The best cafe racer motorcycles

How RYCA used augmented reality to design a cafe racer

A decade ago, the Californian outfit RYCA Motors cracked an almost impossible code: they figured out how to turn the Suzuki Savage…

For a bike that was only on sale in the US for a couple of years, the Honda CB400F had a massive…

The motorcycle designer Pierre Terblanche is famous for his Ducatis, but not always in a good way. Most folks would give the…

A jawdropping modified Ducati 1000SS, a very clever custom BMW R1100GS, a rare (and running) BMW R57 that could sell for $70,000,…

A slammed Royal Enfield Interceptor from K-Speed, a gleaming Yamaha TX750 cafe racer from Chicago, a BMW GS given the supermoto treatment,…

Most businesses need a succession program. And if you’ve been operating for more than half a century, training up the next generation…

It’s a long time since we’ve featured what you might call a ‘traditional’ café racer. The term is used very loosely these…

Most custom builders are low-volume guys. It’s often a sideline to a day job, or part of a wider operation selling parts.…

Despite the fact that motorcycles seem to keep getting bigger, the six-cylinder engine layout has never really caught on. Only a handful…

Even though the Ducati 900 SS is some three decades old, we still see a lot of customs based around the 90°…

For some people, custom motorcycles are just a hobby. But for others, they put food on the table—and that’s when it pays…

A few years ago, building a cafe racer usually meant imbuing it with a sense of nostalgia. But these days, the custom…