friday, 15 May 2020
Signature series Ducati GT1000 Sport Classic The story of this bike is a long one, not only because of the extensive modification we’ve done to this Ducati GT1000 Café racer but because for a long time, I delayed even starting this build. The bike wasn’t sat in my shop dormant but I held off
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Yamaha TW200 Street Tracker
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Custom Yamaha TW200 Tracker Yes, a TW200 tracker. To be blunt, I wasn’t excited at all when this bike first rolled in the garage. Having been previously built in the Deus beach runner style with the long swingarm and tiny aluminium tank it was less than appealing. There’s a million of these bikes running
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Sol Invictus Nemesis – Adventure Scrambler
Monday, 20 April 2020
Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 – Adventure Scrambler for Wide of the Mark This Adventure Scrambler build holds a lot of very important elements. We built the whole thing in front of a camera for a YouTube series, the guy behind the Camera (my mate Jake Ashe) was the owner of the build, and when it
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Signature series – Harley Sportser Scrambler Build
Saturday, 28 March 2020
Signature Series 2006 Harley Sportster Scrambler. The Ultimate Adventure Sportster Scrambler. We always test our bikes, not just on the road, but for what we’ve built them for whatever that may be. However building a motorcycle, for the sole purpose of one of the most strenuous test rides you could ever throw at a bike
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Harley Sportster Scrambler Build Series Ep.5
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Harley 1200 Sportster Scrambler Episode 5– The Purpose Built Moto YouTube series We’re into the tail end of the Harley Sportster Scrambler build. I’ve put a lot of sweat and creativity into this bike and I can’t wait to show you all what we put it through for the Wide of the Mark project.
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Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Episode 8
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Episode 8 Episode 8 of this scrambler build is here and the bike is just about wrapped up. All the modification and fabrication has been completed and the bike is now a roller. From here we need to make sure everything is working as intended, torqued up and to complete the
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1980 Honda CX500 Brat Style Cafe Racer
Friday, 07 February 2020
If you follow Purpose Built Moto on Instagram, this bike would have been known to you for a long time now. Luke has been a fan and a mate of the shop for years. Finding us on social media and quickly making himself known to us. The Honda CX500 was a relatively nice motorcycle when
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Honda Chopper CB900 – Our First Custom Chopper
Thursday, 30 January 2020
Honda CB900 – Custom Chopper Build It was inevitable that Purpose Built Moto would build a custom Chopper one day. All we needed was someone to trust us and see the care we put into our Cafe Racers and Scramblers would transfer really well into a Chopper format. The building skills are the same,
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