Faster Wasp: A Yamaha Yard Built FZ-09 with a sting
There’s one thing you can’t buy in the custom world: pedigree. And Roland Sands has one of the best pedigrees of all.…
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Your complete guide to cafe racer motorcycles, from classic bikes to modern-day specials.
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.
The Pursuit of Perfection: Eastern Spirit’s CX500
Three years ago, Poland’s Eastern Spirit Garage exploded onto the custom scene with one of the best Honda CX500s ever built. Its…
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Modern Muscle: Victory Gunner by Tattoo Projects
At just eighteen years old, Victory Motorcycles is one of the youngest marques on the planet. And their current cruiser range has…
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Down & Out’s Triumph Thruxton
Barnsley is a town in the north of England famous for three things: brass bands, the semi-mythical Barnsley Chop*, and a name-check…
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Maltese Falcon: A Triumph Bonneville cafe racer
The Triumph Bonneville has got to be one of the most heavily customized bikes on the market today. In fact, we don’t…
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Orlando Bloom’s custom BMW S1000R
You don’t get many customs based on high-tech, 160 mph roadsters. But this stunning new BMW from Deus has the ‘go’ to…
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Café Español: Tamarit’s custom Triumph Thruxton
Owners of Triumph’s modern classics are spoilt for choice when it comes to kitting them out. Dozens of suppliers offer bolt-on bits…
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Star Struck: Classified’s Honda CB 750 cafe racer
We hear bike builders citing a lot of influences, but here’s a new one: vintage spacecraft. John Ryland of Classified Moto is…
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The Suzuki GS750, revisited
In the mid-70s, Suzuki was reeling from the disastrous RE5 rotary episode, and bet the house on a new 4-stroke inline four.…
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Enduring Appeal: Untitled’s racing-style R80
You don’t have to see the latest build from Untitled Motorcycles to recognize its racing pedigree. Hear it on the street and…
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Ed’s Burton: a most unorthodox Norton cafe racer
We’ve showcased a fair number of Tritons before—and even a Norley—but this is the first time we’ve laid eyes on a ‘Burton.’…
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Bloody Fang: A track-ready Ducati GT 1000
Ducati hit a home run with the GT 1000 as far as we’re concerned. Essentially a factory café racer, it had a…
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