Oh yes: the cafe racer scene is booming! Last week we’ve posted our modern cafe racer top 5, but now we have a problem since Triumph announced the complete new Triumph Thruxton R. This is a serious candidate for becoming number 1 in that list. Triumph revealed a whole new line of modern […]

What are your first thoughts when thinking of Sweden? I know, it has something to do with safe cars and furniture… But there is more than that! The guys from Rewheeled are building awesome custom bikes. Just like this amazing Honda CB750 Cafe Racer. They are inspired by the design of the […]

The German bike brewers of WalzWerk Racing tought that the Triumph Scrambler was not “hardcore” enough. They’ve created a lighter and more aggressive version of a 2013 Triumph Scramber. The dry weight of 230kg was cut back to just over 200kg due to a lot of lightweight powerparts and modifications. You […]

The Yamaha Virago is a very popular base bike for a cafe racer project. The creator of this bike, David Bailey, not only wanted a “head turner” but also a bike which can be ridden daily. He found a XV920 in poor state and took it under his wings. He completely […]

Modern classics are very popular these days so motorcycle manufacturers all want a piece of this growing market. Just like Yamaha: they revealed a cool concept bike at the AIMExpo last week, the Yamaha DT-07 Flat Track. Yamaha’s US Racing Division worked together with Jeff Palhegyi Design (JPD) and created a custom frame and […]

A modern cafe racer is the solution for those who can’t/won’t build there own cafe racer or just don’t want to have the maintenance of an old bike. Building your own bike is awesome, but also requires a lot of time, effort, skills, knowledge, space etc. Since the scene for cafe […]

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 […]

Beautiful Honda CB550 Scrambler by Herencia Custom Garage. Sometimes only pictures say enough…

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 […]

If you take a look at the collection of South Garage Motorcycles you’ll see that these guys have a sharp eye for detail. It’s not surprising that they are located in the fashion capital of Europe (and maybe the world): Milano. In their small shop they offer complete custom bikes an custom built […]

Spanish bike brewer Jose “Pepo” Rosell from XTR, former “Radical Ducati” or RAD is know for his awesome and brutal Ducati builds. They announced to stop in 2014, but the brand was bought by the French Ducatiamo, so RAD could still build on. This Ducati 1198 is stripped from a lot of weight […]

It’s been almost 2 weeks now since the amazing Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2015 took place all over the world. More than 37,000 gentlemen (and gentle-girls) collected over 2.2 million US dollars for fighting prostate cancer. There are a lot of cool images and videos around and I wanted to share a small […]

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 […]

I know, we featured a Bonneville yesterday, but today I’ve stumbled upon another great T100 Bonneville custom which I’ve had to share with you. This one, the “Macco nr. 20”, is from Macco Motors in Spain, known by their love of Triumph’s (but also other bikes). Great and subtle design with some […]

For those who don’t want/will/can build there own custom bike, Down & Out Café Racers from the UK now offer these brand new Triumph T100 “Limited Edition Spirit Bonneville” with the Down & Out conversion kit, which consist of: Custom Polished Alloy Mudguards Front and Rear Down & Out Head Light and […]

That the Honda CX500 is gaining popularity in the café racer scene is obvious. We see a lot of cool customized “poor mens Guzzi’s, these days. Check out this one, and this one, and this one. This creation is from Wrench ‘n Wheels, based in Portugal, and they call it “Wind […]