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Built magazine is dedicated to the burgeoning world of retro-styled custom motorcycles and the lifestyle that surrounds them. We meet the world’s best custom bike builders, take silly trips on unsuitable machines and visit the best of the globes custom biking events. Built is the guide to the hot bikes, gear and events in the custom biking world.

LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE!

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RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL

NO MAN’S LAND • FUEL MOTORCYCLES TELL BUILT ABOUT THEIR LATEST ADVENTURE: RIDING THE SILK ROAD IN CHINA

CALL OF THE WILD • WHEN FUEL MOTORCYCLES EMBARKED ON THEIR NO MAN’S LAND ADVENTURE IN CHINA (SEE p12) THEY LAUNCHED A NEW RANGE OF ENDURO RIDING GEAR TO SUIT THE TERRAIN…

CAPTAIN LARRY • ZODIAC GET INSPIRED BY THE MOVIE EASY RIDER AND THE LATE, GREAT BUILDER INDIAN LARRY

SWEET SEQUEL • AFTER CREATING A FABULOUS DESERT SLED AS HIS FIRST CUSTOM BUILD DIRTY DICK’S MOTOS DECIDED TO PUSH THE CONCEPT EVEN FURTHER

4 BIKES 2 VANS 7 DAYS AND 2 VOLCANOS † • CAN YOU RIDE OFF-ROAD FROM VESUVIUS TO ETNA ON ELECTRIC BIKES? BUILT DECIDES TO FIND OUT…

SUBSCRIBE • Never miss an issue again

SURVIVOR • EVER SEEN A SPRINGER-FORKED BAVARIAN BOOMER BEFORE? US NEITHER. FRAN FROM LDK EXPLAINS ALL

PRODUCTION PERFECTION • EX-SPEEDWAY RIDER NICK SIMMONS HAS MADE 10 OF THESE YAMAHA XS650-BASED STREET TRACKERS. WE CAN SEE WHY THERE’S A QUEUE TO BUY THEM…

THE MALLE YEAR • 2021 was Malle’s busiest ever year, with three massive events and even bigger piles of hassle…

LUCKY NUMBER 7

RIDE BRITAIN

TIDE CHASING

BRUISER • SIDEROCK TAKES A 1983 BMW R80 AND GIVES IT SOME ADDED PUNCH

LIGHT FANTASTIC • Can a Harley Sportster really lose enough flab to pass as an urban enduro?

GREECE LIGHTNING • BUILT READERS LUCIA AUCOTT (LEFT) AND DOMINIKA GRNOVA RIDE TO A TINY GREEK ISLAND AND DISCOVER THE DELIGHTS OF THE COUNTRY’S BACK ROADS

BLITZ THE BOOK • FRENCH BUILDERS BLITZ AREN’T AFRAID TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. SO, IN THE INSTA AGE, THEY’VE MADE A BOOK

AKA-TOMBO RED DRAGON FLY • DEUS BUILD THE PERFECT WHEELS FOR INDONESIAN LIFE

RED HERRINGS, KICK BACKS SHORT CIRCUITS • IT TOOK A PROPER INVESTICATION TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS CHOPPER'S MURKY PAST BUT THANKS TO ITS LATEST OWNER IT'S NOW A LONG-DISTANCE HAULER-AND SHOW WINNER

Swanky adventure • WHETHER YOU OPTED FOR A CLASSIC DAKAR MOUNT OR HILARIOUSLY INAPPROPRIATE CUSTOM, THIS YEAR’S DEUS SWANK RALLY IN SARDINIA OFFERED SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE