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Sportster Cafe Racer

Sportster Cafe Racer by Ardent Motorcycles

Today, we’re proud to feature one of our favorite Sportster builds of all time:  The Cafe Sportster, built by Curtis Miller of Ardent Motorcycles.  Curtis has one of the most interesting backgrounds of any builder […]

TW200 Scrambler

Yamaha TW200 Scrambler by Sean SpeedShop

  The Yamaha TW200 has always seemed like a blast to ride.  The giant, almost balloonlike tires give the bike the look of a two-wheeled quad–capable of churning through sand pits or jumping urban curbs–and […]

BMW R50/5 Cafe Racer

BMW R50/5 Cafe Racer

Sometimes less is more, and no one knows that better than builder Maurizio Merlo, one of our favorite garage-builders. Last year, we featured “The Baby,” his 1973 BSA Lightning scrambler.  Now Maurizio, an Italian native […]

Yamaha RD350 Scrambler

Yamaha RD350 Scrambler by Moto Exotica

This might be the wickedest scrambler we’ve ever seen. Nicknamed “Eight,” she’s a 2-stroke, 210-pound RD350 scrambler built by Arjun Raina of India’s Moto Exotica. As you may know, the now-legendary Yamaha RD350 was produced […]

Honda CB750 Brat Cafe

Honda CB750 Brat Cafe by Magnum Opus

We discovered this blown KZ650 by Magnum Opus Custom Bikes at this year’s Handbuilt Show, only to realize that this custom shop, run by Ezio Covelli, is located in the same town as our headquarters:  […]

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Honda GB500 TT Cafe Racer

The Honda GB500 TT (“Tourist Trophy”) was inspired by the Isle of Man TT racers of the 1960s, bikes like the Manx Norton and BSA Gold Star. Then, as now, TT riders braved the 37-mile […]