Nitro Cycles puts the teeth back in a 90s CB750… The Honda CB750, introduced in 1969, is hailed as the “original superbike” — the first four-cylinder motorcycle from a modern, mainstream manufacturer. However, by the […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
“Flat White” Ducati Monster 400 Cafe Racer
A 400cc Monster with bodywork built with fireproof aerospace textile! Max Betteridge spent his childhood in his father’s woodwork before being relegated to the family’s old hen house, where he built his first car: a […]
BMW R65 Cafe Racer: “John Player Special”
A single-seat, JPS-inspired tribute to Mario Andretti’s days at Team Lotus… In 1976, Mario Andretti joined Team Lotus, driving the John Player Special (JPS) F1 cars into championship winning form. The signature gold-and-black livery of […]
Ducati 900SS Cafe Racer by Thornton Hundred Motorcycles
“Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube…” In 1995, Cycle World magazine has the very brave idea to send Gonzo himself — Hunter S. Thompson […]
Honda CB750K Brat by Sean Junqueira
A DOHC CB750 with a Brazilian twist… We knew the quality of Sean Junqueira‘s motorcycle photography from his work with the late Devolve Moto in Raleigh, North Carolina, but we had not seen his building […]
Honda CB125 Brat Cafe: “Biff”
“I was given a manual and pushed to figure it out…” Jenny Lawson of Fayetteville, Arkansas — aka @TrippinHawk — is a single mother of two teen girls, a small business owner, and the builder […]
Suzuki TS400 Cafe Racer by Metal Works Utah
From two-stroke enduro to smokin’ cafe racer… The Suzuki TS400 Apache was the largest of the Suzuki TS series of two-stroke dual sports — a 277-lb, 34-hp enduro “built to take on the country.” Cycle […]
Ducati Monster Cafe Racer by FRC Moto
Robin Fagerman of Sweden’s FRC Moto walked outside his apartment one morning to find his 1999 Ducati Monster 900s — “Leonora” — the victim of an attempted theft. The bike was “totally broken,” says Robin, […]
Honda CB450 Cafe Racer: “Tenbrooks”
Named after the fastest horse in the South, inspired by a custom Gibson guitar… Kevin Drost has been playing the guitar since the age of 10 and spent his entire adult life in the music […]
BMW Silver Bullet MK2 by XTR Pepo x Revival of the Machine
Updated: The Silver Bullet becomes more racer, more XTR…more Pepo! Last year, we saw the launch of the 1978 BMW R100RS “Silver Bullet,” the first-ever motorcycle designed by Revival of the Machine — one of […]
