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Two-Wheeled Adventure

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This site regularly mocks American consumers for buying enormous, uncomfortable, inefficient pick-up trucks that carry nothing more than an overweight driver and a handgun to Walmart.

In TLCB’s home nation we are far more sophisticated, because the best-selling motorbike in the UK is… the BMW GS Adventure. Um… ok, perhaps we’re not so different.

Built to tackle the trails of South America, deserts of Nabia, and the Australian outback, the BMW GS Adventure is spectacularly over-specified for the outskirts of London. But it looks so cool!

This excellent Technic example comes from moc-nemooz, and captures BMW Motorrad’s off-road touring motorbike brilliantly, with a host of working functions and an accurate livery too.

There’s much more of the model to see at nemooz’s ‘BMW GS 1250’ album and you can cross the desert the London ring-road via the link above.

Santa’s Day Off

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When Santa’s not making and delivering presents, looking after reindeer, or monitoring children’s behaviour, we’re pretty sure he enjoys some downtime in a biker gang. The beard. The extravagant outfit. The drinking. He’s a perfect fit.

Flickr’s Yuan He clearly thinks so too, having built this characterful mechanised vignette featuring a motorbike-riding Santa, a sleigh trailer in tow, and a very relaxed looking Rudolph.

Yuan has attached a motor to bring Santa’s Day Off to life, and you can see the creation in action via the link to their photostream in the text above.

Fantasy Ride

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This TLCB Writer does not ride a motorbike. Because he is banned from doing so by his wife. Fortunately however, he can live out his motorcycling fantasies in Lego form courtesy of previous bloggee Lipko, and this tremendous 1:5 scale Technic superbike.

With working steering, suspension, V4 engine, 3-speed sequential gearbox, and spring-loaded handles/levers, Lipko’s incredible creation functions as good at it looks, and you can take a closer look at this spectacular model at the Eurobricks forum via the link above. Even if your wife has banned you from the real thing.

Unnecessary Tinkering

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For every motorcycle on the road there seems to be another two in a garage somewhere being fixed. Which means they’re kinda like Range Rovers. We suspect it’s more of an unnecessary tinkering situation with bikes though, rather than a catastrophic electronics failure.

Whatever the reason, TLCB newcomer DePin0 has constructed a medley of motorcycles in their natural habitat, with an array of tools and removable bits so they can be tinkered with unnecessarily. There’s more to see at DePin0’s photostream and you can tweak the timing / adjust the outer sprocket / fine-tune the mixture / decombobulate the flux-capacitor via the link above.

Sixties Speeder Bike

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It continues to be Star Wars Day, and this time we’re taking it seriously. What? This is a speeder bike. Kinda. Flickr’s Tim Goddard as built this most Italian of scenes, with a gorgeous Vespa scooter parked outside a pretty cafe. Pop in for a cappuccino at the link above.

What Bike?

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Sometimes the transporter is cooler than thing it transports. Cue RGB900‘s wildly modified Ford Econoline pick-up, designed to transport a racing motorbike. But we’re not looking at the bike when the truck is so deeply cool. Take a closer look at RGB’s photostream, whilst we trawl Bring-a-Trailer for old Ford Econolines…

Kosmic Kettenkrad

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The Lego Car Blog can be accused of many things. Incompetence. Wilful ignorance. Childish humour. But Only-Blogging-Thousand-Brick creations isn’t one of them. Proving that point today is Nikolaus Lowe‘s delightfully simple half-tracked Febrovery entry, complete with a smiling Benny the Spaceman and a Storm Trooper at the handlebars. Which is an interesting play on these sorts of machines’ original drivers. Join in the space Naziism via the link to Nikolaus’ photostream above!

Cyberbike

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2025 sounds futuristic doesn’t it? It probably won’t be of course, besides being one step closer to the AI or climate apocalypse, but here’s a futuristic bike nonetheless! Build by Horcik Designs, there’s more to see of this ‘Cyberbike-A’ on Flickr, and you can ride into the future via the link above.

Pavement or Dirt

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Motorcycles tend to do one well, and the other horribly. Which is why if you want to ride both surfaces you should have two. Nick Kleinfelder‘s friend’s father done just that, owning a Suzuki RMZ 250 and a Yamaha XV 750 Virago, both of which Nick has recreated for him as a Christmas gift. Clever parts usage and a some immensely fiddly looking connections make these bikes some of the most realistic at this scale we’ve seen yet, and you can hit the pavement or the dirt via the link above.

Duke 690

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LEGO’s expanding range of 1:5 scale Technic motorcycle sets is not only allowing fans to build some of the world’s best bikes in brick form, it’s also furnishing the Lego Community with a plethora of new pieces to enable them to create their own.

This is one such creation, borne from the pieces found within LEGO’s flagship motorcycle sets, and constructed by JoKo of Eurobricks. This stunning KTM 690 Duke brings a bike brand not yet amongst LEGO’s licensed partners into the fold, and includes working steering and suspension, a detailed engine with piston, timing chain, camshaft, and a light-brick synchronised with the combustion cycle, and a sequential gearbox.

JoKo has also built a motorised display stand that allows his model’s engine and gearbox to operate, and you can check out the full details, imagery, and a video of the bike in action at the Eurobricks forum via the link above.

Light It Up

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It’s the early-’80s, and computers have the power of a Casio wristwatch. But that didn’t stop programmer Kevin Flynn from being sucked inside one and having to fight his way out. Kinda like trying to leave Facebook today.

