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Berlin Barnstormer (2021)

Whenever we get a build with such heritage and story behind it, we always try to get even more inspiration from the brand history, while browsing through vintage BMW bikes, the amazing R32 lines caught my eyes. R18’s frame, despite many people says it’s very similar to HD softails, to me the biggest difference is, due to the nature of boxer engines, the engine itself is low and wide, which makes the frame triangle lower too, with its long wheelbase, it’s very naturally creating a long and low stance, while looking at the bike stripped down without bodyworks, the simplicity of the frame really make me want to look at vintage bikes for inspiration, now back to R32, even though...

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Slate Hammer (2021)

The Bike was commissioned by a very good friend of mine who owns a clothing brand “TAKI” (https://www.facebook.com/TAKI.DESIGN), he was never really into bikes before but he likes to travel with us and done several trips to MOONEYES and JOINTS show, custom bikes grew on him very fast, this year his brand has a series of biker influence theme called “The Road Leader”, he can’t help it anymore, he need a bike, so naturally he came to me. He want a café racer, he want it clean and grey-ish color, that’s pretty much it, I knew him for years and the idea comes together fast.The key component is the vintage replica Dunstall GT half fairing by GFTP (http://www.caferacingparts.com/), looks perfect...

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Faster Tracker (2021)

The whole idea of Yamaha Yard Built Program was to inspire the bike owner around the world to customize their bike and make them unique, so if the builder developed bolt on parts from the build would be a big bonus, but I have to say from the first two Yard Builds I didn’t really focused on the parts developments and so many times people asked me if I have the kit for sell I have to sadly reject them. So, when presented the opportunity for this XSR900 build the first priority is to focus on how it can be produced and bolt on, but still totally Rough Crafts and didn’t sacrifice aesthetically. Even all the parts around it, I...

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IGNEOUS RIPPER (2020)

Customer comes in all shape and sizes, we've built a couple bikes for super tall guys, this time we got a guy who really love the Hypermotard vibe and bought a brand new 939 with only a very short test ride, after he actually got it for a couple weeks, it's obvious the height of stock Hypermotard is too stressful for him, especially in the Taipei city traffic where is a lot of stop and go, so he came to me and hoping to find a direction that makes "lowering a Hypermotard"  logical.While there's not really any logic in full custom built but we still want the direction to reflect Hypermotard's nature purpose, light, nimble, and fun. So "Street Tracker"...

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TARMAC RAVEN (2019)

Ever since Harley-Davidson flew me to Barcelona to test ride the Milwaukee Eight Softails at 2017, I was amazed by how much improvement HD had put into this new softail platform, and a performance version of it has been flowing through my head ever since. So when a customer came in with an open brief, I knew exactly what I want to do.Luckily, through out the years of Rough Crafts, I have the privilege to became friends with many of the top manufacture in the business, and when I explain them my plan for this build, they all jump in and helped.The stance started with a set of Ohlins suspension, they custom made me a rear shock that’s 1” longer...

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