Here’s a look at various cafe racers from a wide variety of builders. You’ll find motorcycles of all makes and brands and all ages of motorcycles.
Nicola Martini is known as Mr. Martini in the custom bike world, and he built a Harley-Davidson Softail Cafe Racer out of an HD Fat Boy.
When most people think Fat Boy, they don’t think cafe racer. The Softail model is a cruiser best known for its solid cast wheels and badass attitude.
This transformation is a striking one and shows just how versatile the Fat Boy can be in the right hands.
Continue reading “Harley-Davidson Softail Cafe Racer by Mr. Martini”Feast your eyes on one of the best-looking cafe racer motorcycles I’ve seen in a while—this custom Honda CB750 RC42.
Hondas always make for beautiful cafe racers, especially CB750 Honda motorcycles, and this one is no exception. The fact that it’s the Honda CB750 RC42 certainly helps its cause.
What’s exceptional about this build is the work the Kaspeed Moto did to make it look genuinely different and absolutely beautiful.
Continue reading “Honda CB750 RC42 Cafe Racer Build by Kaspeed Moto”When I think of the best cafe racers, I usually think of old bikes that can be transformed into cafe racers, but many motorcycle manufacturers have adopted the cafe-style onto their new bikes. You now don’t have to customize a machine to get that cafe racer look. You can buy it from the factory.
This is preferable for the folks who don’t have the time, skills, or tools to do so themselves. You can always go to a custom shop, which I highly recommend, but if you just want a factory cafe racer, there are some good ones out there.
Here’s a look at the best cafe racers you can buy from major manufacturers. These machines will give you the look you want with the reliability and support you need.
Continue reading “5 Best Cafe Racers You Can Buy”The Honda Goldwing might now seem like a smart bike to turn into a cafe racer, but the 1970s Goldwings don’t do too bad. This Valkyrie-Powered Honda Goldwing from Dragon’s Motorcycles is from 1977, and it looks like a beast.
The builder is Pablo Sebastian from Spain. He decided to make the bike into a cafe racer, but he pulled the Goldwing’s engine out and replaced it with a Honda Valkyrie engine. Needless to say, this bike is a powerhouse.
Continue reading “Valkyrie-Powered Honda Goldwing by Dragon’s Motorcycles”When you think cafe racer, you probably don’t think of a Motobécane Mobylette moped. However, that’s exactly what this awesome little bike is.
Pepo Rossell of Spain’s XTR Pepo is the man behind the machine. It’s a bike that’s unlike the others. There are so many awesome cafe racers out there, but this one is special.
Continue reading “Motobécane Mobylette SP90 Cafe Racer Moped by XTR Pepo”The guys at Elemental Custom Cycles have created what is possibly the most beautiful BMW R80 cafe racer in their build called Project #4.
The motorcycle is sleek, with beautiful colors, and muscular curves. It’s the kind of bike you dream about, and in the images from the company’s website, the bike even looks like a dream.
Continue reading “BMW R80 Project #4 Cafe Racer by Elemental Custom Cycles”The Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 is an awesome motorcycle. It’s also a bike that lends itself well to builders of unique customs and cafe racers. This Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 is a great example of what can be done at the hands of an experienced bike builder.
Harris Performance has the skills, parts, and expertise to make a very impressive motorcycle, and this bike shows that.
Continue reading “Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 Custom by Harris Performance”Feast your eyes on a unique motorcycle that was made even more interesting at the hands of some master craftsmen. It’s a Gilera 150 Sport cafe racer.
The team at Cafe Cycles put together this unique build. It’s about as bare-bones as a cafe racer is going to get.
Continue reading “1954 Gilera 150 Sport Cafe Racer by Cafe Cycles”This Yamaha XV750 by Purpose Built Moto is a good example of why the bike is a good one to use to start a dramatic cafe racer transformation. When a client of the shop brought his bike in, he had plenty of ideas.
One of them was to build a Manga-inspired bike. That’s what the shop set out to do.
Continue reading “Yamaha XV750 by Purpose Built Moto”This Honda CB750 by Lucky Custom is a killer-looking bike. Lucky Customs makes some fantastic motorcycles, and this bike is a perfect example of why the shop is so well-liked.
The motorcycle is a serious cafe racer, and there’s no better bike to start with than a Honda CB750.
Continue reading “Honda CB750 By Lucky Custom”
