The Millyard Viper V10 has changed hands for the first time in 17 years, selling for £149,500. The buyer has now spoken out, explaining why the machine won’t be disappearing into a private collection.
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In this category you will find articles covering custom motorcycle builds, show bikes and unique projects from the motorcycle scene. This includes one-off creations, heavily modified production models and concepts that stand out through design, engineering or craftsmanship.
The list below brings together reports on custom bike projects, workshops, events and presentations from both national and international contexts. Alongside classic custom builds, modern interpretations, restomods and technically distinctive solutions may also be featured.
This section provides an overview of creative and unconventional motorcycles beyond standard production models and documents developments in customization and individualization within the motorcycle world.
A custom workshop in Vietnam has turned a Ducati Monster 821 into a fully faired limited series of just nine bikes worldwide. A year after its debut, the price has climbed by roughly 5,000 US dollars, and most of the units are already spoken for.
A handbuilt 2016 Egli-Vincent Sport GT sold for £65,550 at a UK auction. The motorcycle came from the workshop of the late Patrick Godet and carries one of the most modern engines ever built under the Vincent name.
Austrian builder Moritz Bree turned a stock KTM EXC 500 into a flat tracker, its bodywork first shaped by hand as a clay model. Because the frame, tank and airbox stay untouched, the motorcycle is meant to keep its road registration.
Royal Enfield is releasing the Shotgun 650 as a black-and-gold special series with Taiwanese customizer Rough Crafts. Only 100 numbered units are being built worldwide, with just 25 going to Europe.
Munich-based Diamond Atelier unveils the DA#22, a street-legal prototype the workshop calls the world’s first hyperbike. Beneath the hand-formed aluminum bodywork sits a KTM engine producing more than 205 hp, paired with a glowing special paint finish and a real diamond.
Allen Millyard is auctioning his Millyard Viper V10, a one-of-a-kind motorcycle powered by an eight-liter V10 engine from a Dodge Viper. The machine goes under the hammer on July 22, 2026, at H&H Classics in the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull.
In extreme heat, the Hamburg Harley Days 2026 drew around 30,000 visitors and approximately 10,000 motorcycles to the Hamburger Großmarkt. Despite the canceled closing parade, the weekend’s overall balance is positive.
Harley-Davidson has unveiled the six custom bikes competing in the Creators Custom Clash. Public voting on the builds by European content creators has been open since June 23, 2026.
French workshop FCR Original has turned the BMW R 12 into a black-and-gold scrambler, transforming the relaxed heritage cruiser into a knobby-tired off-road aesthetic. The stock 1,170 cc boxer engine remains untouched internally, while the suspension, exhaust, wheels, lighting, and paint have been completely reimagined.
British specialist Electrogenic converted three classic Harley-Davidson motorcycles from actor Jason Momoa’s collection — two into plug-in hybrids with their original V-twin engines retained, and one into a purely electric motorcycle. Additionally, two Land Rovers and a camping trailer were electrified, all featured in the second season of his series On the Roam.
An independent workshop from Bristol, England, has comprehensively reworked the Triumph Scrambler 400X, reportedly saving more than 15 kilograms of weight. The parts used are set to become available individually, and a limited series of complete motorcycles is also planned.
The Reload 650 by Roland Sands Design transforms Royal Enfield’s relaxed cruiser into a custom bike with 1980s AMA Superbike aesthetics. Gold, black, and racing DNA define this one-off build.
Winston Yeh from Taipei has completely transformed a 2024 Harley-Davidson Street Bob into a radical chopper. The “Aeternum Blade” combines classic chopper geometry with cutting-edge suspension components from Öhlins and Beringer. The engine was bored out to 2,097 cc and breathes through a carburetor instead of fuel injection.
Samuel Aguiar from Saint-Quentin in northern France has transformed a heavily damaged 1981 Moto Guzzi 1000 SP into an uncompromising café racer. Under the name Shiny Hammer, the furniture and motorcycle designer builds one-offs where raw metal takes center stage.
In a workshop in North Yorkshire, a motorcycle has been taking shape for years that leaves even Top Fuel dragsters behind at the start. The latest run by 62-year-old builder Graham Sykes places his bike among the three fastest machines in drag racing history.
ORCO: Sardinian sculptor transforms a neglected Yamaha MT-01 into a streetfighter. The Yamaha MT-01 was already a motorcycle full of contradictions in stock form. Italian sculptor Giordano Loi completely disassembled a run-down 2008 MT-01 and rebuilt it as a radical carbon fiber streetfighter called ORCO.
A custom Harley-Davidson Softail Slim from 2016, which appeared in the film ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,’ will be auctioned in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2026. The estimate is 8,000 to 10,000 British pounds (approximately 10,200 to 12,750 USD).
French motorcycle workshop FCR Original has unveiled the “Escape” conversion for the Triumph Scrambler 400. The result is a street-legal yet off-road-capable machine that stands apart from the stock model in both looks and capability.
The Ransom Archangel combines sculpture with motorcycle building. W. Robert Ransom crafts each unit as a one-off by hand, powered by a 1000cc inline-four producing 185 HP.