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These are 6 of the best cars to customize, modify, and make your own. Cars and SUVs like the Civic and Wrangler are a blank canvas for customization and modifications.

Japanese company Zero Engineering makes minimalist custom motorcycles that feel and look like classic choppers and bobbers, but with modern hand-built quality and Harley-Davidson V-twins.

Belgium's Workhorse Speed Shop just finished its recent Indian FTR custom commissions. One, the FTR AMA, pays homage to 1980s AMA racing motorcycles and rally cars. The other, the Black Swan, swatches the streetfighter in a carbon-fiber, '90s sportbike-style body kit.

Best name ever: the Apocalypse Warlord can go anywhere and do anything. Including sell at auction for the price of a house.

The late Arlen Ness earned the title 'king of custom motorcycles' for his wild, iconic creations. And now, four of these bikes, including some of his personal machines, are headed to auction in Las Vegas courtesy of Mecum.

Two more teams are taking a crack at customizing the BMW R 18 cruiser, this time from Italy. One, LowRide magazine, went with an M division-inspired take, while Garage 221 went further retro with its Aurora build.

Want to see a custom Mad Max mashup car created by sitting a Honda Accord on top of a Chevy Suburban? Here it is.

The final entry in the 2022 Indian Chief Custom Build-Off program, Carey Hart built 'Black Beauty' to actor Jon Bernthal's specs. And that meant a subtle look paired with more than a touch of extra performance. But while Black Beauty is Bernthal's bike, you can add many of its parts to your Chief.

Roland Sands Designs has made another custom Indian Chief. But it's not based on the 2022 one; instead, it's built on the bones of a vintage Chief. Only beneath its patina-d design is a V-twin straight from a modern Chieftain.

Earlier this year, Indian gave Brat Style founder Go Takamine a 2022 Super Chief Limited to customize. He's finished turning it into a brass-, chrome-, and blacked-out hardtail bobber-style build for 'Mad Max: Fury Road' star Nicholas Hoult.

The Fabulous Flamingo is clearly a one-of-a-kind custom RV.

The founder of Zero Style, Shinya Kimura now has his own California shop for making custom motorcycles. And his latest project is 'The Wal,' a 2021 BMW R 18 with hand-shaped bodywork designed for high-speed long-distance rides.

Cutting out a car's middle section is more common than you might think. This is a brief window into the "Shorty" car culture.

Even before its updates, the Indian FTR 1200 S was more of a sporty naked standard than an off-road-going flat-tracker. But Trail Tech's Kelly Anson's modifications turn into a proper scrambler motorcycle that Cycle World wishes could be available from the factory.

Russian shop Zillers Garage has a history of wild custom motorcycles, including several BMW builds. And thanks to Florida-based NMoto, you can get your own version of Zillers Garage's latest carbon-fiber-bodied BMW R 18 cruiser.

JvB Moto founder and builder Jens vom Brauck fell in love the second he rode a Harley-Davidson LiveWire. And now, with an official commission from Harley itself, he's made the first non-factory custom LiveWire build. But it's not just a one-off: he's making a limited run of them.

The BMW R 18 cruiser's 1802cc boxer engine may be powerful, but the bike itself isn't exactly sporty. That is until Roland Sands Design turned it into a dragster, complete with a shot of nitrous oxide.

Before BMW unveiled its R 18 cruiser, it commissioned Austin-based Revival Cycles to build a bike to show off the 1802cc boxer twin. And that titanium-framed, hand-shifted, 1920s/1930s land-speeder-style bike, the Revival Birdcage, comes to Jay Leno's garage.

After nearly 15 years, celebrated bike builders Paul Cox and Keino Sasaki have reunited. And their collab build, a 2022 Indian Chief inspired by early choppers, brings back a classic motorcycle feature: a hand shifter.

Adding a shot of nitrous or two to your engine can boost performance in a race, but there are a lot of risks you take with nitrous oxide, too. Nitrous can give your car more horsepower, but it can also cause severe internal damage and even destroy your engine altogether, as one YouTuber recently experienced.