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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 [...]

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 [...]

Beautiful creation of Rajputana, based in Jaipur, India. Very aggressive with a big single cylinder from a Royal Enfield 500.

Beautiful creation of Knuckleupspeedshop this ’74 CB550:        

This is a great example of what Benjie’s cafe racer parts can do with a Honda CB550:     The modifications are minor: Benjie’s tank Benjie’s seat & tail CB200 gauges Buell headlight Clubman bars New rear shocks Painted & polished engine Painted & polished forks Painted frame The result is beautiful!

A café racer project all starts with one simple question: which bike should I use as a donor / base motor? In this post we list some of the most popular models which are very suitable to turn into a café racer and are affordable for the most of us. Classic icons [...]

Israeli Lior Baruch, better knowns as Back On Two or BOT, has brewed this awesome CB350 Café Racer in late 2014. The fact that this project was built in Israel meant that every single part on this machine had to be imported or made by Lior himself. The result is awesome. [...]

Great design by Ironwood Custom Motorcycles with some (relatively) easy modifications: Integrated led tail light Lowered front (10cm) New rear shocks Custom bratstyle seat & frame Ignition lock relocated Conti Classic Attack tires K&N filters Hooligan mufflers Biltwell clip-ons & grips Wrapped exhaust Small speedometer Paint job: Vintage green fuel tank Powder [...]

A Cafe Racer motorcycle is a customized motorcycle based on an existing model or one that has been specifically built from scratch to mirror the style and feel. The goal is to make the bike more lightweight, stripping the bike down to its bare essentials, to give it better handling and [...]

UPDATE: due to the huge success of Sacha’s CX500 Café Racer, they’ve decided to build a small number of limited “copies” of this awesome bike. Under the label of Blacktrack Motors Sacha and his team are building 25 copies of the so called BT-01 and offer 2 models: 5 Race Editions and 20 Sport Editions. [...]

A motorcycle camping trip from Los Angeles, California, to Arches, Zion, and Bryce National Park, Utah, and the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Last summer, we rode the twisties of Bulgaria straight into custom bike heaven. Traditional Fuel Festival 2024 was more than just an event, it was a masterclass in craftsmanship, community, and pure moto soul. From the mind-blowing Honda CX500 by Studio Nineteen Custom (yes, it won!) to art, style, and perfectly organized chaos, this festival had it all. And guess what? It’s coming back this August 2025.

In the first part of this story about motorcycle travel in Japan, I had just reached Takayama. In this part, we pick up where we left off and make tracks west along the northern coast of the Kyoto Prefecture into Tottori Prefecture. Takayama One of the local specialties is beef from [...]

Kimura-san is a well-known name in the custom motorcycle world. Did you know that there are two Kimura’s who build beautiful bikes in entirely their own style? And no, they are not related!    Over the past 10 years we have featured quite a few airheads. One could argue that we, [...]

Part One of the Motorcycle Travel Blog Japan: Tokyo to Takayama