Here at BikeBound, we’re always on the look out for KZ650 customs. These “Sons of the Z1” always surprise with their rev-happy motors and eagerness to lie flat in the corners. Rick Brown, who runs […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
CB750 Nighthawk Brat Bike by Smith Cycles
Today, we’re proud to present this 1985 Honda CB750 RC04 (Nighthawk) brat bike by Sven Schmidt of Germany’s Smith Cycles. The RC04 was the German version of the Nighthawk. Though customs are a dime a […]
Suzuki GS500 Cafe Racer by So-Low Choppers
Lately, we’ve been featuring some incredible bikes by young builders, so we were thrilled to receive a message from Jay Ransome, son of Clive Ransome, who owns So Low Choppers of the UK. Though he’s […]
Yamaha Virago 250 Cafe Racer
Some of our favorite builders started as racers, and Matt Fuller of Land O’ Lakes, Florida, is such a one. A supermoto and flat-track veteran, he brings a purpose-driven focus to this ’97 Yamaha XV250 […]
BMW K100 “Jetfighter” by Expressmoto Design
John Camara of Austin’s Expressmoto Design has an ideal pedigree for a custom bike builder. He’s been riding and racing both on- and off-road bikes for nearly four decades, reaching the upper classes of the […]
Martin Cafe Racer by Lys Motorcycles
George Martin was the premier custom motorcycle frame/chassis builder in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. He built approximately 5800 frames between 1972 and 1987 at his shop in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, utilizing both […]
Yamaha Virago Tracker by Chavazs Machmoedov
Chavazs Machmoedov of The Netherlands is like a lot of us. He has a full-time job, and building custom bikes is a way to escape the stresses of daily life and give shape to his […]
Modern Triton Cafe Racer by Britalmoto
Recently, Ivo Tschumi of Switzerland’s Britalmoto blew us away with his “Robe Tracker,” a Triumph Thruxton Tracker he built while recovering from a high-side at the track. Now Ivo is back with a modern Triton […]
CB550 Cafe Racer by Sin City Vintage Cycles
Today, we’re excited to present one of the sexiest, most well-sorted Honda CB cafe racers we’ve come across: “Class Act,” a 1977 CB550 built by Bill Docchio of Sin City Vintage Cycles and owned by […]
Honda CBX400 Custom by Cafe Racer SSpirit
Cafe Racer SSpirit of San Sebastian, Spain, consistently turns out some of our favorite builds. We’ve shared their R51 scrambler and, more recently, we featured their Honda CBX custom, whose six-into-one custom exhaust sounds like […]
