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Building a Cafe Racer

Building a Cafe Racer: Choosing a motorcycle

So you’ve decided you want to build a cafe racer. The most important and difficult choice you will have to...
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Vintage motorcycles and beautiful women

1972 Norton Commando 750  |  Thanks Jim, Ananda and Nick. Sinar F 4×5  |  Rodenstock 210mm  |  Tmax 400 I...
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Readers ride – New York Dave’s W650

Looking over the photos it’s the smaller details that really make his bike special. The W650 features a spattering of...
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Best Cafe Racer Motorcycles to Ride in 2025?

Cafe racer motorcycles have remained popular among riders who appreciate a clean, simple design and a strong connection to the...
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Precious Metal: Treasure Garage SM Sport SM3 Cafe Racer

Manufacturer MForce is making waves in the heart of Indonesia’s custom motorcycle scene with its SM Sport SM3. The SM3...
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Bike Of The Day: Triton Cafe Racer

This Triton cafe racer, built over a two-year period and finalized in 2009, showcases a fusion of classic components. Its...
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Keeping Spirits High: The Royal Enfield Custom World

Turn back the clock to 2016 and you’ll see motorcycle manufacturers scrambling to get involved in the custom scene. Yamaha’s...
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Bike Of The Day: 1978 Honda CB750 Cafe Racer

This 1978 Honda CB750 has been transformed into a cafe racer using custom components like a handcrafted aluminum fuel tank...
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California Dreaming: Wedge Motorcycles Continental GT650 Roadster

Alongside Triumph’s water-cooled Bonneville range the Royal Enfield 650 twins are some of the most authentic-looking modern retro motorcycles on...
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Hand Crafted Racing Machines: Alp Racing Killa Bee Land Speed Racer

In 2011 a self-confessed motorcycle nerd and his fashion model girlfriend took part in their first land speed trials event...
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RIDE & REVIEW: Yamaha’s 2022 XSR900 Retro Triple

Review Summary: The 2022 Yamaha XSR900 Retro Triple is a much meaner and more powerful bike than its sibling, the...
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Cafe Racers & the Isle of Man: An Intertwined History

As fans of motorcycles, and in particular cafe racers and neo-retro bikes, almost everyone has heard of the Isle of...
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Blighty Nice – Ace Motorcycles Yamaha XS650 Cafe Racer

The Yamaha XS650 could easily be labelled as the greatest British motorcycle ever built outside of Britain. Powered by a...
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5 Essential Motorcycle Accessories You Didn’t Know You Needed

When it comes to motorcycle accessories there are literally hundreds of things you can bolt onto a bike, from dress-up...
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Dead Reckoning – Revelry Cycles’ ‘Double Tap’ Royal Enfield Drag Bike

If you’re anything like me, you’ll regularly find yourself daydreaming about moto-related projects. That track-day bike you’ll make out of...
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Microdose – Sylvain Carignan Honda CB750k

The Honda CB750 was for many years the poster child of the “new wave” cafe racer scene. These days however...
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Long-Term Review: Icon 1000 Axys Gloves

Specs Manufacturer: Icon Price (When Tested): $85.00 (USD) Colours: Black/Beige Sizes: SM to 4XL Review Date: May 2021 Introduction All...
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Interview: Shaik Ridzwan, Motorcycle Photographer

As any decent photographer will tell you, getting noticed is not always about how you shoot; sometimes it’s also about...
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Looking Back at the Birth of Cafe Racer Culture

It’s 1959 in London, England. What suffices for a summer here has arrived, and you are a 20-year-old that’s still...
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Interview: Daniel ‘Beardy’ McLaughlin from TV’s ‘Bondi Rescue’

As far as jobs go, working on Sydney’s Bondi beach would have to be right at the tippity top of...
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Top 10 Cafe Racer Builds of 2020

Well, that wraps up yet another year of amazing cafe racer builds from custom workshops and backyard builders around the...
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British Impersonator – Hoxton Moto XS650 Scrambler

Every self-respecting motorcycle aficionado knows of the Yamaha XS650. Built by the Japanese to take on British motorcycle manufacturers it...
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Sunday Screening – Thornton T120 & BMW R18

Here’s a little something to get you through another night glued to the couch. Our latest instalment of the Sunday...
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How to Build a Cafe Racer – 10 Key Ingredients

So, you want to build a cafe racer. How do you craft a stock motorcycle into a machine worthy of...
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Return of the Cafe Racers Top 10 for 2019

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We’ve just finished sifting through the past 12 months of articles to...
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Cafe Conundrum – 2019 Modern Cafe Racers

If you read through the comments section on any modern cafe racer review you are sure to come across a...
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Nought Tea – Royal Enfield GT 650 Factory Custom

During the press launch of the Royal Enfield 650 Twins, they announced plans to work closely with custom builders in...
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21st Century Vincent Black Shadow

