Slavo Danko’s one-man custom motorcycle shop has the most appropriate name in the biz: Free Spirit Motorcycles. He marches to the beat of his own drum, building bikes purely for the satisfaction of it, with no-one telling him what to do. Which explains why this Suzuki GN250 took almost four years to build, went through three different designs, and looks like nothing else out there.
Based in the small village of Zohor, just outside Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava, Slavo works as a business strategist for a major advertising agency. But on Thursdays and Fridays he builds bikes, often aided by his son, Matúš.
“He helps me when he can, but he’s more like an opponent,” explains Slavo. “Since FSM is just a one-man show, I need a buddy to give me a second opinion—and Matúš is a product designer, so his opinion is valuable.…