Customs
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The annual SEMA Show kicked off on Tuesday in Las Vegas. For a few days, the auto industry's focus drifts away from reality and into a fantasy world of big, wild, extreme builds of all shapes and colors.
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BMW's crazy S1000R streetbike serves as the starting point for the latest in a string of Californian celebrity custom motorcycles. Following the release of Keanu Reeves' KRGT-1, meet Orlando Bloom's "4CYL."
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Hand Crafted. In Austin it's a high art. Only in its second year, the Handbuilt Show is an invitational showcase for hand crafted motorcycles that has rapidly set the standard and totally raised the bar. What happens when you put the best motorcycle crafters in the world together in one room?
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Here's a gorgeous project of passion worthy of ten minutes of your time: The Ronin is a badass custom motorcycle built from the ashes of the Buell 1125R. 47 individually named bikes will be built, and no more.
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To demonstrate the R nineT's customization potential, BMW Japan gave four bikes to four of Japan's best custom builders and today, the bikes were released. The results will not disappoint; four beautiful customs that cry out to be ridden, and ridden hard.
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The "frameless" Ducati 1199 Panigale is an awesome track bike, but it looks pretty bizarre with its fairings removed. So the challenge is down for custom bike builders: is it possible to make a naked Panigale 1199 streetfighter that actually looks good? Here's eight attempts from around the world.
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A Canadian citizen was allowed to cross the border into the United States using an image of his passport on his iPad.
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It's a long time since we saw anything quite as extreme as the NCR M16, a motorcycle that takes one of the most expensive roadbikes ever built, throws almost all of it in the bin and replaces it with the most exotic materials on the planet.
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A robotic 'ferret' will help customs find drugs, weapons and people hidden in freight containers.