Silvian Secara
2,091 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 Yamaha XSR700 Scrambler Is a Homage to the Classic BW200 Dual-Sport
29 Dec 2023, 09:03 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Over the years, the famed Yard Built competition hosted some of the coolest custom Yamahas in existence. The show runs a different theme on each iteration, but the general rules stay pretty much unchanged from one year to the next. In essence, part...
Royal Enfield INT650 Desert Runner Looks Elegant, Tough, and Old-School All at Once
29 Dec 2023, 01:17 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Royal Enfield is known to be very supportive of custom motorcycle culture, so direct collaborations between the marque and top builders are commonplace. We’ve explored such ventures here on autoevolution many times before, and they always tur...
Scrambled Moto Guzzi NTX Levante Has Custom Perfection Written All Over It
29 Dec 2023, 00:17 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / When it comes to the Moto Guzzi marque, there are two names in the custom motorcycle scene that stand head and shoulders above the rest. First, you’ve got Axel Budde over in Hamburg, Germany, better known to the wider public as Kaffeemaschine...
Custom Yamaha XT660R Looks and Feels Right at Home in Adventure Bike Territory
28 Dec 2023, 21:55 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Ellaspede of Brisbane, Australia is a workshop operating at the highest level, and they’re fully aware of how important post-customization testing can be. A proper run-in will shed light on any potential issues and areas needing improvement, ...
Scrambled Buell X1 Lightning Isn't the Type of Custom Bike You See Every Day
28 Dec 2023, 18:16 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Operating in a quaint Dutch village by the name of Wilp, Moto Adonis was established back in 2012 by one Daan Borsje. However, this original founder moved on to other professional endeavors somewhere down the line, so the shop was taken over by Art...
Custom Triumph Bonneville Keeps the Scrambler Recipe Simple But Undeniably Effective
28 Dec 2023, 00:25 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / The illustrious bike-modding artisans over at Sinroja Motorcycles are best-known for their startling BMW projects, but they don’t mind stepping outside their comfort zone from time to time. Under the leadership of Rahul Sinroja, the Leicester...
BMW K 100 Blue Moon Has Futuristic Cafe Racer Cues Well-Suited to Its Sharp Angles
27 Dec 2023, 04:30 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Rusty Wrench Motorcycles is one of those intriguing success stories we love hearing about in the custom bike world. The Portuguese firm was established in 2017 by the husband-and-wife duo of Francisco and Vera Correia, but you could say its story b...
Custom Norton Commando 750 Is a Sweet Fusion of Classic Heritage and Handmade Bits
27 Dec 2023, 01:20 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Brady Ingelse’s interest in classic motorcycles was sparked back in the mid-nineties, after he’d purchased his very first bike. It came in the form of a neglected 1976 Honda CB750 which hadn’t run for about a decade, and a full se...
Custom Honda CB500 Four Had Once Been a Chopper, But Street Scrambler Styling Took Over
26 Dec 2023, 16:04 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / As it’s been proven time and time again, Holger Breuer has everything it takes to deliver a fantastic custom build, even when the starting point isn’t exactly ideal. Case in point: the classy Honda CB500 Four pictured below is undeniabl...
Silver Storm Is an AMD-Winning Harley-Davidson Softail Deuce We Love to Bits
26 Dec 2023, 11:36 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / By nature, the AMD World Championship is where you’ll find some of the raddest custom motorcycles in existence. Getting a single podium finish in this competition would be a top achievement for any builder out there, but Julian von Oheimb is ...
One-Off Kawasaki W650 Bobber Is Dripping With Vintage Charm and Graceful Touches
25 Dec 2023, 21:01 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / A well-built custom motorcycle is one of the coolest birthday presents you could ever wish for, and the owner of this stylish Kawasaki W650 bobber would certainly agree. He’d owned and driven multiple supercars over the years, but the urge to...
Custom-Built Yamaha XS1100 Fuses Bobber and Cafe Racer Styling Seamlessly
25 Dec 2023, 20:03 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / For most custom motorcycle builders, the usual client commissions are their bread and butter, but such projects often come with various constraints. Strict deadlines, tight budgets, and limited creative freedom are some of the main ones, and sacrif...
Sublime Royal Enfield Continental GT Cafe Racer Is All About the Handmade Bodywork
25 Dec 2023, 14:43 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / It’s hard to pinpoint exactly why, but there’s a distinctive charm characterizing most custom motorcycles built in Indonesia. That shouldn’t really come as a surprise, because the nation is a genuine hotspot for customization and ...
The Jaak Is a Bobbed Honda Monkey With Cute Looks and a Commanding Presence
25 Dec 2023, 13:06 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Not many builders would pick a Honda Monkey as their basis when looking to craft a rad custom bobber with tons of attitude. This doesn’t mean it can’t be done, however, and there are numerous bobbed Monkeys out there showcasing what can...
Custom Honda CB450 Is More of a CBR500R, Retro UJM Flair Meets Modern Performance
24 Dec 2023, 10:14 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Ellaspede’s custom motorcycle gurus are no strangers to pushing boundaries or trying out new things, so you’re unlikely to ever see them turning down a challenge. For instance, their latest project goes way beyond your regular customiza...
This Royal Enfield Continental GT Tracker Is a True Masterpiece, Was Dubbed the Moose
23 Dec 2023, 16:06 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Like many countries in Southeast Asia, Thailand is home to a blossoming custom bike scene full of talented builders operating at the highest level. K-Speed may be the most prominent among them, but the guys over at Zeus Custom in Bangkok deserve ju...
Bespoke Yamaha XV1100 Cafe Racer Improves the Virago Formula in Just About Every Way
19 Dec 2023, 23:30 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Founded by one Victor Ortiz Ruiz back in 2014, Voodoo Garage is a four-man endeavor operating right outside the Spanish city of Granada. The ‘’Garage’ part of that name was very literal during the first three years of its existenc...
This Honda CB900 Chopper Spent Years in the Making, Owner’s Patience Was Totally Worth It
19 Dec 2023, 10:17 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Not all custom motorcycles are made equal, with some demanding a lot more labor and perseverance than others. There’s no doubt that adversity is commonplace in the bike-modding trade, but the chopped Honda CB900 shown below saw more than its ...
Modded Honda NX650 Dominator Is One of Raddest Custom Scrambles You’ll See All Day
19 Dec 2023, 07:25 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / Revered in the dual-sport segment, the Honda NX650 Dominator is one of those trusty, unassuming workhorses that’ll just get the job done without showing off or even pretending to be flashy. Its aesthetics haven’t exactly aged too well, ...
Reworked Harley-Davidson Street 750 Is Better Than Stock in Every Way That Matters
18 Dec 2023, 21:31 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / When it comes to Harley-Davidson models that didn’t quite resonate with the public, the Street 500 and 750 may just be the ones that faced the most ridicule. The Motor Company had perfectly reasonable intentions when designing the Street name...