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OK, so my last blog was about the new machinery on display at this show, but this is about the eclectic mix of customised bikes that, unlike at the Cologne show, wasn’t on display with other customised bikes, but on manufacturer’s stands. Germany is massively into its customising, hence the slant on that kind of bike at that show, but Italy’s more about new metal for the following year. In saying that, top marks have to go to the Italians, as always, for show design and ingenuity. They ble …

If you’re going for a full-on, ground up build, you’d have probably bought a frame from one guy, forks & wheels from the next and so on. The piece of the pie that interests me in this post is tanks. I say this because in one way or another, I’ve been trying to find a good stream of motorbike tanks for years. They’ve either been ridiculous in price, ridiculous in design, or just plain ridiculous. I’ve gone from show to show, desperately trying to find the right look, shape, price, style and s …