I’ve said it before and I will say it again. The most beautiful engines ever made were the v-twins manufactured...
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In Full Flight – TCD Thruxton 900

Russia’s not just the home of borscht, vodka and Oscarworthy dashcam footage. In recent years there’s been some stellar motorcycle...
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Six Fifty Stile – Triton Cafe Racer

There are plenty of custom motorcycles born of mixed parentage. Some should never have been conceived and yet others like...
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2019 Street Twin and Scrambler 900 Ride Review

It’s been 3 years since the release of Triumph’s water-cooled Bonneville range. Amongst the first of the new Modern Classics...
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Royal Enfield Continental GT and Interceptor 650 Twin Review

Royal Enfield lay claim to producing the world’s longest constant production motorcycle design. The first Royal Enfield Bullet rolled out...
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10 Off-The-Shelf Modern Cafe Racers

Is there such a thing as a factory built cafe racer? If you ask a purist they’ll tell you no...
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Cafe Racers of Instagram 003 Street Cup

If you’re on Instagram and you’re not following Cafe Racers of Instagram go do it now! Now that’s done you’ll...
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Gear Review – Nexx XG100 Racer Helmet

If you’re anything like me and have a strange obsession with motorcycle helmets you would have noticed the green and...
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Kawasaki Z900RS Ride Review

Towards the end of 2017 when the Tokyo Motor and EICMA shows took place I got more than a little...
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Palatina Dreambikes

Palatina Dreambikes is a specialist when it comes to modifying and customizing Aprilia and Triumph motorcycles. They only use the...
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Tamarit Motorcycles

Tamarit Motorcycles is a Triumph bikes builder company with 100% Spanish DNA which, in less than two years, has become...
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Unikat Motorworks

UNIKAT is based in Wrocław and established through a joint passion for speed and visual art. Its craftsman are specialized in...
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Carpys Cafe Racers

I grew up with Motorcycles as a kid in the UK, moved here in 2000 and opened my own shop,...
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True Spirit – 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS

At the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show last weekend the Japanese manufacturer wowed the motorcycling world once again with the all-new, retro-styled...
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Top 5 modern motorcycles to customise

One of the biggest decisions you’ll make when building your own Cafe Racer, or any style of custom motorcycle for...
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Hanse Qustom

Hanse Qustom is not a barman founded out of a beer mood. Here, seven passionate experts have been working for years...
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Gear Review – Nomad Motorcycle Tent

While Mik was left “exposed” (pardon the pun) in his bivouac that consisted of nothing more than a top sheet/motorcycle...
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The Minka – Yamaha XS650 Cafe Racer

As it always goes, popularity affects price, so the days of picking up a bargain XS are gone and it...
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American Cafe Racer – Buell XBR12R Custom

This entire transformation was completed by one man with a few broken ribs. After acquiring a wrecked XBR12R, Miguel began...
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A Classic Cafe Racer – The Yoshida Machine Triton

Aside from being the most iconic of all Cafe Racers, what really makes the Triton special is how it came...
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Triumph Cafe Racer

Barons T100 Sprint Bike

  On the southern coast of Wales, stretching out for 7 miles along the edge of Carmarthen Bay, is a...
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1972 XS2 Kott Motorcycles

“Years ago I rode a ’72 Yamaha XS650 from California to Sturgis. I was wearing a Walmart rain suit in...
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Yamaha Cafe Racer

Yamaha XS650 Strawberry Shortcake

British vs Japanese engineering. It’s a debate that I’ve often heard between motorcyclists. It’s easy to see why each party...
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2013 AMD World Championship Cafe Racers

The annual custom motorcycle craziness that is the AMD World Championship of bike building has been and gone again. This...
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Cafe Racer Parts – The Best Places to Buy

So you’ve decided it’s time to build a cafe racer of your own. Although you may be planning on fabricating...
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Low Brow Customs Land Speed Motorcycles

Kyle and Tyler Malinky of Low Brow Customs could still be considered the new kids on the block at Bonneville...
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eBay find: Triton racing pair

  Got a spare $45,000 (or more) and the desire to own two race bred Tritons? I just stumbled across...
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Cushman Eagle land speed bike

If you were lucky enough to make it along to the 2011 Bonneville Speed Week trails you may have spotted...
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Honda Cafe Racer

Cafe Racers and the Slimey Crud Motorcycle Gang

On the dawn of the premiere of Discovery HD Theatres Cafe Racer TV series a production studio called “The Second...
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Royal Enfield Cafe Racer

Cogs and Gears Karma Sutra – Royal Enfield Motorcycles

It’s interesting how long it can take for a vehicle manufacturer to gain respect. Triumph’s Bonneville for instance struggled to...
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Recipe for a Cafe Racer

Light frames with big horsepower engines were the 2 main ingredients when reaching for the almighty ton (100mph). Companies such...
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What is a Cafe Racer?

What is a cafe racer? A cafe racer is a style of custom motorcycle that first appeared in the UK...
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