It are not only pure hardcore custom bike builders we see with great designs. Designing a motorcycle is much more seen as a form of art. Remember the cool CX500 Café Racer by Sacha Lakic? Pure art! Gessato is a small company that celebrates exceptional art, architecture, style and design and they’ve shown [...]

In this new section called “Custom Motorcycle Builders” we highlight the story’s behind the bikes. Because it’s not only the result what matters, the journey to create a cool custom motorcycle is a big part of the joy (especially for the builders). We want to give some more attention to the great [...]

The choice for modern classics is not limited to “real” motorcycles: Honda now has a cool retro 50cc concept which fits the label scooter or moped. These cool looking bikes where revealed at the Tokyo Motorshow: the Honda Grom 50 Scramber. Small bikes, based on the legendary Honda Monkey. They came [...]

The Honda CB750, also known as the worlds first super bike, remains a popular pick for custom bike builders. Great engine, good frame and pretty powerful specs. Just like this ’77 CB750 Cafe Racer which is build by MotoHangar. They’re specialized in restoring Japanese motorcycles and just made this awesome CB750 Cafe [...]

For those who don’t have a motorcycle driving licence, Oto Cycles from Barcelona has developed a cool looking e-bike cafe racer. Inspired by the design of classic cafe racers they’ve built this unique e-bike called “RaceR”. Dapper and distinguished! Specs: Top speed: 25 km/h Reach: 70km Battery capacity: 36V 11Ah Engine [...]

Also check out the Yamaha XSR900! The Yamaha Yard Built program stimulates custom bike builders to come up with cool designs based on stock Yamaha bikes. The main requirement is that the built doesn’t need welding or frame cutting. If a project is successful, the builders are able to create their [...]

Oh yes: the cafe racer scene is booming! Last week we’ve posted our modern cafe racer top 5, but now we have a problem since Triumph announced the complete new Triumph Thruxton R. This is a serious candidate for becoming number 1 in that list. Triumph revealed a whole new line of modern [...]

What are your first thoughts when thinking of Sweden? I know, it has something to do with safe cars and furniture… But there is more than that! The guys from Rewheeled are building awesome custom bikes. Just like this amazing Honda CB750 Cafe Racer. They are inspired by the design of the [...]

The German bike brewers of WalzWerk Racing tought that the Triumph Scrambler was not “hardcore” enough. They’ve created a lighter and more aggressive version of a 2013 Triumph Scramber. The dry weight of 230kg was cut back to just over 200kg due to a lot of lightweight powerparts and modifications. You [...]

The Yamaha Virago is a very popular base bike for a cafe racer project. The creator of this bike, David Bailey, not only wanted a “head turner” but also a bike which can be ridden daily. He found a XV920 in poor state and took it under his wings. He completely [...]

Modern classics are very popular these days so motorcycle manufacturers all want a piece of this growing market. Just like Yamaha: they revealed a cool concept bike at the AIMExpo last week, the Yamaha DT-07 Flat Track. Yamaha’s US Racing Division worked together with Jeff Palhegyi Design (JPD) and created a custom frame and [...]

A modern cafe racer is the solution for those who can’t/won’t build there own cafe racer or just don’t want to have the maintenance of an old bike. Building your own bike is awesome, but also requires a lot of time, effort, skills, knowledge, space etc. Since the scene for cafe [...]