Today, we are hugely excited to showcase the bike that won Best in Show at the 2016 Cape Fear Kick Down in our hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina: this 1975 Moto Guzzi 850 T built […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
Ducati Monster Cafe Racer by XTR Pepo
Pepo Rosell, the master “bike constructor” behind XTR Pepo, is one of our favorite builders. He is a man who builds machines that consistently defy classification and convention, and this ’94 Ducati Monster 750 is […]
Honda CB550 Brat by Ironwood Custom Motorcycles
(Written by Mark Turner.) Thankfully we are all individuals. Some of us like big women, some like marmite, some like to wear women’s clothing on a Thursday night and call themselves Mildred. Personally, I like […]
Monoshock CB750 Cafe Racer by Andrew Wales
Andrew Wales, the owner and creator of this incredible ’78 CB750, is a machinist/millwright and fabricator out of Calgary, Alberta. Though this bike may look like the product of a high-rent, name-brand custom shop, it’s […]
Honda CB750L Cafe Racer by Legion Cycle Works
Amid the army of CB 750 customs, it takes something truly bold to stand out from the crowd. “Xerxes,” built by Ben Davis of Delaware’s Legion Cycle Works, is a drastic departure from the brat-seated, […]
Custom Ducati Scrambler by XTR Pepo
We are huge fans of Pepo Rosell, formerly of Radical Ducati. Pepo closed down that shop two years ago, went on a sabbatical, and returned to open XTR Pepo. Now the master “bike constructor” is […]
Spondon Streetfighter by Dave Solomon
Today we have another creation by our favorite mad Englishman, Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics. This time, it’s a Bandit 1200-powered Spondon streetfighter. If you know anything about the UK streetfighter scene of the late […]
Honda CB400F Cafe Racer by OtC Custom
We were fortunate enough to meet Toby Jones of Florida’s OtC Custom Motorcycles at a show put on by the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club earlier this year. We ended up featuring one of the bikes […]
BMW R100R Brat Cafe by Rough Cycles
Rough Cycles of Berlin was founded in 2011. Since then, the shop has grown to include three guys and two dogs. They mainly specialize in repairing and customizing Harley Davidsons. However, after more than a […]
Honda CB500 Brat Bike by Patrick Couturier
We’re always thrilled to showcase the first custom bike from a promising young builder. Like first loves, there’s nothing quite like your first build. There’s that first fumbling through wiring looms, those hours spent over […]