It’s been some time since we featured a custom Honda CX500 here on the site and what better way to...
Honda Cafe Racer
Honda is currently the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan. In the 1960s they became a household name in the USA thanks to their “You meet the nicest people on a Honda” advertising campaign. By the 1980s, they produced upwards of 3 million bikes a year. The Honda CB750 has been credited with being the world’s first superbike and has become the poster child of the modern cafe racer scene.
The results are out and the winners have been announced but what bikes were our favourite custom motorcycles from the...
It’s been almost a year since I featured Andy Mergerle’s Honda CB750 cafe racer project. It’s not often I publish...
The decision whether to customize a pre-eighties Honda CB750 or not is becoming a tough one to make. There was...
On the dawn of the premiere of Discovery HD Theatres Cafe Racer TV series a production studio called “The Second...
“The One-Up Moto Garage name is relatively new to the game” says workshop founder Taylor Henschell. “I’ve been working under...
Ahh Google Translate, how I love your ability to allow me to converse with people whose native tongue is 100% indecipherable to me! Which...
Honda CB750 “Cold bitch” More home built Cafe Racers sent in by our talented readers. Thanks for sharing your motorcycles...
Check out this 1973 Honda CB500 Cafe Racer up for grabs now oneBay. The bike have a list of...
After recently featuring AdHoc’s 3rd Cafe Racer build it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t take a quick look back...
This Cafe Racer built by Hardcore Svenmeister Customs is named simply Number 8. Number 8 is based on a 1980...
Cream Motorcycles have released their ninth build, a 1980 Honda CB 750 named “Brownie” and it’s sweeeeet. The build took...
Years ago I saw some pictures of a very low, very mean blue CB750 cafe racer and it was a...
Thanks to a huge increase in the popularity of the custom motorcycle scene many hobby builders have turned a passion...
Andy who is an Architectural Draftsperson by trade, built Express Post to compete in an annual event organised by a group of...
Honda’s CX500. The Japanese manufacturers only venture into the world of horizontally opposed twins. In many ways, the CX was...
Back in April when I featured E3 motorcycles Honda CB550 Cafe Racer it created a clear divide of lovers and...
When I launched this site all those years ago Cafe Racers were my focus, but I’ve always been into all...
Right now Australia’s most prolific custom builder would have to be Tom John of the Gold Coast based workshop, Purpose...
Big thanks to Collin Christenbury for sending in these shots he took at the Vintage Motorcycle Races & Show in Elkhart Lake...
Some kids grow up around cars and bikes. Sofi Tsingos grew up literally stuck to them. “Dad used to own...
“I bought this motorcycle from a friend at the end of November 2013. After riding it around for 2 months...
“Two years ago, after looking at some cool bikes on the internet I decided to build one for me and...
If you’ve been following Return of the Cafe Racers on Instagram or Facebook you’ll have seen that I recently attended Kustomfest in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The show...
For Nick Xiromeritis working as an automotive designer has had its benefits. Born in Detroit Michigan Nick has been lucky...
Huge events like Verona’s Motobike Expo offer custom builders the opportunity to try something different. After all, how else are...
Remember that time you went to see your friend perform in ‘that show’. You went along willingly but their performance...
I was really surprised to see that Icon chose the Honda VRF1000R as the base for the Magnificent Bastard. In...
In 2012 Scott Halbleid left his career as a graphic designer to focus his efforts on building custom motorcycles. As...
October! What the hell happened to September!? More amazing home built Cafe Racers from our readers. This time round it’s...
It’s not uncommon to hear people referring to a motorcycle as being bulletproof, but it’s not that often that it...
Honda’s Moto Guzzi-Esque CX500 has been enjoying a huge resurgence in the custom scene. It seems that ever since the...
The Honda CB400 Super Four is a run of the mill naked UJM which first hit the streets back in...
While we all dream of owning the next Falcon motorcycle to roll out of their workshop the sad reality is that...
Having the luxury of being able to build motorcycles at your own pace isn’t something most professional workshops enjoy. For...
The Honda was built by Andy Megerle, a German car enthusiast who’s had his heart set on building this Honda...
Why is it that when you really want to focus on something life throws a constant stream of distractions at...
With a life long passion for bikes and an endless desire to create custom motorcycles using “hand made” techniques, Oficina...
Found this 1974 Honda CB 750 Cafe Racer on eBay. I’m not completely sold on the look (mainly the headlight...
Back in 2012 Raider custom built the GB and labelled it their SLS (Salt Lake Sickle). It was created as...
1978 Honda CB550 Cafe Racer customized by Jeff Stephens of Godffery’s Garage. More images, video and specs after the jump…...
When someone says they’ve been bitten by the motorcycle bug they usually mean that they have developed an obsession with...
Being in Australia when the One Motorcycle Show is happening over in Portland USA is like not getting any presents...
“As a child my father used to race enduro and motocross professionally but had to retire early because he had...
“It is a Honda XLR250R that has been in the works for about 3 years now,” says Rad. “I have...
Let’s face it. We don’t all possess the ability to rebuild an engine, to hand form steel or to even...
Siberia. 13 million square kilometres of the most sparsely populated land on Earth and as it turns out, home to one of...
Much like their Honda CB550 “SL” cafe racer the CB350 has undergone a comprehensive rebuild. “Marek rebuilt the engine completely”...
