Custom motorcycles built by the Spanish workshop Cafe Racer Dreams.
How many custom shops have built over a hundred bikes? A tiny handful. But the BMW R80 RT we’re looking at here is build no. 128 for the Madrid outfit Café Racer Dreams. CRD started in 2010 under the tutelage of Pedro García, but is now run by Jaime Colsa. They’ve been averaging a steady…
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It’s a Boxer-heavy week, with two BMWs from Europe, and a Ural flat tracker from Siberia. But first, a look at the bonkers new Crighton CR700W, with a rotary engine pumping out well over 200 horsepower, and a Honda Hornet cafe racer from Brazil.
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The Spanish shop Cafe Racer Dreams has now built almost a hundred customs, with no sign of slowing down. It’s a remarkable track record in our very fickle industry, but founder Pedro García has a sharp eye and runs a tight ship. Pedro has now taken things up a notch with two new partners helping to…
Read more »Despite the flood of BMW customs hitting the streets, certain workshops can be counted on to consistently produce good examples. Like Café Racer Dreams—who’ve shown their prowess yet again with this elegant Boxer. CRD #58 is an 84-model BMW R100, and it was built for a regular of the Madrid-based shop who lives in Nice,…
Read more »Café Racer Dreams don’t exclusively build BMWs, but you could call them specialists. With several elegant examples under their belts—including these two…
Read more »Back in 2008, the Harley XR 1200 had everything going for it. Launched in Europe but styled with an American flat track…
Read more »Custom motorcycles often get accused of looking good, but not riding worth a damn. So it’s great when a builder devotes as…
Read more »Let’s be honest: most of the bikes that make waves on the custom scene are big-budget builds. They cost as much as…
Read more »Cafe Racer Dreams is one of the most prolific outfits on the custom motorcycle circuit. An incredible fifty builds have already rolled…
Read more »A few years ago you couldn’t sneeze without hitting a custom Honda CB. But the baton has now been passed to the…
Read more »Sensible isn’t a word you’d normally use to describe a custom motorcycle. But as this BMW R100RS from Cafe Racer Dreams proves,…
Read more »The R1200S saw the debut of BMW’s most powerful-ever boxer motor, with over 120 horsepower going to the back wheel. It was…
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