DP Customs ‘Seventy Three’

It started with a guy named Scott, born in 1973, who was determined to build a custom bike that would make the rest of us drool. It ended at DP Customs, where they built one bad, bad bike.

The DP Customs ‘Seventy Three’ was built using a 1973 Ironhead Harley that had already been hardtailed and raked. They added a black springer, their signature crossover exhaust, and then powdercoated the cam cover, sprocket cover, primary cover and rocker boxes in satin black.

Throw in the hint of white and blue on the matte finished tank, and the bright blue wheels with the whitewall rear tire, and you’ve got yourself a looker.

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By Jason Bacchetta on May 8th, 2012

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Ducati Diavel Cromo

Ducati’s design team in Bologna was challenged to create their dream motorcycle. The Ducati Diavel Cromo (translation: chrome devil) is what they envisioned.

More of a statement maker than the Monster Diesel Edition we covered last month, the Diavel Cromo features a chromium-plated tank, gloss black body, horizontal seat stitching, a silver pin-stripe running down the front fender, the word “Cromo” laser-engraved into the air-duct panels, and new custom 14-spoke, 17-inch machined wheels.

Rest assured, you’ll still be getting all of the same performance and technology coming from the standard Diavel, including a 162hp Testastretta 11 engine, Ride-by-Wire throttle system, Ducati Traction Control, Ducati Riding Modes, ABS and hands-free ignition.

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By Jason Bacchetta on April 27th, 2012

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Ducati Monster Diesel Edition

Two iconic brands, Ducati and Diesel come together to bring you the Ducati Monster Diesel Edition.

The bike starts with Ducati’s Monster 1100EVO and comes with the standard black Trellis frame, wheels and engine covers. But here’s where it gets interesting. The Monster Diesel Edition features an exclusive ‘Diesel Brave Green matte’ military-style paint job, Diesel-label seat, leather passenger seat cover, front brake callipers finished in bright yellow, new exhaust system heat shields and personalized nameplates.

And the bike isn’t the only thing you’ll be rocking from this collaboration. The brands also announced a Diesel-designed Ducati capsule collection that includes slim-fit biker jackets, shirts, jeans, belts and bags for men.

$10,000-$25,000, Motorcycles

By Jason Bacchetta on March 15th, 2012

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Shaw Speed & Custom XL1200R

Need a sweet custom bike on a recession-like budget? The Shaw Speed & Custom XL1200R is about as good as it gets.

Using a 2006 Harley Sportster XLR1200R, they lowered the bike, remounted the headlight, modified the tank with ribs, satin powedercoated the wheels, and added a black spring mounted solo seat, and bespoke rear fender and handlebar.

The result? A unique ride that will turn heads everywhere you go. And the cost? Just $13,500.

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By Jason Bacchetta on March 4th, 2012

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Honda NC700X

When a certain inStash writer was a little boy growing up in the Eighties, he partnered with his slightly older brother to come up with a hyper-violent Saturday morning cartoon called “Superbike.” Little did said inStash writer know, that too awesome-to-be-real bike would one day become the Honda NC700X. While it can’t go at the implausible speed of 1,250 miles per hour the way my awesome fictional bike could, it does have a hefty 117 horsepower with 60+ miles per gallon of fuel efficiency. Take that, foreign oil!

Plus, the black-and-silver body and on-board LCD technology is a welcome dose of Knight Rider-on-two-wheels, don’t ya think? Now if we could just convince the folks at Honda to slap on a sidecar like the Abnormal Cycles Union, we’d be set.

$5,000-$10,000, Motorcycles

By Aric Mitchell on February 29th, 2012

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VTM Spacester

The VTM Spacester looks oddly similar to the previously featured Mansory Zapico, lacking any noticeable handle bars and resembling a bike that one might find in a futuristic sci-fi film.

