The 8 Best bikes for a Café Racer project

Modern retro models

If you don’t want an “oldie” and want to rely on modern technology and more up to date specs, you can take a look at some retro models:

Triumph

• Thruxton
• Bonneville

Moto Guzzi

• V7 Stone
• V7 Special
• V7 Racer

Ducati

• Scrambler
• Monster (especially the models between 1992 and 2002)

Yamaha

• XSR700 (twin)
• XSR900 (triple)

Also check out this list of modern café racers.

Got your bike?

As mentioned before: there is no #1 base bike for your café racer project, and this is only a selection of affordable 70’s and 80’s machines, but we hope that this posts can help you selecting your base bike. If you’ve got any suggestions: leave your comment!

Not into cafe racers and want to build something else? Maybe a scrambler will suit you. Check out the best base bikes for a scrambler.