The best cafe racer motorcycles

Honda Nighthawk by Classified Moto

If there’s a builder entitled to look back on 2013 with a quiet sense of satisfaction, it’s John Ryland of Classified Moto.…

Let’s say you’re a relatively new convert to motorcycling. And you want a custom bike, something a little smaller and cheaper than…

Is brown the new black? This highly-caffeinated Honda CB café racer built for a coffee company sure looks good. It’s a creative…

Some motorcycles are just brimming with purpose, like this custom Triumph Bonneville on steroids. It looks like it’s poised to shred rubber,…

Most of the leading custom builders work on commission—they get a brief from a client, a direction is agreed upon, and a…

Minimal, elegant and beautifully finished, this is one of the best Triumph cafe racers we’ve seen for a long time. It comes…

Dustin Kott is what you might call a builder’s builder. From his base in California he specializes in Honda CBs, turning out…

There’s a steady demand for Walt Siegl’s café racer Ducatis. And looking at these images of his latest Leggero, it’s not hard…

There are three brands I always associate with the glory days of motorcycling in the 1970s: Honda, Triumph and Moto Guzzi. Four…

The Honda CX500 is a stern test of any builder’s skills: although it’s cheap and readily available, it’s not an attractive starting…

It’s quite common to see manufacturers getting into bed with custom builders these days. We’ve seen BMW hooking up with Roland Sands…

Gasser is a custom and vintage bike shop in Southern California that we haven’t come across before. But it’s a name to…