The companies actual beginning came about when a widowed mother invested her families equity into their garage business in an...
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So you wanna buy a spanking new motorcycle to ride around town and make it without having to touch your...
Cafe racers are a distinctive style of motorcycles that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s in Britain. Born out of...
By the early 2000s Honda had diluted its once iconic CB series so much that any connection to the original...
Mellow Motorcycles first appeared on the European custom scene in 2016. They gained our attention due to their tendency to...
Kawasaki’s ER6N first hit the streets in 2008 but the middleweight naked sports bike isn’t a motorcycle that often pops...
Moto Guzzi is the oldest European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production. In 2021 the Italian manufacturer celebrated its 100th birthday...
Tom Gilroy and his Purpose Built Moto workshop on Australia’s Gold Coast have risen through the ranks to become one...
Having to endure cancer is something we all dread. Without having experienced it, it’s hard to imagine the physical and...
Jérémie, the owner of the French workshop Jerem-Motorcycles, has only been building motorcycles for 3 years part-time. Still, he somehow...
There’s something strangely alluring about six-cylinder motorcycles. Despite the fact that they are heavy, more costly to maintain and seldom...
Since 1963 Kawasaki Motorcycle Co. has introduced a plethora of technological innovations which have gone on to become industry standards....
It’s that time of year again when I look back over the past 12 months of articles and somehow pick...
Over a century ago Michio Suzuki formed the company that is today known as Suzuki Motor Corp. Originally Michio found...
“The quickest, baddest production big-bore sportbike you can buy.” That’s what Motorcyclist Magazine had to say about the GSX-R 1100...
I hate to say it but there is a downside to riding a classic British cafe racer. Sure you’ll revel...
Review Summary: The 2022 Yamaha XSR900 Retro Triple is a much meaner and more powerful bike than its sibling, the...
Such is the iconic status of the 1970s Kawasaki Z900 that these days they are more commonly restored than customised....
Every successful business experiences change – whether it’s planned or not. As a business finds its place in a market...
I think it’s fair to say that outside of the US one of the biggest markets for custom-built Harleys would...
Custom motorcycle builder Max Hazan has just been awarded the prestigious ‘Best of Show’ awards at the 2022 Concours d’Elegance...
My first foray into the world of custom motorcycles was with a 1978 Honda CX500. Along with all the prerequisite...
We owe many human achievements to the blossoming of the modern mechanised era in the late 19th and early 20th...
After a forced 2-year hiatus the Revival Cycles Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas is back! First launched in 2014...
When I first met Ram Ram Januar at his home in Bandung, Indonesia he told me that he started his...
Whether you like to call them modern classics, sport heritage, Neo Sports, retro sport or modern-retro motorcycles, the market for...
On average, the custom motorcycles we feature here are presented by the builder. But for this article, we’re doing things...
Happy new year! Well, that wraps up yet another year of cafe racer content. Like the previous year, 2021 was...
Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse one of our favourite motorcycle events on the planet got cancelled....
We all know Kentucky Fried Chicken. It’s second only to McDonald’s for making Americans fat and scaring farm animals globally....
So you’re obsessed with two wheels? Well, we see no reason why that obsession can’t span beyond motorcycles to include...
How many of us started riding because it looked cool to be on a motorcycle? You dreamed of being like...
It’s spring, 1957 in an alternate-reality London, and the car park of the Ace Cafe is alive with leather-clad rockers....
While the average person may think Italy’s best export is its cuisine, lovers of automobiles will argue otherwise. That’s because...
At 54 years young Swedish born Norwegian Tomas Wrede has an enviable list of bike builds under his belt. He...
We’ve all experienced a time when our best-laid plans fell in a heap. But if that plan was to fail...
“They don’t make them like they used to!” When you hear those words uttered it is generally with disdain. A...
Stu Lloyd grew up in the UK during the late ’70s and early ’80s. As a young boy, his leisure...
When it comes to building a cafe racer, no other marque is better suited than Triumph Motorcycles. This is of...
Having to introduce Max Hazan is the easiest and the hardest of jobs. Easiest because anyone who knows anything about...
Last week we featured a very tidy BMW K1100 LT cafe racer by Anthony LoGalbo of New York based workshop...
Honda proved that the Japanese could build capable v-twin cruisers with motorcycles like their VT series. Compared to US-built alternatives...
Over the past few years, I’ve been lucky enough to test ride almost every new modern classic, retro sports and...
Despite the lockdowns, we saw some amazing cafe racers completed in 2020. Many were built by individuals who suddenly found...
Back in 2017, French builder Ortolani Customs wowed us with his metalworking prowess. His polished Ducati 1199 S earned him...
34-year-old Mario Fedele’s entire career spawned from a childhood fixation with motorcycles. It all began with obsessing over his father’s...
When great minds come together, great things happen. Often in the world of custom motorcycle building workshops keep to themselves....
Well, that wraps up yet another year of amazing cafe racer builds from custom workshops and backyard builders around the...
It’s often the bikes we least expect to see customised that return the best results. One such motorcycle is this...
Hugo Eccles is co-founder and design director of Untitled Motorcycles (UMC). With workshops in San Francisco and London, UMC designs...