From designer-extraordinaire Bernard ‘Buck’ Massart at VTM Motorcycles comes the Harley-Davidson-inspired (even has a Harley engine!) Spacester. Its design and fabrication, as most any motorcycle fan will notice, is pretty damn unorthodox—with parts like the exhaust vent and rear “fender” oddly (yet brilliantly) residing where parts usually just don’t reside. That’s saying nothing bad, though. Adding to the mystique is the Spacester’s flowing, ultra aerodynamic-looking style, a product not of a CAD program as some would suspect, but of precise hand-shaping.

It’s disappointing that the VTM Spacester’s specs haven’t been made available yet; however, the nothing-short-of-revolutionary and double-take-worthy design make for a great convo starter!

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By Michael Bock on January 5th, 2012

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Electric Lightcycle | Tron-Inspired Motorcycle

Make no mistake, riding down the highway or sitting at a stoplight atop the Tron-inspired Electric Lightcycle will probably garner you more looks of amazement and lust than any ‘ho-hum’ Ferrari could ever dream of.

Based on—you guessed it—the flashy, very future-esque bike from the movie Tron: Legacy, and built by the legendary Parker Brothers Choppers company (and no, not the board game company), the Electric Lightcycle comes with either gas or electric powerplants. . The gas version, a Suzuki V-Twin-powered bike, is already available through Hammacher Schlemmer, while the electric version (boasting a 96v electric motor and Li-on battery) is coming soon! Rumor even has it that the latter is going to sport a 100+ top speed with only a brief, 35-minute charge!

I’m thinking the Electric Lightscycle would make one helluva stocking stuffer for, perhaps, slightly geeky, Tron fanboys.

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By Michael Bock on December 20th, 2011

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Classified Moto XV920

Classified Moto is a garage full of motorcycle enthusiasts in Richmond, Virginia. They take plain old bikes and tinker with them until they’re top-of-the-line amazing. Or they take already amazing bikes and tinker with them until they’re explode-your-brain phenomenal.This time around, they started with a very 80’s 1982 XV920R and swapped in the front and rear end off of late model Yamahas, then customized just about everything down to the hooligan handlebars. Now it looks not so much 80’s as… well, timeless and utterly unique. A grungy, experimental, gearhead’s wet dream that anybody with even a passing fancy for motorcycles would kill to try out.

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By Doug Sinclair on November 30th, 2011

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eleMMent Palazzo | Luxury Mobile Home

Road trip anyone? First you’ll need one of these.

The eleMMent Palazzo is part of Marchi Mobile’s new series of luxury recreational vehicles. Featuring a 530 horsepower turbo-charged diesel engine, double tube sport exhaust, automatic boarding stairs, two floors, flybridge, fireplace, kitchen, touch screen control panel, and a master bedroom with an integrated bathroom and a couch that can be converted into bar furniture at the push of a button.

Suddenly we can’t wait until it’s time to retire and travel the world in an RV.

$1,000,000+, Motorhomes

By Jason Bacchetta on November 7th, 2011

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$3,000,000 BUY

Lean Mean Green Machine

Did you ever have a Green Machine when you were a kid? Those big-wheeled plastic green tricycles? Tell me you didn’t pedal around on it making motorcycle noises and pretending you were going, like, 50 miles an hour. Well now you’re all growed up and you’ve put such childish things behind you. Now you can ride around on a 60 horsepower green machine that makes motorcycle noises for you. Because it is a motorcycle.

The resemblance to the toy of old is amazing, and entirely intentional. But instead of toddler-powered pedals, this baby’s got an air-cooled Harley Davidson Evolution V-twin engine with an 8 ½ gallon fuel tank that gives you about 400 miles.

Here’s the coolest part: just like the original toy, you steer this beast with two hand-held push/pull levers. No joke. It is literally the giant, motorized Green Machine you always dreamed of. And if you leave it parked behind your dad’s car and he backs out, it might just be the car that takes all the damage this time.

$50,000-$100,000, Motorcycles

By Doug Sinclair on October 29th, 2011

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$75,000 BUY

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