Established in 2006 the 7Seven Custom workshop in Slovenia is all too familiar with the late model CB750’s. Back...
After receiving a tip off from a friend the boys got their hands on a well priced, running 1975...
Like most Swedes Oscar started his 2 wheeled life on a moped at age 15. After spending a few years...
What is it about Benjie’s Cafe Racer parts that make every bike their fitted to look stunning? These two Honda...
As the world’s largest producer of motorcycles, it comes as no surprise that Honda cafe racer builds are commonplace here...
The Honda CB750 was for many years the poster child of the “new wave” cafe racer scene. These days however...
“The ’73 CB350F came to the workshop as a reasonably well-done cafe racer with a quite tidy tail section and...
“I’m Jim Alonze from Scarborough, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. I’ve been into bikes my whole life, from off...
The Honda CB400 Super Four is the embodiment of Universal Japanese Motorcycle Design. It’s a general-purpose standard motorcycle built to...
What’s the difference between a Street Fighter and a Cafe Racer? Well you wouldn’t be wrong if you were to...
Unlike many of the Honda CB750’s I see converted in to Cafe Racers this one started out as a mid...
Over the last few years, I’ve seen some amazing things happen in the world of custom motorcycle building, but the...
“I live in the small but beautiful island of Cyprus (population 700,000) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. I’ve always been...
Happy new year! Well, that wraps up yet another year of cafe racer content. Like the previous year, 2021 was...
After the success of the K0, thanks to Dick Mann’s efforts at the Daytona 200 on the Honda CR750 racebike,...
Well as always the weather in Perth couldn’t be any better for riding…shame my W650 is sitting under a cover...
When it comes to motorcycles, there are certain makes and models that can work their way under your skin. Be...
A few weeks back I posted the Ellaspede custom Honda CB350 and it went down a treat. Today we this...
The project and the donor bike arrived at the Kerkus workshop via Singapore. After an artist from the Lion City...
Shortly after moving to New Braunfels, Texas we became friends with Karly Kothmann and her husband Tanner. Blake and I...
Ahh Slovenia, home of the oldest vine in the world, the first ever musical instrument, birth place of the first...
Today’s feature is about a different breed of Z. It’s a totally revised and, for lack of a better term,...
Beautiful shots of beautiful motorbikes by Erik Runyon. I’m loving the colour of that tank. Maybe the colour...
Their name may conjure up images of a suspect automotive salesman, but rest assured Crooked Motorcycles is anything but dodgy....
“I started Cognito Moto with the black and red Honda CB550 featured on Return of the Cafe Racers last year. This...
Swedish builder Fredrik Persson of Paal Motorcycles has been a busy man. The last time we spoke he’d just wrapped...
Honda’s evergreen Hornet has been sold in the tens of thousands since its release in ’98. As a result, there...
The DCC Four Hundred is based on a 1975 Honda CB400F and has been featured in season 2 of Cafe...
Despite its modest performance and rudimentary design, the Honda Super Cub has remained in production since 1958. This is because...
This Honda 1971 CB450 Cafe Racer titled Bonita recently appeared on Cafe Racer and custom motorcycle Blog, Pipeburn. After getting...
Three years ago I featured a very special build built by Steven Wilson of BC, Canada. The bike, a CB750...
A few years back I met Cliff Overton, a fellow cafe racer enthusiast, and backyard builder. When Cliff completed his...
To launch the new workshop Gregorio got his hands on a stock ’92 Honda CB750. A reliable, well designed and...
My name is Ryan Despres, I’m 31 years old and live in Alberta, Canada. I work as a Helicopter pilot...
As far as timeframes go David says the Ad Hoc CB750 has been a hard one to wrap up. “Due...
It’s no walk in the park for a custom workshop to stay fresh and original. Constantly pushing boundaries, reinventing styles...
These Honda CB 750 Cafe Racers were built by Garage Company. I’m not sold on the rainbow paint on the...
During this week’s edition of Sunday Screening, we feature new motorcycle videos from the US, Japan and France. First up...
No one is ever going to stand in front of a Honda NX650 Dominator and exclaim “look at the clean...
Looking at the picture above one could be convinced that they are viewing an engine built by Vincent Motorcycles (I certainly...
We’ve all experienced a time when our best-laid plans fell in a heap. But if that plan was to fail...
When Honda finally joined the new wave modern retro movement with the CB1000R Neo Sports Cafe we knew it was...
Straight from one end of Honda’s CB range to the other. Yesterday it was a CB125 Cafe Racer from the...
At the end of World War 2 many British motorcycle manufacturers were on the verge of closure or had already...
Close the blast doors!… Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors! – Despite the fact that they were rooting for...
For Marcos Vazquez of Spain’s Free Kustom Cycles the decision was made easy. After rolling an early nineties Honda CB500f...
Is there such a thing as a factory built cafe racer? If you ask a purist they’ll tell you no...
Someone wittier than me once said “It’s more fun to ride a slow motorcycle fast than to ride a fast...
“It all started with my toy bikes as a child. I would cut off parts with my scissors and colour...
Back in 2012, I was contacted by Vaughan in Sydney who had just finished hammering out the bodywork on his...
At 1.3 million people the country of Estonia isn’t exactly bursting at the seams. On the Estonian tourism website their...
