Cafe Racer SSpirit restores a rare French-Japanese kit bike… From 1972 to 1986, France’s Moto Martin (pronounced Marteen) produced full chassis / body kits for an array of 1970-80s superbike engines, effectively marrying Japanese multi-cylinder […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
Top 10 Café Racers of 2022
We’re following up our list of the Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of 2022 with the most popular café racers we featured this past year — based on traffic and social engagement. Your visits, likes, and […]
The Orange Brick: BMW K100RS Custom
Moto Adonis transforms a BMW Flying Brick… Introduced in 1982, the BMW K100 earned the nickname “Flying Brick” for its unique engine layout, wherein the bike’s liquid-cooled DOHC inline-four was laid on its side in […]
THE Norton: Commando 750 “Domiracer”
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: […]
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 […]
