Signs Your Carburettor is Blocked and How to Fix it
Wednesday, 01 February 2023
Blocked carburettors are one of the most common issues we see plaguing older motorbikes, or bikes that have just been left standing for a while. Either the bike won’t start, tick over evenly, sputters when you hit the throttle – or all of the above. If there are any riders out there who aren’t
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How To Tank Swap On a Café Racer
Thursday, 01 December 2022
This is the method we use to swap fuel tanks on Café Racers, Scramblers, Bobbers, Choppers and most of our custom motorbikes. With the rise of popularity in custom motorcycles and a subsequent explosion in cheap aftermarket parts, tank swaps are becoming more and more common. It’s not the easiest of mods to pull
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How Much Does A Motorcycle Engine Rebuild Cost?
Monday, 09 May 2022
We’ve broken down the different steps, parts of your engine and possibilities to help you figure out a motorcycle engine rebuild cost Right off the bat let me say that the question ‘how much does a motorcycle engine rebuild cost? is loaded with a lot of complexity within the answer. We’ve taken the time to
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9 Signs You Need An Engine Rebuild
Monday, 21 March 2022
There are 9 tell tale signs and simple tests you can do at home that indicate you need an engine rebuild or at least engine reconditioning. We recently started offering an engine rebuild and performance servicing through the PBM garage to tackle the tough projects your average local mechanic shys away from. This article will
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Universal Motorcycle Mirrors For Your Scrambler Café Racer
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Our customers and long time followers would have seen these Universal Motorcycle Mirrors evolve over the last few years. We started by hand making/modifying this style of mirror out of an existing product and we quickly worked out a few kinks on some custom installs through the PBM workshop. This blog will walk you through the
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Building a custom Sissy Bar for your Chopper
Monday, 20 December 2021
Everything you need to know about how we build custom sissy bars Looking to mount a custom sissy bar for your chopper? Sissy Bars are a main stay on most custom choppers you see around. They can be for nothing more than a show piece or serve a great utility on your bike when heading
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How To Build a Budget Café Racer or Scrambler
Thursday, 09 December 2021
Building a budget Cafe Racer or Scrambler How to build a budget café racer or scrambler is something I get asked a lot. Sure, a big budget can help, it can make the best parts available to you, a perfectly rebuilt engine and a professionally finished seat and tank. However, it isn’t necessary by any
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Universal DIY Tail Tidy Kit
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Universal DIY Tail Tidy Kit. There are plenty of Universal tail tidy kits out there, and this one is mine. On the surface it looks like a painfully simple design. It is. However this simple plate of aluminium (or stainless steel) took me 5 years to land on. To Skip the details and get your
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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
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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
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