The custom scene has evolved in myriad ways since we first launched Bike EXIF, but we’re still suckers for motorcycles that play on classic themes. This quintessential café racer from Rusty Wrench Motorcycles ticks all the right boxes, with clean lines, subtle upgrades and an immaculate livery. Remarkable, when you consider that it started out as a busted up 1987 Moto Guzzi Mille GT.
And that’s putting it mildly, by the way. The Mille rolled into Rusty Wrench’s workshop in proper barn find condition; its frame was bent, half its seat was missing and it was buried under dust. So the Portuguese crew truly performed a miracle to get it looking this tight.
For starters, some key parts were so damaged that they had to be scrapped entirely—most notably, the frame.…