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 […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
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 […]
Moto Guzzi “Dolce Riva” Café Racer
Guzzi Café Racer inspired by the Riva Aquarama Powerboat… The year 1962 saw the introduction of the original Riva Aquarama, a luxury wooden runabout destined to become “the Ferrari of the boating world.” The […]
Honda CB400 Super Four Café Racer
Resurrecting the motorcycle of a lost friend… In 1992, Honda introduced the CB400 Super Four (CB400SF), a 400cc sibling of the CB1000 Big One. Though it began as a Japan-only model, the CB400SF was […]
Back from the Dead: Yamaha TX650 Cafe Racer
RAAF Veteran’s 1974 Yamaha 650… In 1973 and ’74, Yamaha renamed the XS650 the “TX650” in order to maintain a uniform designation for their four-stroke models, as they’d just introduced a new flagship model, […]
Bahn Burner: BMW K1100RS Café Racer
Bolt 80: 16-Valve K-Bike from Bolt Motor Co… The BMW K1100RS was the most technologically advanced “Flying Brick” to emerge from Berlin, featuring the 16-valve head from the K1, Paralever rear end, Motronic EFI […]
Straight, Low, and Clean: Moto Guzzi Café Racer
Horizontal 923: Le Mans II Café Racer from Vienna’s horizontal moto… Lino Tonti was an Italian motorcycle engineer who developed sport and racing bikes for such companies as Aermacchi, Benelli, Bianchi, F.B. Mondial, and […]
Dinostyle Honda CX500 Custom Roadster
Custom CX500 from Dinostyle Garage… We’re nearing 50 years since the Honda CX500 was introduced. Who expected this strange middleweight V-twin street bike, which earned the nickname “plastic maggot” during its heyday, would become […]
Black Bullet: Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Café Racer
Prize-Winning “Black Bullet” from Nicolas Baux of MCNC… The Royal Enfield Bullet is nearing a century of continuous production — the longest of any motorcycle model in history. Introduced in 1932, the four-stroke single-cylinder machine […]
