Derived from a design by Rex McCandless and initially employed by Norton on their single-cylinder racers in 1950, the iconic...
This café racer, named “Triton,” was constructed using a 1950s Norton Dominator Wideline Featherbed frame and a rebuilt Triumph T140...
This specific CCM Spitfire is a unique custom factory creation, designed as a ‘1 of 1’ build. Its appearance is...
This ‘B54’ café racer features a modified B50 frame, Betor forks, and twin-leading shoe brakes. The 441 Victor engine has...
We rank Stile Italiano as one of our favourite custom builders in the world. Everything they do pulls at our...
During the 1950s, under the leadership of racing engineer Walter Kaaden, Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH, otherwise known as MZ, developed a...
“I have to say that I am simply an enthusiast of bikes and specifically Italian bikes and especially Aprilia. I...
Land speed racing on the Bonneville salt flats is no walk in the park. Running a heavily tuned engine on...
The same scenario could be applied to Sol Invictus Motorcycles but it’s still early days for this fledgling manufacturer. As far as...
Writing XTR Pepo and moped in the same sentence is not something we’d usually expected to be doing. Pepo’s custom...
The Moto Morini Corsaro Ti22 is the ultimate showcase of what can be achieved by the companies talented factory team....
One company who has been striving to get their foot in the door for the past 7 years is Cleveland...
The development of the Ace marked the British companies return to motorcycle production, the place where their 115-year-old roots lie....
If you’ve been following Return of the Cafe Racers for a while you’ll have noticed we have a soft spot...
14 years later the second Nimbus motorcycle was released with a revised engine design. Named the ‘Type-C’ it also used...
The frozen streets of Moscow are about as far from the sun-scorched salt of Bonneville as you can get. Despite...
Well it’s probably because there are people out there who can afford to pay for it. Take for instance this...
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost 2 years since we first laid eyes on the Lotus C-01. With...
As I’m sure anyone who has built a custom motorcycle would concur, things don’t always turn out as originally planned....
So what exactly is it that we’re looking at? The JVLT is not a functioning motorcycle, so don’t worry about...
The Nero Mark 2 is a blacked-out, limited edition version of his Nero Mark 1 that was released back in...
Zbynek Turecek is the man behind the Czech Republic based Wildstyle workshop and completed the bulk of the Zt design...
It’s been less than a year since David from Ad Hoc Cafe Racers sent me pictures of his first workshop...
Here’s the first Ural I’ve ever featured on Return of the Cafe Racers and I’m sure you will agree it’s...
As World War 2 came to an end factories who had turned to producing weaponry and munitions for the war...
Lopez was the owner of Mexican motorcycle manufacturer Islo. Typically Islo produced motorcycles referred to as “Tortilla bikes” which were...
“I started building Cafe Racers for fun a couple of years ago, but in the last 12 months I got...
Starting out with a base model which would have been lucky to produce 10hp the S&S team have increased power...
Want a brand new Cafe Racer straight out of the factory? Surprisingly not many motorcycle manufacturers are producing Cafe Racer...
If you were lucky enough to make it along to the 2011 Bonneville Speed Week trails you may have spotted...
“I tore it all apart and labeled everything. The tank, headlight and trunk plastics all went off to get painted....
We’ve just received these images from Bandit9 of their next custom motorcycle build. Daryl of Bandit9 tells us that this...
Bandit9 owner Daryl, acquired this CJ750 to use as a base for his first “guinea pig” project bike. The customised CJ750...
Unconventional, ugly and cool as hell, this is the magnificent Wooler motorcycles Flat Four. Developed by John Wooler in 1948...
1954 AJS 497cc E95 Porcupine ” Racing Motorcycle” Frame no. F3, Motor No E2 / 54 Britain’s first success in...
Who ever said “Good things come in small packages” didn’t know the half of it… Derringer Cycles ethos comes from...
It’s hard to believe that a company like Confederate motorcycles would produce a “special edition” of any of their motorcycles as they...
