Your complete guide to Triumph cafe racer motorcycles, from classic Meriden bikes to modern-day Hinckley specials. Here you’ll find everything from traditional Bonneville and Thruxton cafe racers to the latest builds based on newer models. Discover the parts, seats and performance upgrades that’ll take your own Triumph to the next level.
CUSTOM CAFÉ BIKES get our blood pumping. But we get it: not all of us have the time and energy to devote to a full café racer build. Luckily, manufacturers are here to oblige with off-the-shelf café and vintage-inspired bikes that have the looks of old bikes, yet they have modern amenities like ABS and…
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Some of the most prolific custom shops out there have found success by settling on a winning recipe, then replicating it countless times. But the real trick is to find new ways to riff on the same style, so that it doesn’t become stale. And Tamarit Motorcycles has that down to an art. Sure, if…
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Turning motorcycle customization into a sustainable business is tough, but it’s not impossible. Spain’s Tamarit Motorcycles is proof—they’ve racked up an impressive portfolio of Triumph builds in myriad styles, along with a hearty catalog of bolt-on parts. And they’ve just built their 100th custom. We’ve kept a constant eye on the Alicante workshop over the…
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There’s an increasing trend of genre-hopping happening in the custom scene at the moment. Ten years ago, you’d occasionally see Sportsters turned into dirt bikes, or roadsters into scramblers. Nowadays, anything is fair game—like this Triumph Bobber with a strong café racer flavor. It comes from Grzegorz Korczak of Poland, who has a reputation for…
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Triumph’s new Speed Triple 1200 RR got the internet fizzing this week, so we’ve added our thoughts. We’ve also stumbled across a…
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Two customs from Spain this week: a crisp and understated Thruxton RS from Tamarit, and a repurposed Ducati 750 SS from Bolt.…
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The Triumph Street Triple is one of those rare bikes that have been a universal hit with riders all over the world.…
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We’re racking up the air miles this week, with a stunning new build from the top Japanese workshop Hidemo, a new chapter…
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Amsterdam-based sculptor Ram Katzir captures still life when he’s at work, but when he’s on two wheels, he likes to travel very…
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Unless you’re handy with a grinder and welding gear, it’s not cheap to put a custom bike in your garage. But if…
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Four years ago, the Paris workshop Bad Winners wowed us with a custom Thruxton café racer called ‘Zero Gravity.’ Company founder Walid…
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Every car enthusiast of a certain age knows the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. It made roof-hinged ‘gullwing’ doors famous—despite being a design trick…
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