I met Michael Capraro some years ago at a communal motorcycle workshop I was involved in. His enthusiasm for bikes...
Back in 2013 BMW Motorrad celebrated the 40th anniversary of the legendary BMW R 90 S with the unveiling of...
It’s not often we veer away from our retro riding gear theme, but every so often there’s an exception to...
When we think of off-road motorcycles it’s often the bright orange bodywork of KTM that first comes to mind. The...
Suzuki’s SV650 offers riders a cheap entry point into the mid-sized sportbike category. That doesn’t make the twin-cylinder UJM sound...
Sheilas Shakedown is really like no other festival. It encapsulates the zeitgeist of the 70s and 80s Aussie bike rally...
Thanks to their continued support of custom workshops, Yamaha Motorcycles have played an integral role in the growth of the...
Few motorcycles have the cult status of Yamaha’s SR400. During the past decade, the SR has come into the spotlight...
This year is gearing up to be the year of cafe racer kits. We’ve already published a feature documenting a...
Ducati has been producing its Monster since 1993. Looking back over the years there wasn’t a lot of variation in...
So, you want to build a cafe racer. How do you craft a stock motorcycle into a machine worthy of...
The Indian FTR 1200 is almost spectacular. It handles perfectly, it’s astonishingly well put-together and its power delivery is aggressive,...
Bali’s AMS Garage is back with yet another incredible example of their metal shaping skills. In our last AMS feature,...
Experiences from our youth can have a profound effect on what we do later in life. For Jean-Pierre, it was...
The 2019 Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori, or EICMA as it is commonly known, is in full swing. As...
Earlier this year Return of the Cafe Racers had the honour of co-hosting the Australian premiere of Oil in the...
If you read through the comments section on any modern cafe racer review you are sure to come across a...
Europe’s first all-female motorcycle festival, the ‘Petrolettes‘ has teamed up with Royal Enfield to create the ‘Petrolettes Wrench Off’. The...
This year the London Bike Shed show played host to an astounding 281 custom motorcycles and over 17,000 visitors. As...
When Honda finally joined the new wave modern retro movement with the CB1000R Neo Sports Cafe we knew it was...
While most aspects of motorcycle design have come a long way since the 70s, there and several that haven’t. Take...
It’s been 3 years since the release of Triumph’s water-cooled Bonneville range. Amongst the first of the new Modern Classics...
That’s a wrap for another year of cafe racer coverage from around the globe. This year was Return of the...
Is there such a thing as a factory built cafe racer? If you ask a purist they’ll tell you no...
Turning your passion into a business is a dream many of us share. A few years ago, when trawling the...
Published in collaboration with Spanish magazine ‘Revival of the Machine’ From Portugal comes this Moto Guzzi seventies-inspired transformation. Rua Machines...
“My main goal was performance and low-key style. Most of the modifications made decreased the Triumph’s weight and added to...
The same scenario could be applied to Sol Invictus Motorcycles but it’s still early days for this fledgling manufacturer. As far as...
“The story starts with a 2007 Ducati SS1000 DS with 18,000 miles on the clock, an upgraded Öhlins rear shock...
Tank Machine was established by Clement Molina back in 2015 following his 18 years of experience working in the motorcycle...
The list consists of 5 motorcycles built by professional workshops and 5 by backyard builders. In many ways, this is...
One company who has been striving to get their foot in the door for the past 7 years is Cleveland...
“We have been so consumed with customer work that we haven’t been able to build a shop bike since we...
“I’ve discovered I love building bikes almost as much as I like riding them!” – Joe Loss. Joe’s disorder is...
When Dan, who is a designer by trade, approached Steve about reviving his damaged Duke he had a very clear...
According to Sven Decoux of Barn Built Motorcycles, the decision to customise a Kawasaki ZR7 was more ‘right place, right...
Imagine this scenario: A bike magazine hands you a box-fresh 1978 BMW R100RS and the concept rendering for a fantastic,...
The “MK46” is the work of Samik Chatterjee, owner operator of MotoKraft Customs in New Delhi. After graduating from Art...
One of the biggest decisions you’ll make when building your own Cafe Racer, or any style of custom motorcycle for...
“As the story goes my first word was ‘car’ rather than ‘mummy’. I’m not so sure whether this is the...
Today’s quick update has been a long time in the making. As we’ve seen here before the Kawasaki KZ650 has...
The Buell XB platform is an unlikely hero for the cafe set – A torquey, Harley-powered, space-framed sports bike from...
Earlier this month the first series of the Essenza 1/8th mile sprint challenge was completed at the Glemseck festival in Leonberg,...
“Last year I received a rather sheepish email asking if there was any way I would ever build a café...
Icon 1000 has just unveiled their newest range of riding gear and with it comes a new website and more...
The last time we spoke to Derek and Sven from Belgium’s Barn Built Bikes they’d just finished building their stunning...
Revival Motorcycles ‘Handbuilt Show’ has quickly established itself as one of North America’s top custom motorcycle gatherings. With each new...
“Sport Heritage” Never has the combination of those two words made as much sense as when applied to the Yamaha...
It seems to have become customary for motorcycle manufacturers to leverage the hype surrounding the custom scene to release their...
