Cafe Racer

With a background in the aviation industry and a boyhood passion for custom wheels, the guys from Brogue Motorcycles know what craftsmanship is. Not long ago they’ve started their own shop and this 1982 Honda CB750 is their latest build, with a full list of modifications! Engine Low mileage donor engine Adjusted valves – [...]

Where the name “cafe racer” may refer to racing and speed, the most builds we see are not able to compete with modern day +200hp machines. But what if you take one of the most powerful modern street bikes and turn it into a caferacerisch machine? Well, the best way to describe this: [...]

Sometimes I just stuble upon a cool ride online, with or without a story. This Cool Honda CB450 Café Racer built by South Monkeys is called “Café puro” and has no long story behind it’s existence.

The Honda CB is from day one a very popular bike for cafe racer builders. The bikes are reliable, have great proportions, are easy to work on, have a massive after market and are pretty easy to find since Honda produced tons of them. The CB-series contain an extensive list of models, from [...]

Yes: BMW is one of the largest motorcycle brands. Yes: they build great machines. And yes: the BMW R nineT is one of their finest modern classic motorcycles. From day one, BMW aimed on a big slice of the retro/vintage/hipster market R nineT BMW . Just like Triumph did for years with [...]

I’m always happy to see creations from The Netherlands, and with all the talent lined up, we can expect some real cool machines the coming time. We’ve seen some amazing bikes from workshops like Wimoto, Ironwood Custom Motorcycles and Wrench Kings. This Honda CB750 Super Sport Café Racer comes from the [...]

Do yo remember this cool RD135 Café Racer? A real dapper 135cc 2 stroke machine. This little machine produced an impressive 18hp. But what if you take the engine of his bigger brother, the RD350, and redesign the engine to a 555cc triple cylinder? Well, that’s exactly what the guys from [...]

Yamaha made a strong move with the introduction of the their 07 and 09 models of the XSR and MT series. Where the 09 models have an awesome, high performing 3 cylinder, the 07 models are fitted with a 270 degree twin engine with Yamaha’s crossplane engine philosophy. Both engines have their own [...]

Since the guys from Diamond Atelier started in the summer of 2013, every single creation is simply spot on. We’ve featured some of their builds here and we see them back on some toplists we’ve published. Their third build, the “DA#3” literally melted down the web. Just like this one, it’s based [...]

This bike is build by David Wildman and his team at National Custom Tech Motorcycles from the Alps in Austria. While their name may be unfamiliar, NCT has an impressive range of builds from various brands. Tough, their love for the Bavarian R-series stands out. Their company tagline hits a sweet [...]

The guys from Radical Guzzi in Germany really know what they’re doing. Earlier this year they got a lot of attention with their massive California 1400 cafe racer and today we’ve got our hands on a new project of them. Not really retro, but also no supersport. It’s a class of it’s own. The so [...]

This creation might look a little bit odd, but I thought it was worth sharing with you. What this is? Well, it’s a Honda Zoomer Cafe Racer, or at least inspired by a cafe racer. Never heard of the Honda Zoomer, or Zoomer X? It’s one of those machines built for a [...]

The Honda CBX was the flagship bike of Honda during 1978 to 1982 and has a 1047cc six cylinder engine that puts out an impressive 105hp. At today’s standards, that’s pretty descent, but remember that this is more than 35 years ago! The high RPM six inline produced an impressive sound [...]

Brutal Ducati Monster Streetfighter by Kbike: Like custom Ducati’s? Check out this awesome Monster 1200 cafe racer and this brutal custom 1198 by XTR Pepo.

Italjet is a small Italian brand I honestly only knew from their “Dragster“: an out of the box designscooter from the late 90’s. Not only the looks and the use of a “space frame” where out of the box, but also the RADD forkless suspension. Before the dragster they produced small [...]