A superlight Scrambler Ducati from Rough Crafts
The Scrambler has been a huge sales hit for Ducati, accounting for about a quarter of all Ducatis registered worldwide. It’s also…
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Here you’ll find everything from traditional Triumph and Honda cafe racers to the latest BMWs, Ducatis and Yamahas from new wave builders. Discover the cafe racer parts, seats and performance upgrades that’ll take your own cafe racer bike to the next level.
Blast From the Past: Storik’s Triumph cafe racer ‘Rafale’
New builders tend to slide discreetly into the scene rather than explode. But occasionally someone arrives with a bang—and so it is…
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A Moto Guzzi V1000 tribute to Bianchi’s ‘Celeste Green’
Moto Guzzi’s magnificent Le Mans is a firm favorite with European custom builders, but we don’t see many V1000s. So this G5…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 6 August, 2017
A sublime Royal Enfield cafe racer, a Honda GL500 Silver Wing transformed into a scrambler, and a jaw-dropping Ducati F1R homage. It’s…
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From Texas barn to the Persian Gulf: A CB350 from Dubai
Antonie Robertson is a perpetual tinkerer. In the 20 years I’ve known him, he’s fiddled with everything from Italian scooters to a…
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Grey Power: Angry Lane’s Yamaha SR500 cafe racer
Hong Kong might be the eighth richest country in the world, but it’s most definitely not a mecca for custom bikes. This…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 30 July, 2017
A Yamaha R6 with 70s-inspired bodywork, a Ducati Hypermotard converted into a Pikes Peak racebike, and a fire-breathing two-stroke Kawasaki triple with…
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Corrupting our Youth: The Return of Kreidler
If you grew up in postwar Germany and developed a taste for small and very noisy racebikes, you’ll know the Kreidler name.…
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Absolute Perfektion: Honda GB500 cafe racer by 271 Design
I remember the first time I clapped eyes on a Honda GB500 TT, about ten years ago. It was a pristine mid-80s…
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Thumper Love: Capêlo’s Garage x Elemental Rides SR400
The mighty Yamaha SR400 is making its last stand. While you can still buy a brand new SR in some countries for…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 2 July, 2017
A dark and moody Moto Guzzi Griso from Officine Rossopuro, a nimble Sportster tracker from Breizh Coast Kustoms, and a vandalized Ducati…
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Wood You? Monnom Custom’s Honda CB350 Cafe Racer
Quite a few wood-adorned bikes drop into our inbox these days, but few make it online. It’s an effect that can go…
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