The Therapist: Jeff Veraldi’s BMW K100 Cafe Racer
We often joke about motorcycles being a kind of therapy. But when Jeff Veraldi broke his back in a racing accident, it…
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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.
Ryan Reynolds’ motorcycle: A custom Thruxton
From his home base in California, Dustin Kott’s earned a reputation for building café racers with exceptional proportions. So when Ryan Reynolds…
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Customizing a classic: CRD’s BMW R80ST
Café Racer Dreams don’t exclusively build BMWs, but you could call them specialists. With several elegant examples under their belts—including these two…
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Tricolore Treat: Wolf Moto’s Guzzi LeMans
One of South Africa’s motorcycling hotspots is the Woodstock Man Cave, a workshop-cum-clubhouse in Cape Town. It’s also the venue for a…
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Ready to race: Sacha Lakic’s CX500 cafe racer
Who’d have thought that the humble Honda CX500 would one day join the CB750 and SR500 as a staple of custom builders?…
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70s Muscle: Santiago’s Kawasaki Z1000 cafe racer
If the sixties was the heyday for muscle cars, the seventies was the era of superbikes. Cars that could run the quarter…
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Original Cafe Racer: Adam Grice’s killer Triton
The term ‘café racer’ has become so abused, it’s lost virtually all meaning. (Okay, we’re occasionally guilty too.) So let’s go back…
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Low flyer: Yamaha XS650 by Clutch Custom
We’ve probably used every superlative in the book to describe the Clutch Custom style by now. Propriétaire Willie Knoll builds bikes that…
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New York cafe: 1979 Moto Guzzi LeMans
If you live in New York and love vintage European machinery, we have a name for you: Peter Boggia. He’s the man…
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Momoto SR500: blueprint for a budget cafe
Half a century ago, a café racer was a bike stripped to the essentials. Tuned for maximum performance over the short haul,…
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Little Baby: Cafe Racer Dreams’ SR125
Let’s be honest: most of the bikes that make waves on the custom scene are big-budget builds. They cost as much as…
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Ayrton Senna tribute by Marcus Walz
It’s a common sight to see Formula One drivers zooming up and down the pit lane on scooters. But many of these…
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