Never heard of FB Mondial? You don’t have to shame yourself. It a (very, very) tiny motorcycle brand from Italy. The brand has roots that go back to 1929 and build some motorcycles between 1948 and 1979. Back in the 50’s, the brand has won 5 road GP world titles. After that period, [...]

Our friends from VTR Customs are 100% BMW fanatics and we’ve seen a lot of cool builds leaving their shop. Remember this cool BMW R1200R Café Racer? Or what about this brutal custom R NineT? So you’ll get it that I’lI keep a close eye on them. This is their latest [...]

Russia and motorcycles… I don’t really know, but if I think of that combination I see a big, gray and heavy tank on two wheels. But when I saw this custom Ural M-72, I was surprised. This bike is customized by “Fine Custom Mechanics” or in short FCM Moto from Moscow and really [...]

Unless the fact that I’ve listed the Honda CB as one of the best cafe racer base bikes, it was months ago since I’ve featured one here. So I was glad that I found a great CB build. This CB550 Bratstyle is built bij Jerikan Motorcycles from Nice in France. Honda CB550 [...]

As a motorcycle enthusiast it’s impossible to mis one of the worlds biggest racing events; the legendary Isle of Man TT. I’m a big fan of Guy Martin, who’s always battling the other legend; Michael Dunlop. History was made in the opening race of the 2016 Isle of Man TT races, as Michael [...]

Looking at the pictures of this custom Ducati Monster S2R never made me think that this bike was totaled in a crash. But it did, so Belgian brewer Bernard Mont had nothing to loose when he decided to rebuild this Duc. And he wanted something else. Well, he succeeded: he created a custom Monster [...]

Buell XB9 Café Racer by IRON Pirate Garage Awesome creation by the pretty new IRON Pirate Garage, based on a Buell XB9. The high torque/hp Harley engine in a lightweight setup and only top quality hardware. The bike also got recognized by Bike EXIF and I think that this Buell is a [...]

A Vespa motorscooter always will be something I really like. I’ve owned a ’82 150 Sprint for a couple of years and every ride was fun. Not fast, no handling or brakes at all, but cool in every way. I’ve seen motorcycle builders trying to make it a bit sportier, upgrading the [...]

Building or rebuilding a motorcycle requires a lot of different skills. Of course you can outsource all things, but in that case you’ll never learn anything… In this post I’ll explain the basics of how to lace a motorcycle wheel. For this I’ve used my original ’72 Honda CB500 front hub [...]

The BMW R-series is one of the most used cafe racer base bikes, and that’s for different reasons. They are cool, reliable, stand out for (German) quality, are rideable and powerful. And those air cooled  2 cylinders just sound awesome. Not forget the fact that there are tons of them still [...]

Yes! A new build from our Dutch fellows of Wrench Kings! Last year they’ve shown us what they are capable of with their cool Honda GL500 Café Racer and this time a Kawasaki Z650 is turned into a cool bratstyle bike. It started with a small question from one of their clients: “could [...]

Rejetting carbs can be a real hassle. In this post I’ll explain the process of rejetting your carburetors in 3 simple steps: Main adjustment (main jets) Fine adjustment (gas needle + air adjustment) Stationary adjustment (air screw / fuel screw) Before you start A carburetor has a lot of parts in it [...]