Silvian Secara
2,182 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
"Always place your becoming above your current being"
A bit of an artist himself, Silvian sees two- and four-wheeled machines as a form of art, especially restomods and custom rides. Oh, and if you come across a cafe racer article on our website, it’s most likely his doing.
He spends his spare time hiking, hitting the gym and reading classic literature.
Custom Harley-Davidson Sportster Street Tracker Looks Fantastic, Handles Just as Well
30 Jun 2024, 19:20 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Ever since Manel Molina has founded Tripleme Motors in Barcelona, there’s been one particular bike to consistently cross his doorstep. This 1992 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 was regularly brought in for maintenance by its previous owner, who...
Custom 1971 Triumph Daytona Is a Visual Treat to Leave You Dumbfounded
30 Jun 2024, 18:55 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / We’ve seen Dustin Kott pull off some incredible feats of bike-modding mastery in the past, and every machine he works on seems to turn into a genuine work of art. The mastermind at Kott Motorcycles deals with Japanese models for the most part...
Breathtaking BMW K 100 Cafe Racer From Greece Is Great in Every Possible Way
30 Jun 2024, 18:30 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Custommade C.A. over in Athens, Greece may not have the most memorable name you’ll hear among workshops of its kind, but the bikes in its repertoire are sure to leave a big impression. The firm is a three-man endeavor run by Chris, Antonis, a...
Custom-Built Kawasaki ER-6N Boasts Handmade Bodywork Everywhere You Look
30 Jun 2024, 17:36 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / The Kawasaki ER-6N is an extremely popular basis for customization over in Asia, and many of the shops to have embraced it hail from Indonesia. It makes perfect sense for things to be this way, because the archipelago of 280 million inhabitants is ...
Custom Moto Guzzi Le Mans II From Germany Is Part Cafe Racer, Part Tourer
30 Jun 2024, 16:36 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Axel Budde is one of those custom bike builders that require no introduction whatsoever, because his work is known and praised by enthusiasts far and wide. Operating as Kaffeemaschine out of Hamburg, Germany, he’s developed a signature style ...
One-Off BMW R 80 RT From WalzWerk May be Muted, But It’s Still an Absolute Stunner
30 Jun 2024, 15:13 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / WalzWerk is one of those workshops we keep revisiting time and time again, because Marcus Walz and his team never fail to deliver something extraordinary. They’ve been killing the customization game for more than three decades, so WalzWerk is...
This Modded BMW R100S Is One of the Best-Looking Airheads You’ll Ever Encounter
30 Jun 2024, 14:39 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Christian Boosen isn’t the sort of builder to ever take shortcuts or do things by halves, and that’s why his custom bikes are always so amazing. Known to the wider public as 86 Gear, he resides in the Polish capital of Warsaw and has be...
Custom Harley-Davidson Sportster Is a Different Kind of Bobber, Looks Rad From Every Angle
30 Jun 2024, 14:16 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Sportster models from Harley-Davidson are ubiquitous on the custom bike scene, and things have been this way for many years now. We’ve seen them transformed into anything from rad cruisers to sporty cafe racers, but some builders still find w...
Custom Yamaha XS650 From Scotland Honors Its Past Owner’s Memory Gracefully
30 Jun 2024, 14:04 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / In some cases, motorcycles mean more to their respective owners than the sum of their parts, and that’s how Collas felt about this Yamaha XS650. The bike had previously been owned by a dear friend who’d passed away, and it made its way ...
Scrambled BMW R nineT Is a Custom Nod to the Past, M Colors Suit it Well
30 Jun 2024, 07:51 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / BMW Motorrad really struck gold when they released the R nineT just over a decade ago, as the model quickly became a smash hit among custom bike builders and regular customers alike. It’s been cherished and modified in many different ways sin...
Royal Enfield Continental GT Savage Is Packed Full of '80s Vibes and Cool Mods
29 Jun 2024, 20:29 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / As they’ve proven with many of their projects, the French bike-modding gurus at Hedgehog Motorcycles are not afraid to create something wild. Colorful liveries and unconventional design cues are consistent parts of their repertoire, never loo...
BMW R 80 RT Parne Valce Is a Caffeinated Airhead Customized in All the Right Ways
29 Jun 2024, 19:35 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / The quaint little town of Stara Tura in Slovakia may not be the place you’d expect to find a world-class custom motorcycle shop. It is where Ales Tomis and Vlad Dinga have their base of operations, though, building one-off gems together as Ea...
Triumph Thruxton R Creme Is Custom Minimalism at Its Best, Nickname Suits it Perfectly
29 Jun 2024, 16:12 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / The beloved Thruxton nameplate from Triumph may be on its way out commercially, but it will remain alive and well in the custom bike world. You simply can’t go wrong with it when aiming to build a capable cafe racer that excels in both style ...
One-Off Honda CX500 From Germany Improves Upon the Original Formula by Every Metric
29 Jun 2024, 15:28 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Kaspeed (not to be confused with Thailand’s K-Speed) is a three-man crew consisting of Karsten Dressel and his two sons, based in the German town of Glauchau. They probably wouldn’t be able to build a bad custom bike even if their lives...
Custom-Built Ducati 749 Looks Downright Seductive in Neo-Retro Cafe Racer Form
29 Jun 2024, 14:58 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / The custom bikes built by Jeremie Duchampt seem to always excel in delivering that wow factor we all look for in a proper one-off. We’ve seen him put his skills to good use on several occasions thus far, and the results have left us utterly d...
BMW R80/7 Duchess Is a Tribute to the Cherished R69S Done the Custom Way
29 Jun 2024, 14:10 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / The United Kingdom is one of those places blessed with a flourishing, well-established custom motorcycle scene. Among the nation’s most prolific builders, you’ll find Pete Hodson of Side Rock Cycles down in Bournemouth, Dorset. He&rsquo...
Custom Moto Guzzi Le Mans III Cafe Racer Is Stunning and Filled With Modern Upgrades
28 Jun 2024, 23:03 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Classic Moto Guzzi bikes have a distinct charm that makes them great donors for customization, and there is one builder who knows this better than most. We are, of course, talking about Axel Budde of Kaffeemaschine, a man whose work has been featur...
This Scrambled Royal Enfield Interceptor Makes an Excellent Package That Much Better
28 Jun 2024, 22:02 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / The Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 has proven itself as both a reliable machine that won’t break the bank and an excellent platform for customization. Many workshops have thus far had a go at reinterpreting the model in their own unique ways, ...
Gorgeous BMW R 100 R Cafe Racer Complements Stylish Looks With Performance Upgrades Galore
28 Jun 2024, 20:38 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Diamond Atelier is the sort of workshop whose custom bikes would look right at home in an art gallery, and the one pictured above is no exception. It harks back to the firm’s early days, closely resembling one the very first motorcycles they&...
Custom BMW R 80 Bobber Is All About the Chrome, Brass, and Leatherwork
28 Jun 2024, 18:06 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Models belonging to the old-school R lineup from BMW have been customized in countless ways, but certain projects still manage to stand out in one way or another. Whereas many builders will stick to the well-established molds out there, others don&...