Highly Customized CX650 from Irishman Daragh Heffernan… In recent years, the Honda CX series has become an unexpected darling of the customs world. With its transverse liquid-cooled pushrod V-twin, the CX was a bit of […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
Fighting 31: BMW R NineT Neo Café Racer
Inspired by the VFA-31 “Tomcatters” squadron… The BMW R nineT might be the commonly customized modern bike of the last decade. BMW intentionally built the 1170cc air/oil-cooled retro roadster as a “blank canvas” for custom […]
Eastern Spirit: Moto Guzzi California 1100 Café Racer
Eastern Spirit Guzzi: Heavyweight Cruiser to Sport Machine… Eastern Spirit is a boutique workshop near Warsaw that turns out some of the world’s most striking two-wheeled creations. Their bikes are artisan-built machines that, beyond their […]
Top 10: Best Café Racers of 2025
We’re following up our list of the Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2025 with the most popular café racers we featured this past year based on traffic and engagement. Your visits and likes served as […]
Coming in 2026: Triumph Thruxton 400 Café Racer
Modern Café Racer, Scaled Down… With the recent discontinuation of the beloved Thruxton 1200, many riders assumed Triumph’s long-running café racer lineage had reached its conclusion — we among them. However, Triumph just announced that […]
Classy Nuisance: Yamaha Virago 535 Café Racer
Rusten Smith’s Lightweight V-Twin Café Racer… Released in 1988, the Yamaha Virago 535 (XV535) would remain in production for nearly two decades. It was actually the most successful of the Virago V-twins, and remains […]
Soul and Steel: Harley XL1200 Evo Café Racer
American Hot Rod Meets British Café Racer… The Harley-Davidson Sportster has remained one of the motorcycling world’s most popular platforms for customization ever since the release of the original model in 1957. In 1986, the […]
Stronza Bella: Ducati Monster S4
Super Roadster from Never Ending Cycles… In 2001, Ducati unleashed the Monster S4, a weaponized version of the brand’s beloved naked roadster. Gone was the old air-cooled SOHC two-valve twin. In its place went a […]
Paul Smart Tribute: Ducati ST2 “Paolo Accorto”
Paul Smart-Inspired Ducati from Rindperformance… English racer Paul Smart wasn’t well known in international road racing circles until the 1972 Imola 200, where he piloted a Grand Turismo (GT) 750 — the first Ducati with […]
Glory Daze 2025: Cafe Racers & Drag Bikes
We’re back with more coverage from the 2025 Glory Daze Motorcycle Show in Pittsburgh, PA. Organized by Kurt Diserio of Pittsburgh Moto, the show hosted more than 100 bikes of all varieties on the to […]
