Reborn Fazer 600 from Blackout Custom Design… The Yamaha FZS600 Fazer — aka the Fazer 600 — was revealed to the public at the 1997 Paris Auto Show. The 599cc 16-valve 95-bhp inline-four came […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
The Onyx: Norton-Harley “Norley”
Cédric Camiade’s Harley-powered Featherbed… When Norton introduced the featherbed frame in 1950, it quickly earned a reputation among circuit and street racers as the best handling chassis on the market. The design originated with brothers […]
Soul of a Sprinter: Triumph Trident 660 RS Café Racer
From FCR Original: Triple-Cylinder Triumph Café Racer… Introduced in 2020, the Triumph Trident 660 is a middleweight naked bike / roadster with an 80-bhp triple born from the Daytona 675 supersport engine. The engine […]
One Moto Show 2025: Best Cafe Racers & More!
The One Moto Show bills itself as “the world’s largest, best-known, and most fun custom motorcycle show in the universe” — and we can’t disagree. Hosted by the good folks of Portland’s See See Motorcycles, […]
50th Anniversary 400 Four: Honda CB400F Resto
From The Chattahoochee Skunkworks: Tastefully Modified Honda 400 Four… When the Honda CB350F appeared in 1972, it was the smallest-displacement four-cylinder motorcycle ever produced. While it was a neat engineering exercise that showed off Honda’s […]
Handbuilt Show 2025: Best Café / Road Racers
The last weekend in March marked not just the running of the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, but also the 2025 Handbuilt Motorcycle Show — simply one of the very best […]
Mistress of the Dark: “Elvira” BMW R100/7 Café Racer
From Wolfsmiths: Slash 7 Tribute to an 80s Hot Rod… If there’s one thing we love, it’s hearing stories of bikes that guys hot-rodded back in the day when they weren’t vintage, but of […]
Handbuilt Star: Aluminum-Clad Yamaha TX750
As Seen at Handbuilt: Ronnie George’s Yamaha 750 Stunner… Only available for a short time in the 1970s, the Yamaha TX750 remains a relatively rare and obscure model. At the time, Yamaha already had the […]
Handbuilt Show 2025: Café Racers and More
Highlights from the 2025 Handbuilt Motorcycle Show… Last weekend marked the 2025 edition of one of the very best motorcycle shows on the planet, the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas. Founded by Alan Stulberg […]
Little Bavarian: 1000cc BMW R80 Cafe Racer
James Dean-inspired Boxer from Mr. Ludolf… In 1955, just as he was finishing the film Giant, James Dean bought himself a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder dubbed “Little Bastard.” Though most of us know the […]
