If you love your 2011 Bike Exif calendar as much as I do then get ready for the 2012 edition....
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.
“I’ve been working on cars since I was 16, however I’ve only been into bikes for the last 18 months....
After recently featuring AdHoc’s 3rd Cafe Racer build it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t take a quick look back...
If you saw my post recently about the Tidy Triumph Bobber I’m sure you’d like to see more about the...
Kristy Nadine is a busy lady. When she’s not hunched over a customer tattooing their skin you’ll find her sketching...
What is it about small motorcycles that makes me smile so much? This awesome little AHRMA GP200 road racer is the Twin Cylinder...
Daryl Villanueva, the main man behind Bandit9 got in touch to tell us about this exclusive limited edition machine. “It’s...
Vic World of World Motorcycles is one of the planet’s best Honda CB750 restorers. Based in San Fran, Vic has...
It’s been some time since we featured a custom Honda CX500 here on the site and what better way to...
Sourced from Just Bikes. Sammy the CB100 is the creation of Ace builder Darren Brown. Sammy is described by Darren as “more of...
Neall Dollhopf, co-owner of Heartbreak Cycleworks in Ypsi, Michigan, is a sentimental kind of guy. His custom Honda CB550 holds...
Tom Gilroy and his Purpose Built Moto workshop on Australia’s Gold Coast have risen through the ranks to become one...
Back in 2012 Raider custom built the GB and labelled it their SLS (Salt Lake Sickle). It was created as...
Since the onset of the pandemic, we’ve seen quite a few builds fast-tracked. While the general population was bingeing on...
Take two Honda 360’s. Rebuild motor, brakes, forks, carbs, swingarm with combination of parts from two said bikes. Custom...
Verona based workshop Fabbris Motorcycles has been in operation for an impressive 42 years. Started by Luciano Fabbris in 1979...
For anyone who enjoys tinkering with motorcycles, there will come a day when you’ll need to invest in some real...
Makes me want to tear down the freeway tonight… lossaengineering.com...
After months of hard work and seemingly endless nights of writing, issue 2 of Tank Moto is ! Just like...
After spying these new shots of the Cafe CB750 by Whitehouse and Motorimoda on the Bikeexif facebook page, I thought I’d share...
“The Natural” built by Portland based workshop The Tarantulas. It’s a bike that’s had plenty of mentions around here but...
Spain’s Dragon’s Motorcycles created a massive stir with just one build. Their debut creation, a glorious six-cylinder BMW KL1100LT trimmed...
For the US release of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, actress Rooney Mara has done away with...
In recent years we’ve seen a spate of new motorcycles inspired by classic bikes. Models like the Kawasaki Z900RS and...
“This thing (“Bowie” the Honda CB125s) was an impulse buy and was in pretty bad shape the day I took...
In the early eighties, I had a series of t-shirts that featured vinyl, metal flake prints. They varied in subject...
This custom Honda CBX400F race bike from 09RACING Japan is a far cry from how Honda released it. What was...
What’s the difference between a Street Fighter and a Cafe Racer? Well you wouldn’t be wrong if you were to...
On the dawn of the premiere of Discovery HD Theatres Cafe Racer TV series a production studio called “The Second...
As I mentioned there’s a lot going on at the Temple of Enthusiasm, in fact, there’s even more than...
Many of 2020s most significant motorcycle shows have been cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Amongst them was the...
…and all of a sudden you’re hooked. The RC166 won an amazing 10 out of 10 1966 World Championship series...
Having to endure cancer is something we all dread. Without having experienced it, it’s hard to imagine the physical and...
“The bike was originally an ’81 Honda CM400. I purchased it the day after my previous build was stolen. At...
If there was one thing I learnt at art school that has always stood true it’s that colour is king....
“The ’73 CB350F came to the workshop as a reasonably well-done cafe racer with a quite tidy tail section and...
Built by Preachers Hot Rod Cycle Design in 2012, this 1971 Honda CB750 appeared on four episodes of the television...
After deciding to open their workshop back in 2015 this was the second custom build that the Wrench Kings undertook...
The Honda CB400 Super Four is the embodiment of Universal Japanese Motorcycle Design. It’s a general-purpose standard motorcycle built to...
Yet another beautiful bike from the incredibly talented Danish Wrenchmonkees. This time is a Honda CB750 Cafe Racer they’ve named...
As Sofi explains it… “This Honda CB450 was brought to us earlier this year after an interesting encounter. A couple...
This bike is the daily commuter of BCR crew member Doinker. It’s a 1978 Honda CB750F Super Sport modified to...
For Marcos Vazquez of Spain’s Free Kustom Cycles the decision was made easy. After rolling an early nineties Honda CB500f...
Despite Honda’s categorisation, we think the CB1000R Neo-Sports Cafe is anything but standard. With 143bhp on tap and radical neo-retro...
An unsavoury nickname can be hard to shake. After its release in the late seventies, the Honda CX500 was rather...
Starting life as a 1989 Honda CG125, the “De Palma 05” is the latest machine to roll out of their...
Being in Australia when the One Motorcycle Show is happening over in Portland USA is like not getting any presents...
Lossa 1976 Honda CB 550 Cafe Racer “Mosca” 1965 Honda CB 160 Cafe Racer/Scrambler “Rasputan” 1978 Honda CB...
