Custom Bikes Of The Week: 29 March, 2020
A subtle but brilliant Kawasaki Z1 from AC Sanctuary, a wild supercharged Triumph Bobber from England, and a sneak peek at the new, 80s-style Honda CB-F concept.
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Your complete guide to cafe racer motorcycles, from classic bikes to modern-day specials.
Here you’ll find everything from traditional Honda and Triumph cafe racers to the latest Ducatis, Yamahas and Moto Guzzis from new wave builders. Discover the parts, seats and performance upgrades that’ll take your own cafe racer bike to the next level.
Custom Bikes Of The Week: 22 March, 2020
A show stopping Yamaha GTS 1000 from Italy, a neo-retro Yamaha XT250 from Australia, and a very slick body kit for the BMW R nineT from France.
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Sound decision: A music producer’s CB750 cafe racer
Some custom motorcycle builders grow up riding and wrenching, and that early start is obvious in their work. On the flip side, 25-year-old Nick Hooper’s been fiddling with bikes for less than three years now—but you wouldn’t think it, looking at this perfectly proportioned Honda CB750. Nick lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he works as…
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Handmade Tale: Building an RD 200 custom from scratch
In the mid 70s, the Yamaha RD 200 delivered more fun than a small capacity motorcycle had any right to. A compact two-stroke, it could cruise easily on the highway and, given a long enough straight, creep past 80 mph (130 kph). The heyday of little two-strokes is long over—in the road going sense, at…
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‘Friday’: A sharp Honda CB550 from Cardsharper Customs
It’s been a while since we’ve featured a classic Honda CB café racer. The custom scene has splintered and grown a lot…
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Forza Ducati! The Multistrada reimagined as a cafe racer
We’re always impressed when a custom motorcycle design is so cohesive, it could easily be a factory effort. Or, at the very…
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Daboia: A vivid BMW K75 cafe racer from Matteucci Garage
There are pros and cons to picking a K-Series BMW as a custom donor. On the up side, Ks are more readily…
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Westlake Tagand Special: A Guzzi 850 T3 from Deus
You’ve probably heard the word ‘bitsa’ thrown around these parts if you’re a regular here. For the uninitiated, it’s a motorcycle that…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 2 February, 2020
A beautifully modified Honda Dominator from Spain, a CB1000R commissioned by Honda Italia, a $58,000 Laverda SFC, and news of a collaboration…
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Battle of The Twins Redux: A 310-pound BMW race bike
In the lore of motorcycle racing, Battle of The Twins has few equals. First staged in the US at Daytona in 1981,…
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Extreme Green: A Kawasaki ZRX1200R by deBolex
After a while, a lot of custom designs tend to blend into a homogenous soup: variations on a standard recipe, slightly tweaked…
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Candy Crush: The last CB750 Origin8or will ever build
When Bike EXIF lit a fire under the custom scene ten years ago, Honda CB750 cafe racers showed up everywhere. And there…
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