Now for Sale: Lean and Mean Virago from Pit Lane Motos… Yamaha introduced its first V-twins in the early 1980s, with North American dealers receiving the Virago 750 and 920. The XV750 would be the […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
ArtRide 2026: Café Racers & Superbikes
We’re back with another segment from ArtRide 2026, the custom bike and art show at Wheels & Waves in Biarritz, France. It took place June 11-13 at Skatepark Biarritz, just a stone’s throw from the […]
BOLT #008: 1995 Honda CB750 Café Racer
By the mid 1990s, the Honda CB750 — aka the Nighthawk 750 — had morphed into a retro-style UJM with twin shocks and an air-cooled DOHC inline-four with 75 ponies at the ready. At the […]
Kinetic Art: Brough Superior RMB01
Brough Superior and Watchmaker Richard Mille join forces on a work of kinetic art… One of the most striking machines at ArtRide 2026 in Biarritz, France, was the Brough Superior RMB01. Built in collaboration with […]
Veloce Aperion: 280-BHP 1000cc Two-Stroke Café Racer!
Veloce Motorcycles unveils a 1000cc X8 two-stroke café racer! Built by Oxfordshire-based Veloce Motorcycles, the Aperion is a 1000cc, eight-cylinder, two-stroke naked bike — or perhaps more accurately, an engineering provocation with lights, wheels, and […]
MAEB #1: Honda CB750F1 Café Racer
“Two steps forward, one step back” — Matthias Ebenhoch’s 1978 Honda CB750F Super Sport… In the customs world, it can often be said that bikes are built of other bikes. Both in a material sense, […]
Bike Shed Moto Show 2026: The Café Racers
Ton-Up Time: 25 Café Racers from The Bike Shed Moto Show 2026… Back in 2013, a dozen motorcycle enthusiasts held the inaugural Bike Shed Moto Show under the railway arches in Shoreditch, London. There were […]
The Red Arrow: Husqvarna “Rödpilen” 701
A Blood-Red Vitpilen 701 Supermono from XTR Pepo… When the Husqvarna Vitpilen (“White Arrow”) first arrived in 2018, many commentators expected the futuristic-looking neo-retro naked bike might be more style than substance. However, they were […]
One Moto Show 2026: Café Racers, Salt Racers, and Super Hooligans
Earlier this month, the city of Portland played host to the The One Motorcycle Show — the 17th annual edition of the event, hosted as ever by lovely folks from See See Motorcycles. According to “Burt […]
Seventies Smokeshow: Spondon Kawasaki H1 500 Triple
Tarty Two-Stroke: Manx Road Racer and Toolmaker Builds a 70s-Style Smoker… No street bike is as infamous as the Kawasaki Triple. For the 1969 model year, the original H1 Mach III 500 came howling and […]