The 1982 movie ‘TRON’ was groundbreaking in both its exploration of the virtual world and its use of computer generated imagery (CGI), which handily fitted the visuals required by the storyline perfectly. And it featured some wicked-cool motorbikes.

This is the aforementioned virtual vehicle, the TRON ‘Light Cycle’, brought to physical reality by TLCB Master MOCer Sariel, lit via beautiful LED strip lighting and rotary beacons from Brickstuff, and powered and controlled by a BuWizz 2.0 bluetooth brick.

A LEGO RC Buggy Motor drives the bike’s (amazing) rear wheel whilst a Power Functions Servo steers, and you can watch this incredible creation in action via the video below. A full gallery of stunning imagery is available at Sariel’s ‘TRON Bike’ Flickr album, and you can discover how he creates jaw-dropping models like this via the link to his interview here at TLCB in the text above.

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Find My Bike in Lego

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We might be a Lego Car Blog, but it’s not just vehicles of the four-wheeled variety that feature here. From the phattest Harley to the tiniest scooter, motorcycles of all shapes and sizes have been showcased over the years.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your favourite motorbike has been recreated from Danish plastic bricks, our long-suffering interns have braved the Archival Halls to help out. From BMW to Vespa, here are the top motorcycle brands they found…

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Motorcycles

BMW

Vintage bikes, superbikes, cafe racers, and even a few official LEGO sets, every BMW Mottorad in the Archives can be found here.

Ducati

A century-old Italian icon now owned by Volkswagen, Ducatis in the Archive include an official LEGO set, life-size replica, and – of course – some spectacular superbikes. Click here to find them.

Harley-Davidson

Gangs, black leather, and more merchandising than even Ferrari manage, 120-year-old Harley-Davidson have appeared here more than any other bike brand. Choppers, coppers, and customised baggers, you can find them all via the link above.

Honda

There are more people riding Hondas right now than any other form of personal transport, with well over 100 million Super Cubs built to date alone. A few have been made from LEGO too, and they can be found, along with Monkey Bikes, Goldwings, and much more besides, by clicking here.

Kawasaki

Whilst most famous for their superbikes, Japan’s Kawasaki have only appeared here a handful of times to date, with none being their most famous product. Until a recent official LEGO set corrected that…

Yamaha

Famous for their off-road motorcycles in particular, Yamaha have appeared here numerous times with bikes, trikes, and even a few futuristic concepts. An official LEGO set joined the fan-made models in 2023, and you can find them all via the link above.

Vespa

Nothing is more Italian than a pretty girl riding a Vespa, and dozens have appeared here to date (Vespas, not pretty girls). From mini-figure to Model Team scale, plus an official LEGO set, you can find them all in the Archives via the link above.

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There you have it, from BMW to Vespa, all of the motorcycle brands to have been recreated from our favourite plastic blocks! Other bike brands with fewer entries in the Archives have of course featured here too, and you can find them (plus much more besides) via the Search box on every page. And if it’s brick-built cars you’re after, you can take a look at our full A-Z of car manufacturers by clicking here.

50cc of Fun

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We often feature vehicles with ginormous engines here at TLCB. Because we’re six. But there is much joy to be had at the other end of the vehicular scale, and nowhere is that more evident than the humble moped. Cheap, slow, and hilarious fun, 50cc is all you need for a good time.

This example is a Polish Romet Pony, produced from 1978 until 1994, with a top speed of just 40km/h, and with an engine smaller than most food blenders. And we love it.

Flickr’s Fuku Saku is the builder, and there’s more to see of this wonderful machine at his ‘Romet Pony M2’ album. Click the link to go for a ride.

Fun Bags

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Large, eye-catching, but somewhat impractical when riding, big bags definitely forfeit a degree of agility for look-at-me attention. Cue Dennis Glaasker (aka BricksonWheels) and this visual feast of a Harley Davidson ‘bagger’ motorcycle.

(Very) loosely based on the official LEGO 10269 Creator Expert Harley Davidson Fat-Boy set, Dennis’ bagger looks frankly impossible to ride, but with a fully chromed engine, LED lighting, spectacular presentation, and – of course – two enormous curvy bags, we can ignore the practicalities for a bit and just enjoy looking.

Grab a handful at Dennis’ ‘Harley Davidson Layframe Bagger’ album, plus you can read his Master MOCers interview here at TLCB by clicking this bonus link.

Organ Donor

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Flickr’s Nathan Hake decided to get himself some of LEGO’s wonderfully posable vintage Technic figures. With flexibility comparable to a human (or more so if the human is chubby), they’re a rather under-utilised component of LEGO’s back-catalogue.

Fortunately Nathan is rectifying this by building vehicles for his newly-acquired figures, with this superbly-proportioned motorcycle able to be ridden by the aforementioned plastic humanoid.

And, being a motorcycle, Nathan will inevitably be able to take advantage of the other key feature of LEGO’s Technic figures; their body parts can be separated to be swapped or donated to another figure. Expect to see those black arms and blue legs appearing on another Technic figure or two in Nathan’s collection sometime in the future, probably after it rains and a truck drops some diesel on a blind bend.

Get on the transplant list at Nathan’s photostream via the link above, and perhaps consider registering as a donor yourself if you’re yet to think about it. We can be dismantled just like LEGO’s Technic figures, and with 100,000 people on the waiting list for a transplant in America alone, there simply aren’t enough bikers.