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 […]
Tag: Cafe Racers
Kawasaki Z1000 Restomod by Dave Solomon
Dave Solomon is the founder of Butchered Classics, a 2000-member community dedicated to the modification of classic bikes, from tame resto-modication to radical engine swaps. Dave himself has turned out a number of simply mad […]
Triumph Thruxton Cafe Racer by DMOL
Death Machines of London (DMOL) has to have the best name in the business. Founded by designer James Hilton and engineer Ray Petty, their debut build was this incredible Moto Guzzi Le Mans “airtail” cafe […]
Yamaha XV750 Cafe Racer
Today we’re thrilled to showcase a Yamaha XV750SE cafe racer by one of our favorite builders, Moto Adonis of The Netherlands. Daan and crew consistently turn out some of the most innovative and well-proportioned bikes […]
Yamaha XS750 Cafe Racer
Here at BikeBound, we’re suckers for triples. There’s something about the harmonics of three cylinders that rev the blood. Unfortunately, the Yamaha XS750 (and later XS850) never seem to get the same love as the […]
Sportster Cafe Racer by Ardent Motorcycles
Today, we’re proud to feature one of our favorite Sportster builds of all time: The Cafe Sportster, built by Curtis Miller of Ardent Motorcycles. Curtis has one of the most interesting backgrounds of any builder […]
BMW R50/5 Cafe Racer
Sometimes less is more, and no one knows that better than builder Maurizio Merlo, one of our favorite garage-builders. Last year, we featured “The Baby,” his 1973 BSA Lightning scrambler. Now Maurizio, an Italian native […]
Honda CB750 Brat Cafe by Magnum Opus
We discovered this blown KZ650 by Magnum Opus Custom Bikes at this year’s Handbuilt Show, only to realize that this custom shop, run by Ezio Covelli, is located in the same town as our headquarters: […]
Honda GB500 TT Cafe Racer
The Honda GB500 TT (“Tourist Trophy”) was inspired by the Isle of Man TT racers of the 1960s, bikes like the Manx Norton and BSA Gold Star. Then, as now, TT riders braved the 37-mile […]
Ducati 900SS Cafe Racer by MotoBergamo
Hunter S. Thompson famously said of the Ducati 900SS: “There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them – but I want one […]
