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.
Meet the new LiveWire S2 Del Mar—a bike so hotly anticipated, the first 100 sold out in 18 minutes. Then peruse a tasty club style BMW R18 from California, a Kawasaki KLR from Colorado, and a race-ready Honda GB350 from Japan. We finish things off with a bonafide 1960s motorcycle safety video.
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Norton has just acquired a jaw-dropping collection of 55 rare classics from a single source. We also profile a custom Ducati Scrambler 1100, a classy BMW R80 café racer, a Royal Enfield Himalayan, and a Honda CB50 that was built in a spare bedroom.
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Building your own custom motorcycle is an incredibly rewarding experience… until it isn’t anymore. The owner of this 1976 Honda CB550F can relate. After taking a crack at rebuilding it himself, he threw in the towel and decided to hand it over to a pro shop, rather than let it become another abandoned shed build.…
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Even if you don’t know Chiel Nipius’ name, you’ve probably seen his work. He was part of the team at Ironwood Custom Motorcycles for a while, but he’s now branched out on his own as Nius Moto. And judging by these two Honda CB550 customs, he has the skills to pay the bills. Using the…
Read more »The first generation Honda CB750 has a peerless reputation. It’s one of the all-time greats, and was a game-changer for the Japanese…
Read more »One thing we rarely talk about in the custom world is the ability of the rider. But maybe we should. Because a…
Read more »Some motorcycles lend themselves to customization, and need just a few tasteful mods to look great. But the Honda CX500 is not…
Read more »It’s always a pleasure to stumble across a new custom workshop, especially when their work is top-notch. And if the donor bike…
Read more »This week we’ve got a pair of very different classic Hondas: a CB550 rebuilt in lockdown, and a feisty lil’ NSR50 pocket…
Read more »There’s never a quiet moment for Tom Gilroy and the team at Purpose Built Moto in Queensland, Australia. Tom started his career…
Read more »Something for everyone this week: The classic perfection of a Moto Guzzi café racer, a stealthy R18 commissioned by BMW, and a…
Read more »When this sleek Honda popped up on our email, it stopped us in our tracks. And then we got an extra surprise—it’s…
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