Best in Show: Pint-size Springer! The Honda Super Cub is the most successful motorcycle in history, with production now surpassing 100 million. The C90 model, introduced in 1966, featured an 89.5cc, 7.5-hp four-stroke engine and […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
Blue Moon: BMW K100 Café Racer by RW Motorcycles
The BMW K100 seems to be experiencing a renaissance in the custom world. The 90-horsepower, fuel-injected engine offers good punch, and the “Flying Brick” is known to be rock-solid during high-speed cruising. Still, it’s safe […]
Endurance Racer: Suzuki SV650 “Caballo de Hierro”
“Very powerful and light, and with a unique shape…” The Suzuki SV650 is one of the most popular motorcycles in company history, credited with rebirthing the lightweight twins racing class in the United States. The […]
The Candolini: Ducati 900SS Café Racer
The Ducati SuperSport (SS) debuted in 1988, a series of air-cooled 90° V-twin motorcycles that would remain in production for nearly 20 years. None other than the gonzo journalist himself, Hunter S. Thompson, reviewed the […]
Handbuilt in Texas: Jackson 5AM V2.0
“We don’t build custom Yamahas, Hondas, etc. We build Jacksons.” The XV750 Virago, launched in 1981, was Yamaha’s first entry into the V-twin cruiser arena. It was a slightly funky machine, with an air-cooled 75° […]
Turbocharged Superbike: Ducati 848 Turbo
Turbocharged Ducati superbike from two best friends… The Ducati 848 superbike, introduced in 2008, featured a 134-hp “Testastretta” V-twin, a trellis frame developed in conjuction with the company’s racing division, and in a surprising move […]
The Hawkhurst Harrier: KTM 690 Duke by Old Barnstormers
A quarter century ago, KTM released their first-ever street bike, the original Duke — a 609cc, hard-thumping supermoto destined to become a cult classic. Fast forward to present day, and the contemporary incarnation is the […]
Custom Ducati 999 “Paprika” by XTR Pepo
The Ducati 999, built from 2003-2006, boasted a liquid-cooled L-twin Desmodromic engine capable of 138 horsepower and 80 lb-ft of torque. While the 999’s styling — which was the work of South African designer Pierre […]
Yamaha “SR534” Cafe Racer by Yuya Ueda
“Mechanical vibes like an old piston engine fighter…” Few motorcycles have garnered the cult following of the air-cooled, single-cylinder Yamaha SR series. Part of the appeal must be the straightforward, no-frills nature of the SR’s […]
XL1200 Sportster Cafe Racer by Bull Original
Last year we featured the Harley-Davidson “MX1000,” a 1000cc Ironhead dirt bike built by Takuya Yonezawa — “Yone” — the founder of Japan’s Bull Original (www.mc-bull.com). That bike was no mere showpiece — as the […]
