You’ve got your choppers, your baggers, and then you have the custom bikes that are neither a bit of one nor a lot of the other. These are the bikes that pull a little from one or more genres and then twist it into their own individual flavor of motorcycle. There were a lot of these bikes at the Mooneyes Hot Rod Custom Show held in Japan a couple of weeks ago. They’re always among the coolest iron you’ll see at any good car or motorcycle show.
We’ve already shown you what went down in Yokohama with the choppers and bagged motorcycles, but you can’t possibly cover this show in two or three 12-shot photo galleries. Not if you want to do it any sort of justice, that is. It’s just too big for that. The bikes below are mix of customized scoots: café racers, choppers, Dynas, and other styles. One thing that’s great about all of them is that if you have builder’s block in the ideas department, any of them could inspire you right out of your funk.
S&S motor meets FXR frame. Two great tastes that go great together.
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This stripped-down bike blends café racer and streetfighter vibes in one angry package.
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Sun Motorcycles’ Sportster has a lean, hungry look.
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How would you categorize this Shovelhead?
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Joyride Speed Shop brought naked aggression to the table with this Shovelhead.
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Old Crack Cycles brought this crazy awesome custom from Indonesia to the show.
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Hide Motorcycle never disappoints. Look at the sleek metalwork on this Shovelhead.
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Performance-oriented Dynas were in evidence too. Out of production, not out of style.
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There’s a lot going on with this chopper. It’s a little digger-esque in the tank but those wheels are far more modern than that style.
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The overall shape of this motorcycle is the only thing low profile about it.
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Fat tire, long front end, high tank: The roots on this machine are the early 2000s but the bike is also its own animal.
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The Forty-Five Degrees Racing Team nailed it with this bike.
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The bodywork on this chopper looks like it was poured over the frame.
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Hideaki Moriya apparently takes 2000 Heritage Softail Classic with his coffee. Peep his version of Sweet’N Low.
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