Vintage Meets Modern: Rusty Motor’s Commando Café Racer… In 2014, Norton unveiled the Commando 916 Domiracer, a limited-edition special born from their new Donington factory and named for the Dominator-based race bikes of the 1960s: […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
Street to Surf: Kawasaki KZ400 Café Racer
The Okinawa Project: KZ400 from Jerem Motorcycles… Introduced in 1974, the Kawasaki KZ400 would be built both in Japan and Lincoln, Nebraska — in fact, the latter made Kawasaki the first foreign motorcycle manufacturer to […]
Dreamy Duc: 1971 Ducati 250 Café Racer
Black Cycles Australia builds a 250cc Ducati café racer… Starting in 1950s, brothers Joseph and Michael Berliner of the Berliner Motor Corporation were the US importers for Ducati and many other European marquees. As the […]
The GUZZ: Moto Guzzi Daytona Café Racer
Jasper Mulder’s one of a kind Daytona 1000 café racer… In the 1980s, Moto Guzzi had no official factory racing program, but an American ex-dentist named Dr. John Wittner began making waves on his modified […]
Wreck to Racetrack: Yamaha Fazer 600 Café Racer
El Cancro Motors resurrects an FZS600… Introduced in 1998, the Yamaha Fazer 600 (FZS600) would become one of the most popular, most capable middleweight all-rounders ever produced. The bike sported a 599cc 16-valve inline four […]
Gulf Special: Yamaha RD350 YPVS F2 Café Racer
Bolt Motor Co. builds a stunning two-stroker… At its unveiling in 1982, the Yamaha RD350 YPVS — known as the RZ350 in North America — was called “the nearest thing to a road going racer […]
Donatello No More: Kawasaki Ninja 250 Café Racer “Donna”
Golden Age Motor Co. transforms an early EX250 Ninja… Introduced in 1986, the Kawasaki EX250 Ninja — also known as the Ninja 250R — would become one of the world’s most popular 250cc machines. The […]
Fast & Furious: Yamaha XJ600 Café Racer
A Brotherly Bullet from Red Hot Chili Customs (RHCC)… In 1984, Yamaha introduced the XJ600 (designated the FJ600 in the US), which featured a 72-bhp air-cooled DOHC inline four engine. For the first nine months […]
Red Tail Redux: Honda CB750 Café Racer
Joe Flores resurrects a tribute to a 33-year Air Force veteran… The Tuskegee Airmen were the USA’s first African-American military aviators, best-known for their signature red-tailed P-51 Mustangs, which flew heavy bomber escort as part […]
Yamaha XJR1300 Café Racer: “Kojirō”
Dezmembrez Moto builds a high-tech XJR — and it’s for sale! If we had to choose one model of the modern era that we wished we received here in North America, the Yamaha XJR1300 would […]
