We love the smell of two-strokes in the morning–or any time, really–especially if they are 70s street screamers. Enter the Suzuki T500, one of the lesser-known oil-smokers of era. Marketed as the Cobra or Titan, […]
Vintage Motorcycles
Honda CB750 Brat Tracker by Tom Laveuf
Tom Laveuf grew up in France, where he and his family rode Honda CR125 and CR250 dirt bikes, and his uncle rebuilt 70s Hondas. After moving to the States, his two-wheeled obsession went dormant until […]
The Best Bikes for Café Racer Builds
Building a cafe racer can be a time consuming and rewarding process. It can also be infuriating and damned aggravating, especially if you do not select the right donor bike. No matter how skilled you […]
Honda CB750K Cafe Racer by Herencia Custom Garage
Argentina’s custom culture scene has been blowing up in recent years, and Herencia Custom Garage is right at the heart of the action. HCG’s primary builders, Federico Lozada and German Karp, have more than thirty […]
Ducati 860 GT Cafe Racer by XTR Pepo
The Ducati 860 GT was built in 1974 and 1975, a highly stylized Italian standard with a 60-horsepower v-twin heart and 109-mph top speed. The highly angular design of the fuel tank and engine covers […]
Honda CBX1000 Custom by Cafe Racer SSPirit
(Words by Mark Turner. Highlights by us.) Spanish-based Café Racer SSpirit create some of the most elegant, refined custom motorcycles to ever grace the blacktop. They say each built is a collaboration, a partnership between […]
Suzuki GS550 Cafe Racer: “GS673”
1976 was the year Suzuki introduced their first line of four-stroke street machines, the venerable GS series. The Suzuki GS550, which offered 49 horsepower from its air-cooled inline four, was a hard-hitting middleweight, beating both […]
Yamaha XS400 Cafe Racer by Vintage Addiction Crew
“To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back to the crowd.” That’s the philosophy of Barcelona’s Vintage Addiction Crew, who built this mad little Yamaha XS400 cafe racer, sporting four-spoke mags and GP-styling cues.
The 750: CB750 Cafe Racer by Strapped MFG
Today, we are thrilled to showcase this ’74 Honda CB750 by Jordan Wiseley of the newly-launched Strapped Mfg Co., located in Los Angeles. So many of our favorite bikes are built by racers, and “The […]
BMW R100 Tracker by Garage Sheriff
We are thrilled to bring you guys this handsome-as-heck BMW R100RT tracker, which was largely a father/son project between Charles-Élie Dumontier of Montreal’s Garage Sheriff and his dad. As you may know, the R100RT was […]