Ever since seeing the “We R Winning” short documentary about Twinline Motorcycles I’ve been a huge fan of the Seattle...
A while ago I posted this photo and a few people requested more so here’s what I found. ...
Honda’s groundbreaking CB750 Four not only demonstrated Japan’s ability to produce sophisticated large-displacement motorcycles but also sparked a thriving aftermarket...
Let’s face it. We don’t all possess the ability to rebuild an engine, to hand form steel or to even...
Skateboarding and motorcycles go hand in hand in the United States. Many pro-skaters like Caballero ride motorcycles and some, including...
Cream Motorcycles have released their ninth build, a 1980 Honda CB 750 named “Brownie” and it’s sweeeeet. The build took...
Much like the ASK Motorcycles 2014 Yamaha SR125 ‘Material Woman’, Rad has continued his “very skinny, low and long” theme...
Earlier this month I ventured to Indonesia with Luke from Fuel Tank. This was our 5th year attending the Kustomfest...
I never get tired of seeing Honda CB750‘s converted into Cafe Racers. Not only is the CB750 a magnificent base...
This custom-built motorcycle is a testament to high-level craftsmanship and attention to detail, showcasing a fusion of classic design and...
Jas Babalija is a mechanical engineer and Automotive Vehicle Examiner in Melbourne, Australia. For years his work focused on the...
These days the chance of anyone having the privilege of owning or riding an RC166 are slim to none, but...
Look at those…prices! Back when men were men and scantily clad women were every advertisers secret weapon (not much has...
No one is ever going to stand in front of a Honda NX650 Dominator and exclaim “look at the clean...
This 1971 Honda CB450 underwent extensive customization, highlighted by a shortened rear frame, green bodywork adorned with military-style tank graphics,...
Shortly after moving to New Braunfels, Texas we became friends with Karly Kothmann and her husband Tanner. Blake and I...
My hometown of Perth, Western Australia offers some of the best year-round riding weather on the planet. Unsurprisingly motorcycles are...
What could be better than driving around in a high performance vehicle that looks as though it could fall apart...
This Cafe Racer built by Hardcore Svenmeister Customs is named simply Number 8. Number 8 is based on a 1980...
This 1974 Honda CB750 was customized as a brat-style cafe racer. The frame and wheels were painted black, and the...
What is it about Benjie’s Cafe Racer parts that make every bike their fitted to look stunning? These two Honda...
Honda’s evergreen Hornet has been sold in the tens of thousands since its release in ’98. As a result, there...
To kick off our “Readers Rides week” we’ve got a bit of bling in the form of a gold leafed...
Antonio Lupiañez and Salvador Alasino of Vida Bandida motorcycles are two Argentinian Industrial Designers who devote their spare time to...
We just received this great set of photos from Chin on the Tank. They feature Nina keeping it real on...
Small details. That’s what separates a good build from a great build. Of course there’s a whole heap of work...
The Yamaha XS-V1 Sakura (Prototype ie coming soon!) oozes Cafe Racer style and should pck plenty of punch based on...
“Our goal here at Bandit9 is to deliver a unique product that’s drastically different from the last. We don’t...
In Singapore, you can be sentenced to jail for selling chewing gum… imagine what they do to people whose exhaust...
The Honda CX500 has been a hot fave in the custom scene for quite some time. But for some reason,...
The 1990 GB500 was Honda’s first retro bike and it marked a pivotal shift in both car and motorcycle design,...
“As a child my father used to race enduro and motocross professionally but had to retire early because he had...
Our first build was Zeke’s “Lucky” Honda CB200 cafe racer. He tells me he’s done the ton on it, but...
In 2015 Italian restauranteur Alessandro Dell’unto rented a small workshop space 500m from his restaurant. Why? Because when he’s not...
After the success of the K0, thanks to Dick Mann’s efforts at the Daytona 200 on the Honda CR750 racebike,...
The 1979 Honda CX500 Deluxe underwent modifications to adopt the style of a cafe racer. The fuel tank, headlight nacelle,...
The CB360, a successor to Honda’s renowned CB350, boasted a slightly larger engine and was equipped with a 6-speed transmission....
I love a good collaboration. When one brand recognises the benefits of joining forces with another amazing things can happen....
The Honda CB400 Super Four is a run of the mill naked UJM which first hit the streets back in...
I wasn’t able to make it along to the event last weekend at Deus Ex Machina in Camperdown, Sydney and...
Todd McLellan is a Canadian still and motion photographer whose work includes this outstanding series of restored and customised vintage...
Some motorcycles lend themselves very well to customisation, but I wouldn’t consider the Honda Goldwing to be one of them....
So how did KickMoto get started? Jeff: We all met through a mutual friend and hit it off because of...
Up until he was 24 Pierluigi Intini’s experience on two wheels was limited to 50cc scooters. In 2007 he began...
Fancy owning a Wrenchmonkee motorcycle? The Gorilla Punch is going under the hammer along with Monkee #7. You can place...
Much like their Honda CB550 “SL” cafe racer the CB350 has undergone a comprehensive rebuild. “Marek rebuilt the engine completely”...
Your first ride on a motorcycle is probably as memorable as your first kiss. Full of excitement and fear as...
Back in 2012, I was contacted by Vaughan in Sydney who had just finished hammering out the bodywork on his...