Motorcycle switching kit

push button motorcycle switch
Purpose Built Moto’s Switching Kit Minimal handlebar switches and lighting control relay When coming up with product ideas, I’m selfish. I think of my needs and wants as a bike builder. Then I make my components to suit those needs. As it would happen, some of Purpose Built Moto’s customers are also into bikes and
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Top 5 wiring mistakes to avoid on your Cafe Racer

push button flasher module
  For those of you that don’t know, I wasn’t born a bike builder. I earned my stripes in the fast paced and glamorous world of electrical contracting for 13 years to date. This means two things: I can talk on my mobile phone, while reversing a trailer in a manual ute while eating a
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DNA Universal Pod Filters

Pod Filters for your Café Racer Motorcycle Pod Filters are a staple on any custom bike. From Café Racers to Street Trackers and all in between removing the air box and replacing it with some high performance air filters is high up on most builder’s priority list. At Purpose Built Moto we like to make
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Building Custom Motorcycle Seats

Cafe Racer custom seat Brisbane Gold coast upholstery
Motorcycle Seat Upholstery As part of Purpose Built Moto’s commitment to provide our supporters, and customers with a second to none customer experience, and high quality services. We are now providing in house motorcycle seat upholstery and custom motorcycle seat building for our customers on the Gold Coast and Brisbane. The Builds that roll out
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Rebuilding your Cafe Racer Brakes

CX50 custo wheels and brakes
Rebuilding your Brake Calipers   Your custom bike looks epic, you’ve just got the paint back, and had your rim’s and hubs done too. You may have even splashed on some new spokes and having the rim re-laced. Time for re-assembly and test riding! It would be a shame if after 2 weeks you had
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Installing the Flashpoint LED Headlight with integrated turn signals

Cafe Racer install headlight LED light Custom bikes Gold Coast Australia
Installing the Flashpoint LED Headlight with integrated turn signals Often not thought out until I get to the wiring is the mounting of the indicators/ turn signals on the front of the bike. With that, during the design of the Flashpoint LED headlight, I included matching threads and cable room for use with the Purpose
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Flashpoint LED Motorcycle Headlight

LED lights and accessories custom bike Handmade parts
Flashpoint LED Motorcycle Headlight   As part of Purpose Built Moto’s commitment to supplying high quality parts to our growing community of weekend enthusiasts and commercial garage builders, The LED motorcycle headlight was a natural progression. Aiming to supply a highly functional LED motorcycle headlight that would compliment both the style of your custom bike,
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Installing a 3 button switch on your Motorcycle

3 Button swicth block motorcycle custom parts
Slim Push 3 Button Switch Installation Guide Here we’ll discuss what’s required when installing your new 3 button switches. This guide serves to aid your installation but things may be slightly different on your custom bike. To learn more about the use and wiring of your push button switches go and check out our motorcycle
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Fitting a Cafe Racer Tail hoop

Fitting a cafe racer tail hoop motorcycle parts
Taking a standard subframe and adding a tail hoop has to be the most common modification in the Café Racer/Scrambler/Tracker universe. Often overlooked (I’m guilty as well) is the Issue of rear wheel Suspension travel. For information about other cafe racer parts click here. If you take a Subframe that looks like this: And add
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Scrambler Parts Guide: What you need to get going on your off road build.

How to build a scrambler motorcycle custom motorbike
Scramblers have exploded recently and with good reason, Whats more fun than an awesome looking custom bike that you can thrash through a paddock or down a dirt road? Not much. In my “How to build a scrambler” blog We covered off the step by step process that I use when approaching a bike and
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