Building a café racer always starts with a passion and a plan. Oscar Axhede from Sweden had a plan to build his own café racer and bought a CB750. But after a while he could not give this bike the styling he was looking for. So he sold the CB750 and bought [...]

Just some random pics of a beautifully customized 1979 BMW R60/7 called “The Baron”. Pictures taken by Ton van Damme. 

UPDATE 4/8/2016: The Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen got a great response from all over the world and the bike also won the IF Design Award 2016. Some real life pictures at the BIMS 2016 took the bike a step further to production. Today Husqvarna released some more pictures of their 701 Vitpilen which [...]

Yet another cool Honda CB750 Café Racer by MotoHangar based on a ´75 CB. MotoHangar is specialized in customizing and restoring Japanese classics. For customization, they offer different “packs” to choose from with a fixed price and a standard set of modifications. Summary of the works: A 1975 Honda CB750 featuring, custom [...]

It was just a matter of time for the Yamaha XSR900 to come. After the successful launch of the Yamaha XSR700, Yamaha decided to power up their range of retro bikes. This bike is a great add-on to todays modern classics. This time with the already legendary 850cc triple cylinder of [...]

Founded in the summer of July 2013, Diamond Atelier had a clear vision on the custom motorcycle scene: they want to build the next generation of café racers. Their third build was this awesome looking BMW R100R Café Racer and we have to be honest: it looks damn good! Their first build, a [...]

The custom motorcycle scene in Indonesia is booming! Despite the fact that importing motorcycles and parts is very expensive, the creators of Studio Motor use their skills and creativity to create awesome looking café racers. The owner of this ’98 CB1000 had simple and clear instructions for the builders: create a [...]

Don’t forget to check out our Top 10 Honda CB Cafe Racers. Inspired by the “Superstrada CB750” from Classified Moto, BBCR Engineering from St. John (Indiana, US), worked almost a year on his own Honda CB750 Café Racer. He did an amazing job and the list of custom parts modifications is thorough: [...]

It’s not a typical café racer nor a street fighter, so Andreas Fougner from Eze Visuals called it a “Custom Café Fighter”. I think that is the name that comes closest to this superb design. It’s an aggressive looking naked bike, based on the legendary Ducati 916. Andreas is a professional 3D designer [...]

Yet another cool Honda CB750 custom. This CB750 Bratstyle one is based on the both loved and hated ’91 Nighthawk by Wesley Hannam from Hong Kong. Wesley teamed up with a mentor: Geoff Giles of ET Custom Motorcycles. This hobby project took almost 2 years and the bike is named “Soichiro”, after the [...]

Although we’ve listed the Suzuki GS-series on our list of popular cafe racer base bikes, we don’t see them that much. A lot of brewers pick the Honda CB750 instead of the Suzuki when turning the bike into a café racer. OK, with all the aftermarket parts, proven engine upgrades and [...]

Small displacement motorcycles gain in popularity in the custom motorcycle scene (check out this Honda CG125 and this Yamaha Scorpio). In some parts of the world they are simply used to ride cheap and efficient from point A to B. But Buds Motorcycles from Brazil wanted to build something special. The result is [...]