The Sinner: A Devilishly Good XJR1300 by Macco
If you live in sunny Spain and fancy a custom Bonneville, you’d do well to give Macco Motors a call. The Málaga…
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Your complete guide to Yamaha cafe racer motorcycles, from classic RD two-strokes bikes to modern-day XSR specials. Here you’ll find everything from traditional XS650 cafe racers to the latest builds based on newer models. Discover the parts, seats and performance upgrades that’ll take your own Yamaha to the next level.
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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The Auto Fabrica Type 6: Reduced to perfection
In Japan, there is a design theory called Kanso (簡素)—meaning simplicity, or the elimination of clutter. And every time I see an…
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Flying Dutchman: a Yamaha XS850 racer from Holland
Every year, Dutchman Maarten Poodt builds a new bike. As winter approaches and the daylight hours shorten, he starts a new project…
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Eight Ball: A Yamaha XJ400 cafe racer from Kyiv
We’re used to seeing gorgeous café racers roll out of Western European workshops, but today we’re venturing a little further east. This…
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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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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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Dutch Treat: Jules Brans’ Yamaha XS750
The Yamaha XS750 triple is one of the most underrated motorcycles of the 1970s. It never achieved the cachet of the Honda…
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CMBL Yamaha SR500 ‘ZedCat’
Surfing and custom motorcycles are two cultures that, when combined, often produce radical results. For example, the ZedCat: a delightful Yamaha SR500…
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Yamaha SR500 cafe racer by Chappell Customs
Chris Chappell’s last SR500 was a show-stopper. It was well received when we initially featured it, and went on to earn a…
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RD350 Streak by Brew Bikes
If you like two-wheelers of the pedal-powered kind, you probably know about Reynolds 853 tubing. It’s a seamless, air-hardened and heat-treated steel…
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