Unikat, which translates to ‘Unique Piece’, opened its doors a mere 18 months ago. It all began when Grzegorz completed...
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.
“Derek Despain has never been one to settle down. A week of knowing Despain can somewhat be related to the...
The Tarantulas are a collection of motorcycle loving friends in Portland, USA. They are riders and builders of Cafe...
In 1988 the Japanese feature-length film Akira took the world by storm. For this, it is often credited with popularising...
My name is Ryan Despres, I’m 31 years old and live in Alberta, Canada. I work as a Helicopter pilot...
Last year the Cafe Racer scene was buzzing with the news that Dime City Cycles were building a custom motorcycle...
To launch the new workshop Gregorio got his hands on a stock ’92 Honda CB750. A reliable, well designed and...
The Death Machines of London (aka DMOL) never do things by halves. Their workshop has produced some of the most...
Remember that time you went to see your friend perform in ‘that show’. You went along willingly but their performance...
Deus ex Machina came on the scene around about the same time I set up Return of the Cafe Racers...
This October 13 you can watch as the guys at Dime City Cycles transform this banged up, sludge filled Honda...
The DCC crew have added some more amazing shots of the Four Hundred that I had to share with those...
The DCC Four Hundred is based on a 1975 Honda CB400F and has been featured in season 2 of Cafe...
Daryl Villanueva, the main man behind Bandit9 got in touch to tell us about this exclusive limited edition machine. “It’s...
No one is ever going to stand in front of a Honda NX650 Dominator and exclaim “look at the clean...
It’s been almost a year since I featured Andy Mergerle’s Honda CB750 cafe racer project. It’s not often I publish...
Honda’s Moto Guzzi-Esque CX500 has been enjoying a huge resurgence in the custom scene. It seems that ever since the...
Drag racing is the ultimate test of acceleration. The sport commonly takes place on a straight 1/4 stretch of asphalt...
Fifteen hundred bucks ain’t much of a budget when you’re setting out to build a custom motorcycle but it seems...
Darrell Schneider of DS Restorations isn’t the kind of guy to shy away from a challenge. With 30+ years of...
Close the blast doors!… Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors! – Despite the fact that they were rooting for...
“The idea we discussed was to make a simple, beastly motorcycle,” Fre recalls. “A clean and pure machine that was all...
Back in April when I featured E3 motorcycles Honda CB550 Cafe Racer it created a clear divide of lovers and...
Found this 1974 Honda CB 750 Cafe Racer on eBay. I’m not completely sold on the look (mainly the headlight...
Let’s take a closer look at them… Kawasaki Z900RS Café Kawasaki had already unveiled their stunning new Z900RS at the Tokyo...
For Marcos Vazquez of Spain’s Free Kustom Cycles the decision was made easy. After rolling an early nineties Honda CB500f...
Inspired by the Honda Jet, “the world’s most advanced light jet”, this CB750K may not be quite so advanced but...
“Elegance is the first thing that comes to mind when we look at our Honda CB750,” says Arián Campos of...
“I live in the small but beautiful island of Cyprus (population 700,000) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. I’ve always been...
Big thanks to Collin Christenbury for sending in these shots he took at the Vintage Motorcycle Races & Show in Elkhart Lake...
A few weeks back I posted the Ellaspede custom Honda CB350 and it went down a treat. Today we this...
“For years, I had watched all the motorcycle builder shows on TV and had always wanted to build my own...
Beautiful shots of beautiful motorbikes by Erik Runyon. I’m loving the colour of that tank. Maybe the colour...
Shortly after moving to New Braunfels, Texas we became friends with Karly Kothmann and her husband Tanner. Blake and I...
I’ve been a huge fan of Spanish photographic rockstar Kristina Fender for some time. Not only does she take a...
We knew that this Honda project would be a challenge for us. When we received the motorcycle it was almost completely disassembled....
Once the bike was dismantled the 600cc inline four received a complete overhaul with specific attention being paid to the...
Andy Megerle’s CB750 cafe racer project was a rollercoaster ride of challenges and setbacks. In the end, he managed to...
“My name is Nils J. Ksienzyk and I’m a 28 year old bike builder from Germany. From the age of...
“The ’73 CB350F came to the workshop as a reasonably well-done cafe racer with a quite tidy tail section and...
“I’m a carpenter by trade and have always worked with my hands. I started riding a motorbike in March 2014...
Honda proved that the Japanese could build capable v-twin cruisers with motorcycles like their VT series. Compared to US-built alternatives...
Since the onset of the pandemic, we’ve seen quite a few builds fast-tracked. While the general population was bingeing on...
Their name may conjure up images of a suspect automotive salesman, but rest assured Crooked Motorcycles is anything but dodgy....
“We wanted a fully customized bike with modern cafe racer styling and bulletproof reliability,” says Iñaki. “Because of that, we...
The sale came about after Flo was approached by Evy and Andy of Hermanus workshop in Bruges, Belgium. After attending...
The team at Honda Indonesia have been watching the scene closely and for 2017 have launched a new initiative to...
The project and the donor bike arrived at the Kerkus workshop via Singapore. After an artist from the Lion City...
