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
- Published in Bike builds, Bike customization
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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2021 Release of the Black Box Module
Monday, 01 February 2021
One of Purpose Built Moto’s first and most popular products, our Motorcycle Control Relay lovingly named the “Black Box” has undergone some major and handy changes. Our last iteration sold out in a flash, which let us know we were on the right track. From the outset I wanted to give people a less complex
- Published in Electrics
2021 Orbit Mini LED Brake light update
Monday, 25 January 2021
The Purpose Built Moto Orbit brake light like all of our products is decidedly simple. Easy to fit, easy to assemble and easy on the eye. Our first design while popular received some really helpful feedback from DIY builders and pro’s all over. We’ve taken that on board and worked some of that into our
- Published in Electrics
What does it take to build an electric motorcycle
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
It’s been a while since we’ve run a guest builder blog so I thought I’d change things up a little for this one. Until now we’ve featured some really valuable how-to content from builders with a lot of old world skill. This time we’re pushing a little further into the future to talk with Dennis
- Published in Bike customization
Custom Motorcycle Exhausts – Built in House at Purpose Built Moto
Tuesday, 08 December 2020
With everything we do, Purpose Built Moto is consistently aiming to improve. A natural step in our custom motorcycle fabrication, was to get our hands into building exhausts. In the past we have outsourced these things, but with our provider looking to retire soon, we needed to step it up a gear and push ourselves
- Published in Bike customization, Fabrication
Motorcycle USD Fork Swap – Everything you need to know
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
How we do a USD Fork swap / conversion. USD Fork swaps on motorcycles have become a staple in the custom community. With a bit of work, some careful measurement and a few hours you can completely change the way your bike handles, brakes and looks. Sounds like only positive things can come from this
- Published in Fabrication
Universal Aluminium Motorcycle Fender
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Style up your front end with a sleek custom motorcycle fender I take pride in going the extra mile when it comes to style meets function on a motorcycle, so I’m stoked to announce the addition of a universal aluminium fender to the Purpose Built Moto online store. This fender is a blank canvas that
- Published in Fabrication
Integrated / Recessed LED brake light cafe racer tail hoop
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Fabricating a recessed LED strip brake light into the frame This is one I stumbled upon the answer to only recently. When I first started building bikes, I used a few of these LED strip brake lights, just affixed to the tail hoop not recessed in. I then started to get creative with my brake
- Published in Bike customization, Fabrication
9 ways to mount your motorcycle fender
Monday, 30 March 2020
9 ways to mount a café racer motorcycle custom fender Building custom motorcycles is a harsh mistress, a big part of that is mounting your custom fender up. Go too crazy with your ideas and your clients will be left scratching their heads wondering what the hell you’ve done. Stay too close to the
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