The Honda CX500 has been a hot fave in the custom scene for quite some time. But for some reason,...
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The 1979 Honda CX500 Deluxe underwent modifications to adopt the style of a cafe racer. The fuel tank, headlight nacelle,...
An unsavoury nickname can be hard to shake. After its release in the late seventies, the Honda CX500 was rather...
In 2021 Stu Lloyd became somewhat of a regular on these pages. We featured not 1 but 2 incredible custom...
A second attempt at anything in life usually results in a better outcome than the first. Whether it’s sitting for...
I’ve seen plenty of personal builds that have been inspired by professional ones. It’s not often they stack up to...
Why is it that when you really want to focus on something life throws a constant stream of distractions at...
Thanks to a huge increase in the popularity of the custom motorcycle scene many hobby builders have turned a passion...
Can you imagine the horror at Moto Guzzi’s HQ when Honda unveiled their first CX500 in 1978? A Japanese manufacturer...
It’s no secret that Honda’s CX series from the late 70’s has gone through a resurgence in the last five...
I’ve been following the Stories of Bike video series since it began and had the pleasure of meeting its creator Cam Elkins...
Just when I thought I’d see as many custom Honda CX500’s as I could stomach, along comes a build so...
Honda’s journey into the world of 90-degree v-twins may have only be a short one, but their CX500 still gains...
Honda’s CX500. The Japanese manufacturers only venture into the world of horizontally opposed twins. In many ways, the CX was...
Chris, the owner of this Honda CX500 Cafe Racer built the bike after deciding it was time to have...
The Wrenchmonkees have just won themselves a trophy without even trying! The boys took one of their newest builds, a...
The ‘JT26 Rascal’ is a unique custom build inspired by Warr’s Harley-Davidson’s second consecutive UK and Ireland championship-winning bike, the...
This 1978 Honda CB750 has been transformed into a cafe racer using custom components like a handcrafted aluminum fuel tank...
Every successful business experiences change – whether it’s planned or not. As a business finds its place in a market...
While the average person may think Italy’s best export is its cuisine, lovers of automobiles will argue otherwise. That’s because...
Huge events like Verona’s Motobike Expo offer custom builders the opportunity to try something different. After all, how else are...
As the world’s largest producer of motorcycles, it comes as no surprise that Honda cafe racer builds are commonplace here...
After deciding to open their workshop back in 2015 this was the second custom build that the Wrench Kings undertook...
At first glance you could mistakably name this bikes donor as a CX500, which is wrong, but not far off....
Obviously Honda’s little 400 four isn’t the biggest bike around. So the plan was to make it larger while retaining...
It’s been some time since we featured a custom Honda CX500 here on the site and what better way to...
Honda’s Moto Guzzi-Esque CX500 has been enjoying a huge resurgence in the custom scene. It seems that ever since the...
The following story is an extract from Tank Moto issue 4 “My very first motorcycle was a 50cc Honda Cub....
While we all dream of owning the next Falcon motorcycle to roll out of their workshop the sad reality is that...
With no prior knowledge of custom motorcycle building or even motorcycle riding Marco turned to a cousin for advice who...
As we welcome in the new year it’s time to look back at 2023 and put together our annual editor’s...
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the visionary French designer Sacha Lakic and his Blacktrack Motors workshop. That...
“Dustards” is an award-winning road-trip documentary from Ukraine that showcases a cross-country motorcycle adventure through the western region of one...
It’s that time of year again when I look back over the past 12 months of articles and somehow pick...
My first foray into the world of custom motorcycles was with a 1978 Honda CX500. Along with all the prerequisite...
Let’s not beat around the bush. The motorcycles built by Harley Davidson have never been hot favourites in the cafe...
The iconic Gulf Oil orange and blue livery first appeared in motorsport on a Ford GT40 in the 1960s. Since...
Working from their workshop in Paris, they modify, transform and customize motorbikes. Rive Gauche Kustoms really showed us their expertise...
“Creative Director by day, bike builder by night, virtual builder in between.” These are the words of Paul Drake, otherwise...
Imagine the biggest bike gathering you’ve been to. Hell, the biggest gathering of anyone. Now double it. Double it again....
It’s getting easier and easier to build a cafe racer. It used to be that you’d either have to pay...
David Mucci is an Industrial Designer and Custom Motorcycle Builder working out of Portland, Oregon. Since his 17th birthday, David’s...
Over the past 5 years, I’ve been lucky enough to visit is a wide range of custom automotive shows around...
Luxembourg’s Blacktrack Motors have been steadily ramping things up since they started back in 2015. They kicked things off with...
That’s a wrap for another year of cafe racer coverage from around the globe. This year was Return of the...
Our workshop series continues this week with an interview from ‘Cafe Racer Kits’ in the United Kingdom. Ian Saxcoburg is...
In this third and final instalment on Blacktrack Motors BT02 Triumph ‘Thruxman’, we learn about the final build stage. Sacha Lakic...
It’s fair to say that a hell of a lot of work goes into the custom motorcycles I feature. So...
Only just starting to learn new skills for the first time after my motocross career, I decided the most fun...
Daniel cut his teeth on cars and bikes at a young age. “I drove my first moped at the age...
Meet our team of contributors Here’s a look at the team behind ‘Return of the Cafe Racers’. These are the...
There are several amazing custom motorcycle shows happening in the United States right now that have made it onto my...
Last week I returned from Japan after fulfilling a 5 year dream of attending the 2013 Mooneyes Yokohama Hotrod &...
What is a cafe racer? A cafe racer is a style of custom motorcycle that first appeared in the UK...
Located in New York City, The Suited Racer considers himself a ‘living piece of conceptual art’. The multidisciplinary artist creates...
The bar has definitely been raised in the custom motorcycle scene. If you’re planning on impressing anyone a bolt-on seat,...
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by David Woll for his candid interview series the Pigeon Whole Podcast....
The crew at Return of the Cafe Racers have collectively been writing, riding and mulling over cafe racers for decades....
There are a handful of motorcycles that became the poster children of the “new wave” cafe racer scene at the...
Spain’s Dragon’s Motorcycles created a massive stir with just one build. Their debut creation, a glorious six-cylinder BMW KL1100LT trimmed...
In 1980 Vetter designed and built a very limited run of 10 Mystery Ship motorcycles based on Kawasaki’s KZ1000 MKII....
WE SPECIALIZE IN BUILDING CAFE RACERS AND FABRICATING CUSTOM PARTS FOR HONDA MOTORCYCLES, SPECIFICALLY THE CX500’s and CB750’s. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK...
Over in the UK Shaun & Carl of custom workshop ‘Down and Out’ Cafe Racers usually play with parallel twins, but...
I love a good collaboration. When one brand recognises the benefits of joining forces with another amazing things can happen....
I can confidently say this is the first time I’ve featured a custom motorcycle that was influenced by Keira Knightley. Jeremy at...
As you can imagine I spend a lot of time staring at photos of custom motorcycles. I don’t know if...
Since 2011 Bologna, Italy has been home to Hook Motors, a “lifestyle store” aimed at those who appreciate passion, elegance...
If there’s one thing I love to see in the custom motorcycle scene it’s a good sense of humour. One...
ChopperTown Nation are holding their 3rd annual backyard build contest and Return of the Cafe Racers are on board to...
We are pleased to showcase another set of readers rides for the month of October. Amazing garage built Cafe Racers...
