Nothing cures boredom quite like motorcycles—and that goes not just for riding them, but wrenching on them too. This is why the father-and-son team behind AMP Motorcycles, Michael and Allen Posenauer, are never bored.
Based in Offenbach, Germany, the Posenauers started AMP Motorcycles as a way to spend time together after hours. They never intended for it to be anything beyond a hobby, but their work resonated with others and orders soon trickled in. That hasn’t stopped them from sneaking in personal projects whenever they can though—like this lighthearted Honda XL 500 scrambler.
“My father bought the 1983 Honda XL 500 R almost three years ago,” says Allen. “He wanted to build it for himself.”
“We had a lot of customer work to do, so we worked on the bike just when there was time and we felt like it.…