Custom motorcycles based on the classic Honda CB550.
If there’s a style of bike resistant to trends, it’s the classic Honda CB café racer. If you keep it simple, avoid the checkered stripes and the temptation to chrome everything, you can’t go wrong. The flipside is that it’s also hard to make an impression with a build in this style—unless you get all…
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Classic cafe elegance from England’s Sinroja, a cute Moto Guzzi mini bike from Spain, a slinky sprintbike from Belgium, and an electric Ducati Scrambler from Thailand. We’re collecting the air miles this week.
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When Triumph’s own chassis engineers decide to customize a Tiger 800 XC, you know it’ll be something special. We’ve also got a Honda Hornet with an extreme makeover from XTR Pepo, and a wild custom Ducati concept that blends the best of the Panigale and the Scrambler.
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Two heavily modified CB550s in one week: are we seeing a renaissance of interest in Honda’s classic middleweight? If the new builds coming through are as good as this street scrambler from Florida’s J. Webster Designs and the Hookie Co. cafe racer, we’re all for it. Justin wowed us five months ago with an amazing…
Read more »Ten years ago, Honda CB cafe racers were a huge part of the custom renaissance. Low slung CBs were everywhere, ‘brat cafe’…
Read more »The ultimate Honda CB550 cafe racer, a Suzuki Savage with Nissan Leaf power, and a gorgeous BMW R100 GS sidecar rig. Meet…
Read more »Growing up near the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum, it comes as no surprise that Anthony Scott has always been intrigued by motorcycles.…
Read more »This is not your typical Honda CB cafe racer. ‘Fade To Black’ is probably one of the fastest middleweight vintage Hondas we’ve…
Read more »We get quite a few emails from readers asking why we focus so much on pro customs, and not backyard builds from…
Read more »Hidden in a backstreet in the busy Port of Amsterdam is a small fabrication shop called Tin Can Customs. Amidst the clatter…
Read more »When Dustin Kott turns his hand to a CB, you can be sure it’s going to come out special. The Californian builder…
Read more »Charlie Trelogan’s insightful piece on café racer design emphasized the importance of good lines. No one understands this concept more than Poland’s…
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