Your complete guide to Honda cafe racer motorcycles, from modern-day specials to classic bikes like CB750 cafe racers. Here you’ll find everything from 1970s inline-four CB customs to the latest builds based on newer motorcycles like the CB1100. Discover the parts, seats and performance upgrades that’ll take your own Honda cafe bike to the next level.
We love to hear success stories from builders, and Tiago Gonçalves and Luis Gonçalves of Unik Edition are on a roll. The Portuguese duo first hit our radar four years ago, and now have a crew of seven in their shop. In the last two years Unik have ‘gone pro’ and delivered 28 customs. Despite…
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For a bike that was only on sale in the US for a couple of years, the Honda CB400F had a massive impact. In many ways, it was the first Japanese sportbike: it had six gears, fashionably low bars, a beautiful engine (with a stratospheric 10,000 rpm redline) and fabulous styling. It’s an attractive machine…
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Most businesses need a succession program. And if you’ve been operating for more than half a century, training up the next generation becomes a rather pressing matter. Egli Motorradtechnik, the famous Swiss workshop that can trace its history back to 1965, has taken big steps to protect its future. And this very smart Honda-powered special…
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It’s a long time since we’ve featured what you might call a ‘traditional’ café racer. The term is used very loosely these days—we’re as guilty as anyone—and it’s easy to forget how far we’ve moved on from the classic style. So this Kandy-Kolored tangerine-flake streamliner is a good reminder of ground zero. It comes from…
Read more »Once in a while, a custom motorcycle builder will create a machine that attracts attention like nothing else in their portfolio. For…
Read more »Despite the fact that motorcycles seem to keep getting bigger, the six-cylinder engine layout has never really caught on. Only a handful…
Read more »For some people, custom motorcycles are just a hobby. But for others, they put food on the table—and that’s when it pays…
Read more »A crisp Honda V30 Magna tracker, a swooping Norton/Vincent hybrid, a Ducati Hailwood replica up for auction, and a very sharp Ducati…
Read more »When Brent Becker planned a 45-day sabbatical from his high-stress CEO position, he had no clue it would end up stretching out…
Read more »It’s all about Honda this week, with a CB900 Bol d’Or from Spain, an Elsinore from Australia, and a Shadow 500 from…
Read more »A beastly CB750 from Belgium, a vintage Ducati worth over half a million dollars, a Honda Dominator with geometric bodywork, and an…
Read more »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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