The UK based bike brewers from Auto Fabrica like things clean and simple. So when building a cafe racer, they go down to the bare essentials. The design task for this Yamaha SR500 was also simple: create a one-off bike with a timeless appearance. The result is a slick and simple looking Yamaha […]

When I think of a café racer I usually think of a custom bike based on one of these models. The Yamaha Scorpio is not on that list. It’s actually far away from it. This commuter-oriented motorcycle is not your typical pick when you want to build a café racer. But […]

The Yamaha Virago is a great platform for building a café racer. It’s massive V-twin and great proportions makes it a love for the eye when stripped down to it’s bare essentials. I had to share this great peace of work By Diogo Oliveira. I couldn’t find any specs of it, so […]

Classified Moto, a Richmond (US) based brewer made an awesome looking custom (the type is not really specified as café racer, bratstyle or scrambler, just “classified”) based on a ’82 Yamaha XV920 Virago, they’ve called the “Shreveport Slammer”. Some mods: 2010 Yamaha R6 front end Benelli Mojave gas tank Custom stainless […]

Beautiful ’82 Yamaha XV920 Virago Cafe Racer built by Greg Hageman. More details about the bike here. Like this one? You should take a look at this Virago Cafe Racer.  

A Yamaha Virago has an ankward standard lining, so turning it into a cafe racer takes some courage. Bike brewer Greg Hageman did an outstanding job on this XV750. Front fork is from a 2008 Yamaha R1. Öhlin shocks on the rear, and as you can see, the big v-twin caches […]

Hi My Name is Lars Schau, I’m 46 years old and I live in Bramming, Denmark. My earlier project, (a Honda Goldwing Cafe Racer), was a huge success, and it won first price, at a Allingåbro Motor Festival, back in may 2015. http://www.motorcykelgalleri.dk/galleri/70622-honda_goldwing_gl_1100_cafe_racer_edition_solgt In September 2015, I began my project with […]