I love Fridays. As beer o’clock draws closer (4pm) my concentration disintegrates and I begin my weekly ritual of trawling...
Bandit films and Fuel Tank TV have released the full version of their profiler video showcasing the work of custom...
One of Edi’s latest achievements is this 1981 Honda CB900 cafe racer. It’s one of two new builds to roll...
These Honda CB 750 Cafe Racers were built by Garage Company. I’m not sold on the rainbow paint on the...
For the US release of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, actress Rooney Mara has done away with...
After deciding to open their workshop back in 2015 this was the second custom build that the Wrench Kings undertook...
Thanks to a huge increase in the popularity of the custom motorcycle scene many hobby builders have turned a passion...
Spain’s Dragon’s Motorcycles created a massive stir with just one build. Their debut creation, a glorious six-cylinder BMW KL1100LT trimmed...
The Honda CB400 Super Four is the embodiment of Universal Japanese Motorcycle Design. It’s a general-purpose standard motorcycle built to...
One of the biggest highlights for me when we were pulling together issue 6 of Tank Moto Magazine also happened...
Right now Australia’s most prolific custom builder would have to be Tom John of the Gold Coast based workshop, Purpose...
After 2 years of running his business after hours, Wido managed to turn Wimoto into his full-time career and now, 2.5...
Story contributed by Fiorello Galluzzo I’m a regular humble guy and generally good with my hands. By day I’m a...
A while ago I posted this photo and a few people requested more so here’s what I found. ...
As Sofi explains it… “This Honda CB450 was brought to us earlier this year after an interesting encounter. A couple...
In 2012 Scott Halbleid left his career as a graphic designer to focus his efforts on building custom motorcycles. As...
Siberia. 13 million square kilometres of the most sparsely populated land on Earth and as it turns out, home to one of...
It’s been a long time since drinks, but one of our favorite backyard builders, Steven Wilson is back! It comes...
This Cafe Racer built by Hardcore Svenmeister Customs is named simply Number 8. Number 8 is based on a 1980...
This popped up on the Biltwell facebook page and I felt compelled to share. It’s a heavily customised ’84 Harley Davison...
In 2021 Stu Lloyd became somewhat of a regular on these pages. We featured not 1 but 2 incredible custom...
Neall Dollhopf, co-owner of Heartbreak Cycleworks in Ypsi, Michigan, is a sentimental kind of guy. His custom Honda CB550 holds...
Eak Tanadit, the owner and lead designer at Bangkok’s K-Speed workshop, is arguably one of the best modifiers of small-capacity...
The decision whether to customize a pre-eighties Honda CB750 or not is becoming a tough one to make. There was...
“They don’t make them like they used to!” When you hear those words uttered it is generally with disdain. A...
At first glance you could mistakably name this bikes donor as a CX500, which is wrong, but not far off....
I never get tired of seeing Honda CB750‘s converted into Cafe Racers. Not only is the CB750 a magnificent base...
When someone says they’ve been bitten by the motorcycle bug they usually mean that they have developed an obsession with...
“This thing (“Bowie” the Honda CB125s) was an impulse buy and was in pretty bad shape the day I took...
What is it about small motorcycles that makes me smile so much? This awesome little AHRMA GP200 road racer is the Twin Cylinder...
We just received this great set of photos from Chin on the Tank. They feature Nina keeping it real on...
“I’ve been working on cars since I was 16, however I’ve only been into bikes for the last 18 months....
Brisbane based industrial designers, mechanics and tinkerers Steve Barry and Leo Yip are the driving force behind Ellaspede custom motorcycles...
After careful design and build considerations, Tony decided that an alloy tank was the way to go. It would become...
I will be the first to admit I’m hopelessly nostalgic. So when I come across a story of a father...
Sean of Roc City Cafe Racers in Rochester, NY has just finishing putting together this very tidy Honda CB350 coined...
“It started out as a 1969 (70?) Honda CB350. It had the upswept CL pipes on it but the engine...
Take two Honda 360’s. Rebuild motor, brakes, forks, carbs, swingarm with combination of parts from two said bikes. Custom...
Place your bids!! This incredibly tidy Honda CB400 Cafe Racer is up for auction on Ebay right now. Read the...
Check out this 1973 Honda CB500 Cafe Racer up for grabs now oneBay. The bike have a list of...
Small details. That’s what separates a good build from a great build. Of course there’s a whole heap of work...
I wonder if it goes as hard as it sounds?...
A few years back in New York, in a 4th floor city apartment E3 Motorcycles was born. In May...
Anyone that’s had a go at building a Cafe Racer or custom motorcycle knows how addictive it can become. I’m...
Here’s the latest custom motorcycle to roll out of Moto Hangar’s workshop, a tidy ’76 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer. While...
If there was one thing I learnt at art school that has always stood true it’s that colour is king....
Straight from one end of Honda’s CB range to the other. Yesterday it was a CB125 Cafe Racer from the...
We just received images of this outstanding 1974 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer from photographer Phil Foss. The bike was put...
Ahh Slovenia, home of the oldest vine in the world, the first ever musical instrument, birth place of the first...
This Honda CB750, Dick Mann replica has been built by a chap by the name of Mick in Sydney. Mick has...
