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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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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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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9 Ways to mount your LED headlight
Thursday, 06 February 2020
For some inspiration, here are 9 ways to mount your Motorcycle LED Headlight Using Factory headlight brackets Fork mounted Bottom mount off bottom triple clamp Side mount off bottom triple clamp Top mount off triple clamp Integrated dash brackets Twin vertical mounts Scrambler plate mount Front fairing mount LED Motorcycle Headlights are a hugely popular
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Harley Sportster Scrambler Build Series Ep.4
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Harley 1200 Sportster Scrambler Episode 4– The Purpose Built Moto YouTube series We’re well into the fabrication stage of this Harley Sportster Scrambler customisation into an epic adventure scrambler. This is going to be my personal bike for the Wide of the Mark project, so I’m pumped to see to put some new ideas to
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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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Nemesis 400 Adventure Scrambler Build Series Ep 4
Friday, 13 December 2019
Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Adventure Bike– How to build an adventure scrambler Ep4 I’ve been working on this adventure scrambler for weeks now, so in this episode, I was happy to take a back seat to let Jamo from Timeless Auto Trim, the Purpose Built Moto upholsterer, take the reigns. Since I started building bikes
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