Six-cylinder symphony: A Benelli Sei café racer from Portugal
If you’ve never heard a six-cylinder motorcycle at full tilt, you’re missing out. It’s nothing short of a mechanical symphony—or, if you’re…
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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.
Yellowjacket: A waspish Ducati GT1000 by Purpose Built Moto
The Ducati SportClassic range is universally adored, but some SportClassic models get more love than others. The limited edition, Öhlins-equipped Paul Smart…
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Speed Read: A Ducati ST3 café racer and more custom superbikes
This edition of Speed Read is our sportiest one yet, jam-packed with custom superbikes. First, we profile a Ducati ST3 sport tourer-turned-café…
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Level Up: Another futuristic BMW R nineT by Vagabund
There are more ways to customize a motorcycle these days than ever before. You can take the traditional route and hammer your…
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Speed Read: A handmade 4.4 liter J.A.P. V8 motorcycle and more
Pavel Malanik doesn’t customize motorcycles—he builds them from scratch. We kick things off this week with his latest creation, a vintage bike…
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The New Black: A Ducati Monster 821 by Rough Crafts
At this point in his career, Rough Crafts designer Winston Yeh is almost cheating. He has such an extensive catalog of top-tier…
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Analog Dreams: A Moto Guzzi Le Mans café racer from Austria
Despite their growing rarity and cost, the allure of owning, wrenching and riding a vintage machine is strong. Older bikes have a…
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Missile: An elegant Triumph Thruxton 1200 by Tamarit
Tamarit Motorcycles has enough plug-and-play parts in their catalog to turn any Triumph modern classic into a passable café racer. But the…
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Mach 9: CNCPT Moto goes full speed on the R nineT
The BMW R nineT has just had its first major update since it first launched, but many have wondered if the changes…
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Scandi-ly Clad: NUEN’s neo-futuristic electric motorcycle concept
There’s much debate around the aesthetics of electric motorcycles. Should they follow traditional motorcycle design norms, or should they take advantage of…
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Two smoking hot BMW K1100RS café racers from Powerbrick
Powerbrick has the most apt name in the custom motorcycle business. The Dutch workshop specializes in making parts for K-series BMWs, affectionately…
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M Sport: A racy BMW K100RS café racer by Bolt
The BMW K100RS was borderline futuristic when it hit the scene in the 1980s. Between its blocky horizontal inline-four engine and its…
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