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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Step by Step motorcycle engine rebuild
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Motorcycle Engine Rebuild How to – A high-level approach by Ian Don of Black Cat Customs In our second installment for the Purpose Built Moto Guest Builder series, we linked up with Ian Don, a mate of mine for a while now who you may recognize from the custom builder documentary “Handcrafted“. Ian is Known
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How to make a DIY motorcycle fender
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
How to make a motorcycle fender – a guest DIY blog from Keeley Pritchett I know a thing or two when it comes to making a motorcycle fender but sometime’s you need an expert. An initiative I’ve wanted to kick off for a while is the Purpose Built Moto guest builder series. I learn a
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Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Series ep 7
Thursday, 16 January 2020
Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Ep 7 We’re nearing the home stretch of the Nemesis 400 Scrambler build, there’s some important work to finish before this bad boy rolls out of the garage, then the real adventure begins. In this episode, I’ll be running through some final touches of fabrication which will include… Mounting
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Nemesis 400 Scrambler Adventure Bike Build Ep 6
Tuesday, 07 January 2020
Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Adventure Bike – How to build an adventure scrambler Ep6 Here we are back in the workshop for 2020 – new year, same adventure bike. We’ve been hammering our way through fabrication over the last few episodes and we still have a ways to go before this adventure bike is ready
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Nemesis 400 Scrambler Adventure Bike Build Ep 5
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Adventure Bike – How to build an adventure scrambler Ep5 Here we are, episode 5 with no signs of slowing down on this adventure bike. I’ve been putting a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this Nemesis 400 Scrambler for our upcoming film project, so if you’ve been enjoying this
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Cafe Racer swingarm mount license plate bracket
Sunday, 23 June 2019
License plate bracket swingarm mounted – An 8 Step how to I’ve made a lot of these swing arm mounted license plate bracket lately. Like all of these articles I write, I’ll wait until I’m happy enough with my own method to share it with all of you. It takes a few goes to get
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Motorcycle Leather Hand Grips- and how to make them
Sunday, 09 June 2019
Motorcycle Leather grips – and how to make them. I was building my first bike, and struggling to find a set of decent matching grips. I had a copper orange leather seat, and black everything else. Do I use black rubber? Some horrible orange rubber? Glittery grips? Fuck all that. I wanted something to properly
- Published in Bike customization, Fabrication, Seats