The Moto di Ferro creation is the latest in the long line of Yamaha Yard Built customs. This particular example is a flat track inspired Yamaha XV950 from the Italian custom shop whose name means Iron Motorcycle in English. Builder Marco Lugato has been creating bikes under that name since 2010, following some time as […]
TW Steel & Numbnut Motorcycles: Son of Time Yamaha XV950
You might have seen the name of Dutch watchmakers TW Steel on the fairing of the Yamaha MotoGP team, various F1 cars and via ambassadors and partners including Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi. But for the Son of Time project, they turned to countrymen Numbnut Motorcycles. Working alongside each other, TW Steel Chief Designer Ton […]
Yamaha XV950 Ultra Yard Built Special
The Yamaha XV950 ‘Ultra’ Yard Built Special is a definitely different take on the Yamaha XV950 by Swiss company GS Mashin. Builder Tom Mosimann has created this radical change without any cutting or welding to the frame, as required for a Yard Built special. Apparently Mosimann was inspired by Gothic architecture, but the Ultra looks […]
Custom Yamaha XV950 ‘El Raton Asesino’ Yard Built by Marcus Walz
This custom Yamaha XV950 has been created by German bike builder Marcus Walz. Apparently the Spanish name is translated by Google as ‘the murderer mouse’, which seems appropriate for a Cafe Racer. It’s one of a number of projects commissioned by Yamaha as part of their Yard Built series, and it’s suitably inspired by Yamaha […]
Yard Built Yamaha XV950 Custom ‘Playa del Ray’ by Matt Black Custom Designs
Yamaha has commissioned a series of custom bike builders to create one-off motorcycles. One of the latest is the custom Yamaha XV950 named ‘Playa del Ray’ from Matt Black Custom Designs of Malaga, Spain. The vintage board tracker influence is as obvious as the name, taken from the location of the 1 mile Los Angeles […]