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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Yamaha SR500 by ExesoR Motorcycles
Venturing into the left field is risky business for any builder. Go too far, and you could end up with a garish…
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Yamaha SR500 by Bunker of Istanbul
If you’ve been to Istanbul, you’ll know that it’s riot of color. The bazaars and basilicas are an assault on the retinas,…
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Auto Fabrica Yamaha SR500
The English workshop Auto Fabrica is fast developing a distinctive style. It’s the reduction of the motorcycle to its simplest form, finished…
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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 ‘Mezzomille’
If you live on mainland Europe and have a penchant for Yamaha café racers, then you probably know Kedo. The German company…
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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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Scramblers Motorcycles’ SR500
Hot on the heels of our Top 5 Yamaha SR500s feature comes this rather sharp looking example from new Swabian outfit Scramblers…
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Top 5 Yamaha SR500s
Everyone loves a thumper—and few thumpers are as loved as Yamaha’s popular SR500. Manufactured for just over 20 years, from 1978 to…
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Yamaha SR500 by Chappell Customs
It’s hard to believe that this lean, purposeful café racer started out as a beaten up 1978 Yamaha SR500—an ex-AHMRA race bike…
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Analog Yamaha SR500
Tony Prust of Analog Motorcycles has built his reputation with a raft of elegant, mid-capacity customs: the perfect bikes for barhopping and…
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Motohangar Yamaha SR500
Every now and then, a bike comes along that captures the state of the neo-custom scene right at this moment in time.…
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