- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: August 16, 2021
Build nr. 3 Back in 2019 we reported on an incredible build: a Honda Hornet 600 that went from 0 to HERO in a record time. Built by Kyustendil (Bulgaria) based Bull Moto Custom, the neo-café racer left a lasting impression. An unusual suspect Well, Ivan Mushev, owner and driving force […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: November 19, 2022
Long before BMW gained popularity as the adventure motorcyclist weapon of choice, thanks to Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s escapades and their Long Way-series, BMW already had a reputation for building bullet-proof adventure bikes.
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: January 25, 2022
When I was 18 years old, many many years ago, I saw a Honda CB350F outside a club in Amsterdam. It looked dirty, had chrome wire spoked wheels, a little café racer seat, clubman style handle bar, no mirrors or indicators, no fenders, and a single gauge which was the tachometer. […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: September 29, 2021
Polish Perfection Somewhere inside an industrial railway building in Warsaw, there’s a garage that turns dreams into reality. Christian Boosen, the man behind 86 Gear Motorcycles, is specialised in building café racers, street trackers, brats, scramblers, you name it. So when a customer walked in to ask for a period correct […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: May 14, 2021
BOOMING business We have seen a number of very cool custom build motorcycles from Poland. We said this before, and we’ll say it again: Poland is BOOMING! We would like to introduce to you Dawid. This young fella works at a motorcycle garage, so he knows his way around the workshop. […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: March 16, 2021
UNIK Edition Motorcycles UNIK Edition Custom Motorcycles in Lisbon, Portugal is known for a wide range of interesting builds. As a matter of fact, they do more than just building custom bikes. With a full-blown workshop and an official dealership, they truly are a jack of all trades. One of their […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: March 11, 2021
Dakar Legend In the past 5 years we have only covered builds that were based on a Yamaha XT. Far too little if you ask us. It is one of Yamaha’s biggest success stories and an absolute Paris-Dakar legend. Yamaha introduced the first XT, the XT500, in 1976 with a 500cc […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: October 29, 2017
[su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhg_IhExBFc” width=”740″] Video by Donker Licht. Unleashing the BEAST! In a recent post on Facebook, I joyfully exclaimed: “FINALLY! I get to test the Triumph Thruxton Supercharger, based on a T120 R”. More than six months of waiting in excitement was about to erupt when we received a call from the […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: May 31, 2017
Delivering one high-quality custom motorcycle nearly every single month requires a lot of things. You need to have the right skills, know the right people and have the right friends. Jose Rosell a.k.a. XTR Pepo has it all, and he keeps delivering awesome rides. This is his last one. It’s based on […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: April 27, 2017
The Honda CB750 still is one of the most popular bikes for custom projects. It’s a great machine, has lots of power and since the introduction back in 1969 there are thousands and thousands produced. Till date, there is a massive fan base and a huge aftermarket for parts. This bike […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 6, 2017
The Honda CB is and always will be a great base bike for a café racer. Especially the 4 cylinder bikes with the CB750 and CB550 being dominant. Pretty obvious, since these were real sales canons in the 70s, 80s and even 90s. But Honda also produced CB’s with a parallel […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: January 3, 2016
Before we start featuring new great custom motorcycles in 2016 we want to look back at 2015. So we’ve overlooked al 100+ motorcycles we’ve featured last year and made a top 10 of it. And no: that was not easy, because only we only feature the best bikes ;) So we also […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: August 28, 2015
Al tough it’s not a new creation, I can’t keep this for myself: an awesome café racer based on the legendary Royal Enfield Bullet. They call it the “NU Cafe Racer” since it was built for Numero Uno Jeanswear. Built up from the ground with some cool specs like: Custom built frame […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: May 31, 2022
Gentlemen, may we have your votes please? In 2021 the BikeBrewers team got invited by the Café Racer Club Bulgaria to act as judges for the 2nd edition of the Caféracerfest in Kyustendil – Bulgaria. We didn’t know what to expect, since this was the first time we were asked to […]
- By Ron BetistPublished On: September 24, 2021
Back in 2020, BikeBrewers were invited to join the first edition of the Café Racer Fest in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. Unfortunately COVID had paralyzed the world and travel restrictions caused us to miss out on that event. We followed the happening on social media while the enthusiasm of participants, visitors and […]
- By Adnane BensalahPublished On: November 23, 2021
Blackout Custom Design Somewhere in the small town of Karvina in the Czech Republic, that’s in Central Europe, is a garage which was found only a few years ago. It’s called ‘Blackout Custom Design’ and it is run by a man named Marcel Galuszka. We would like you to remember that […]