At the Southern end of New Zealand which is a stone throw from the snow-capped Southern Alps sits a small city called Christchurch. It’s home to some stunning scenery and a guy called Lee Cavalier who likes to transform good solid bikes into cafe racers. Until 2007, Lee wasn’t the typical [...]

Picking a full on modern race bike as a donor for building a vintage looking cafe racer project can be a slippery slope. But Flavio Vanna and Fabio Mattioli, founders of Brazil-based workshop Mr. Ride, took this challenge and transformed a 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250 into this beautiful café racer. Flavio was [...]

Yes! Another cool build from our friends at Wrench Kings! And it’s another beautiful Moto Guzzi V7. It’s a project commissioned by Vanguard Jeans and the Kings worked closely together with Gannet Design from Germany.  Ulfert Janssen from Gannet: “In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Moto Guzzi V7 and [...]

The Moto Guzzi V7 is one of the most beautiful Motorcycles of all time*. The V7 has a history that goes back into the 50s of the 20th century and the first road legal machines were built for the police back in 1967. The concept of the motorcycle never changed and Moto Guzzi [...]

As a custom motorcycle builder, in can be very tricky if you say that a certain build is inspired by something legendary. Chances are that you completely miss the boat and get a lot of critics. Especially when you say that the inspiration came from the P51 Mustang; the long-range interceptor [...]

The Suzuki Inazuma 250 is one of those bikes that’s built for a simple purpose: cheap and efficient transportation of a single body from A to B. Nothing more, nothing less. But if you take a good look a the bike, it has some cool ingredients for some fun on the road. [...]

While the title/category of this bike seems a bit off, I really don’t know where to put this. Alloy wheels with racing slicks,  mono-shock suspension, a massive 1300 high-performance engine and an aggressive stance make this bike more look like a serious track weapon than a classic cafe racer. Last week I’ve [...]

Although I’ve stated that the Honda CB1100 lacks a soul of being a modern cafe racer, it sure has the right ingredients to become one. But in that specific article, I was talking about the model from 2010 and up. This bike right here is based on the rather rare CB1100F that [...]

In a short period of time, husband and wife Max and Erica of Droog Moto were able to create custom bikes with a real authentic signature. All their creations have a cool, raw industrial look and look like they are directly taken from The Walking Dead. Take a look at some [...]

Yet Another exclusive feature of my buddy’s at Wrench Kings. This time it’s a Yamaha XJR1300 from 1999 and with this build, they show their capability of creating custom motorcycles that look like they were meant to be like this. Owner Frits wanted something else with his bike and headed over [...]

Cool Yamaha XV535 Virago Flat Tracker built by Dino Maltoni from Mendoza, Argentina. Nicolás Fernández about the project: This bike was an awesome challenge for us since it was in an extremely poor condition. As with most of our projects, we started by disassembling the entire bike. Our plan was to [...]

Na heel wat rondgekeken te hebben op beurzen wist ik het : ik wou een Ducati caferacer Een vriend had wel iets staan in de garage : een half afgebroken Ducati 750 sport van 1989 Wat voor mij heel belangrijk was bij een cafaracer was de rechte lijn vanaf de halve [...]