Yet another scrambler this week! This bike is based on a Ducati Scrambler (no we won’t call it Scrambler Ducati…), and is more of a facelift than a real custom. Ducati has a clear vision on todays motorcycle market where everybody wants something unique and personal. So the Ducati Scrambler comes […]

The Dutch team Moto Puro set themselves on the map about two years ago with the Ducati Elite II; a custom build café racer based on the 1199 Panigale (check it out here). At the end of 2015, Ducati started a worldwide challenge for Ducati dealers to build their own interpretation […]

It’s not a typical café racer nor a street fighter, so Andreas Fougner from Eze Visuals called it a “Custom Café Fighter”. I think that is the name that comes closest to this superb design. It’s an aggressive looking naked bike, based on the legendary Ducati 916. Andreas is a professional 3D designer […]

It are not only pure hardcore custom bike builders we see with great designs. Designing a motorcycle is much more seen as a form of art. Remember the cool CX500 Café Racer by Sacha Lakic? Pure art! Gessato is a small company that celebrates exceptional art, architecture, style and design and they’ve shown […]

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 […]

If I think of Switzerland, I think of banks, chocolate, purple cows and snowy mountains. Custom bikes are not in that list… But Andreas Fraefel of Motobene changed that list forever with this gorgeous Ducati Monster Café Racer. They designed this bike for a female customer and modified the whole ride: Custom gas […]

The Swedish bike brewers of 6/5/4/ Motors have been working on this Ducati 860 GTS and turned it into a real vintage and sporty looking café racer. The Duc had the remarkable 90 degrees V-twin we still see on Ducati’s. Owner Johan Orrestedt found this Ducati in a barn, where it was slowly […]

Mooyong Zeus is the founder, owner, designer, builder and all-round nice guy of Zeus Customs in Bangkok, Thailand. I last met Mooyong during my visit before Covid – so I was mighty curious how he is doing now that the pandemic-storm has subsided a bit.

Populair request We have written about the venerable Yamaha XV a number of times in our recent posts and we can’t get enough of them. Not just because of the cool aesthetics the Japanese V-twins have, or the high desirability factor they possess. No ladies and gentlemen, we love the Yamaha […]

We’ve been reporting a lot on Royal Enfield lately and that’s not a coincidence. The Indian manufacturer has kept the talks around the coffee corner fuelled for quite some time now.

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. […]

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 […]

V-Twin Back in 1981 Yamaha introduced their XV-range motorcycles, which were all based around an air-cooled V-twin engine. Their most notable model was the Virago cruiser; however, a bit more anonymous was the TR1. Sold in various displacement forms, ranging from 535cc to 1100cc, the XV-models were primarily aimed at buyers […]

Sailing solo After building more than 150 motorcycles for someone else over the past 15 years, Shaun Walker decided it was time for change. He was dissatisfied with the lack of ‘involvement’ het got from the company he worked for when it came to the subject of building bikes. As far […]

No introduction needed. It is time again for a Top 10 list, and this time we’ve decided to split it up into 2 instalments. Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to present to you, the totally arbitrary, BikeBrewers Top 10 Cafe Racers Hall of Fame: Part 1! 1. BMW R nineT […]