- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 11, 2015
Most often we see that custom bikes are based on older, classic models. But sometimes we see a creation based upon a brand new bike. Just like this Indian Scout by de brewers of Roland Sands Design. They picked up this 2015 Indian Scout, teared it a part and totally redesigned [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 9, 2015
The Swedish bike brewers of 6/5/4/ Motors have been working on this Ducati 860 GTS and turned it into a real vintage and sporty looking café racer. The Duc had the remarkable 90 degrees V-twin we still see on Ducati’s. Owner Johan Orrestedt found this Ducati in a barn, where it was slowly [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 8, 2015
German brewer Schlachtwerk made a great version of this Yamaha TR1, also know as the XV1000 (Europe) and the slightly modified XV920 (US). They built this brutal bike last year. Not all specifications are published, because it’s been built for (drag)racing. One of their main goals was to reduce the weight of [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 7, 2015
Classified Moto, a Richmond (US) based brewer made an awesome looking custom (the type is not really specified as café racer, bratstyle or scrambler, just “classified”) based on a ’82 Yamaha XV920 Virago, they’ve called the “Shreveport Slammer”. Some mods: 2010 Yamaha R6 front end Benelli Mojave gas tank Custom stainless [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 4, 2015
Stuck in the middle? Check out my Café Racer Building Plan! Building a café racer means that you strip your bike down to only the necessary functions. The stock wiring harness is one of the things you want to strip down to a minimum. If you take a look at your [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 2, 2015
Dutch brewer Tom Mes from ‘Bold Garage‘ was infected by the classic and custom bike scene due to his friends. He did a great job on this Honda CX500 (check this one from Ironwood Custom Motorcycles too) with some cool custom mods like: Custom subframe Custom seat by RachelSarah (who unfortunately is [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 1, 2015
The Argentina bases brewers from Lucky Custom created this awesome Honda CB550 Café Racer, “number 32”. They have put a lot of effort in this Honda, here a list some mods: Custom paint job Frame hoop Bratstyle seat Custom 4 to 1 exhaust 18″ wheels with Firestone tires Special headlight Black [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 31, 2015
The BMW R nineT is supposed to be a litte ‘caferacerish’ by itself, but Shiro Nakajima from 46Works didn’t find that enough so he has built his own concept of this BMW R nineT. An incredible creation! This bike is also listed in our 9 best custom BMW R nine T‘s. Check also this walk [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 28, 2015
Al tough it’s not a new creation, I can’t keep this for myself: an awesome café racer based on the legendary Royal Enfield Bullet. They call it the “NU Cafe Racer” since it was built for Numero Uno Jeanswear. Built up from the ground with some cool specs like: Custom built frame [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 27, 2015
The Kawasaki W800, a relatively new type motorcycle (produced from 2011), is a retro bike with a touch of the glorious 60’s and 70’s (just like the Triumph Bonneville and Moto Guzzi V7). A pretty cool looking bike with modern technique (like fuel injection, fun!). But that was not enough for the London [...]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 26, 2015
It’s not a typical classic custom but worth sharing since this is one of the best custom builds of a Honda CB600 Hornet we’ve ever seen. This CB600 Café Racer is brewed by Polish CardsharperCustoms:


