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10 Finishing Touches To Make Your Custom Bike Stand Out

We all know that cafe racers are pretty much all custom bikes, but customizing a motorcycle is more than just...
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Art Deco & Gold Teeth: Barry Weiss’s Dental Debutante is a Triumph

If there’s one thing I love about my job, it’s picking the brains of the diverse handful of people that...
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Beeley Westlake – Berrybads Seeley Weslake Classic Racer

If you frequent these pages you’ll be familiar with the work of Kyohey Sugimoto of Berrybads Motorcycles. The Japanese builder...
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Bike Of The Day: 2019 CCM Spitfire Cafe Racer #24

The CCM Spitfire Cafe Racer is the manufacturers limited-edition tribute to our favourite style of motorcycle. The Cafe Racer is...
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Bike Of The Day: 2019 CCM Spitfire Café Racer #63

This limited-edition CCM Spitfire Café Racer is a remarkable custom bike and is number 63 out of only 250 ever...
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Cafe Racers & the Isle of Man: An Intertwined History

As fans of motorcycles, and in particular cafe racers and neo-retro bikes, almost everyone has heard of the Isle of...
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Cracking Cafe – The new TVS Norton V4CR

At the beginning of 2020, Norton Motorcycles under the leadership of Stuart Garner dropped a bombshell when they announced they...
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Decaffeinated: What Would The World Look Like Without Cafe Racers?

It’s spring, 1957 in an alternate-reality London, and the car park of the Ace Cafe is alive with leather-clad rockers....
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EICMA 2021 Modern Classic – Magni Italia 01/01

As an act of respect for their late father’s achievements, Giovanni and Carlo Magni displayed a very special motorcycle at...
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From Cruiser to Racer: Dice x Noise x Hindes Indian Chief RT 4/13

The RT 4/13 was created through a special collaboration between Dean Micetich of Dice Magazine and Indian Motorcycles. Unveiled at...
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GIRDER YOUR LOINS: A BMW R NineT Neo Racer from Moto Adonis

When it comes to building custom bikes, taking the path less travelled is never the easy option. Sure, cafe racers...
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“They don’t make them like they used to!” When you hear those words uttered it is generally with disdain. A...
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L’indomabile – Coronas Modificadas Gilera 150 Sport Racer

A brand loyal customer is someone who shows positive feelings toward a brand. They are dedicated to purchasing said brands...
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La Black – Gilera 150 Supersport by Coronas Modificadas

There was a time when the Gilera brand was as hallowed in motorcycle racing as Honda and Ducati. After World...
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Looking Back at the Birth of Cafe Racer Culture

It’s 1959 in London, England. What suffices for a summer here has arrived, and you are a 20-year-old that’s still...
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Ready to Race – Blacktrack Motors Griso BT-05 Cento

It’s been some time since we heard from Sacha Lakic and his team at Blacktrack Motors. After the completion of...
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The motorcycle industry is finally starting to embrace electric technology after the rest of the automotive world left them behind....
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SEA POWER: Bandit9’s Triumph-Engined ‘Supermarine’ Custom Racer

‘Having the right tools for the job,’ is a fairly tired saying—but the basic idea behind it applies to a...
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Shining Example – Martini Montesa Cota 247 ‘Dream’

Nicola Martini, aka Mr Martini, has always marched to the beat of his own drum. From the bright red top...
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Striking Single – The CCM Spitfire Cafe Racer

UK manufacturer Clews Competition Machines (CCM Motorcycles) has been producing motorcycles since 1971. Company founder, the late Alan Clews, launched...
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Suicide Club: Cafe Racers and Motorcycles in the Media

Fake news is a term that’s taken on new meaning in the last few years. But you’d be mistaken to...
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Surging Ahead: 2022 Savic Electric Motorcycles Development Update

It’s been 2 years since we last spoke to Dennis Savic and the team at Australia’s first electric motorcycle manufacturer,...
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The Top 10 Cafe Racers of 2021

Happy new year! Well, that wraps up yet another year of cafe racer content. Like the previous year, 2021 was...
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Top 10 Cafe Racer Motorcycles of 2022

It’s that time of year again when I look back over the past 12 months of articles and somehow pick...
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Top 10 Harley Davidson Cafe Racers

Let’s not beat around the bush. The motorcycles built by Harley Davidson have never been hot favourites in the cafe...
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Top 10 Triumph Cafe Racer Motorcycles

When it comes to building a cafe racer, no other marque is better suited than Triumph Motorcycles. This is of...
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Transverse Transformation – Horizontal Moto 921 Street Racer

In 1971 motorcycle engineer Lino Tonti designed a frame that defined the future of Moto Guzzi motorcycles. Known affectionately as...
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Undying Love – DeepCreek Cycleworks Bandit 1200

The bond between some motorcyclists and their machines is unbreakable. They may have owned a bike from new, kept it...
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