Ducati 900 GTS cafe racer
A couple of months ago we showed the Ducati 900 GTS custom built by René Waters, a Canadian Ducati aficionado who runs…
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Vincent Super Nero
There’s an allure around the Vincent brand that few other marques can match. It’s a potent mix of history, effortless style and…
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‘Trans Am’ style: A Honda Gold Wing cafe racer
One of the last bikes you’d expect to get the café racer treatment is the Honda Gold Wing. It’s hardly a nimble…
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Excelsior Manxman
Most vintage motorcycles look spindly and fragile. Others look bulbous and unbalanced to modern eyes. But a select few—Vincent included—look hunkered-down and…
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Sanctuary Kawasaki Z2
The legendary Kawasaki Z1 had a little brother, the Z2. (A better behaved little brother, no doubt.) You’d be hard pressed to…
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Ooh La La: A Rudge-Whitworth ‘bitsa’ from France
This remarkably elegant vintage motorcycle is actually a bit of a mongrel: it’s a Rudge Whitworth ‘bitsa’ built by Jean-Claude Barrois, who…
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Yamaha Virago custom
One of the most underrated custom platforms has got to be Yamaha’s Virago. It first appeared as the XV750 in 1981, and…
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BMW K100 cafe racer
I’ve always liked the look of BMW’s K-series motors. Simply because they’re boxy and when they first appeared, I thought they looked…
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Psyclone: A replica of the Cyclone board track racer
Frederick Fortune is a graphic designer in the San Francisco bay area with a passion for motorcycles. He sent in this story…
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BMW K1200R custom by Wunderlich
This is so odd I just had to feature it. When BMW launched the K1200R in 2006, it was the world’s most…
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