Custom Bikes of the Week: 4 October, 2015

A CB550 named after a British torpedo bomber, a BMW R nineT inspired by the Bauhaus movement and a pearler of a Kawasaki W650 from Deus in Sydney. Matt Neundorf cherry-picks the best customs from the interwebs. Old Empire Motorcycles 'Ripon' Given the sleek and hunkered down lines of this Honda CB550, it makes complete sense that its Norfolk-based builders named it after a British bomber. However, I doubt any flyboys ever enjoyed vehicles as elegant as those created by Old Empire Motorcycles. Essentially everything from the donor bike has been chopped, cut or modified—and the suspension work is as...