Royal Enfield Cafe Racer 535 Spy Shot in India
3 Apr 2013, 15:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After announcing the Cafe Racer 535, their "lightest and fastest" mass-produced bike ever, Royal Enfield has started road-testing the recently-unveiled motorcycle. And since it was on the ...
Upgraded BMW R100/7 Stays Retro and Awesome
3 Apr 2013, 09:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's always extremely neat to see an old bike receiving nifty upgrades and having parts of it rebuilt... and still retaining the retro attire and making zero compromises as far as the old styli...
The Sports Shows Custom Yamaha SR400 to Drool Over
29 Mar 2013, 11:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Asia is literally full of small-displacement bikes, with machines bigger than 200cc being significantly less likely to be met on the streets. However, this does not mean that they're not there:...
Olivier's Moto Guzzi 850 T3 Is a Fiery Twin
29 Mar 2013, 08:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a bike which retains all the glory of the old Moto Guzzi machines, neatly repainted and having received some upgrades, too: Olivier is a Frenchman who has stumbled upon a pretty mauled ...
Royal Enfield Denies 250cc Rumors, Says Cafe-Racer 535 Is the Next Release
28 Mar 2013, 12:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Rumors on the interwebs saw Royal Enfield planning to enter once more in the quarter-liter class with a new motorcycle which was to compete with the similar machines Honda or Bajaj are already selli...
New Kaffeemaschine Moto Guzzi Wonder
27 Mar 2013, 13:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When purist cafe-racer design and neat craftsmanship are needed, Axel Budde and his Kaffeemaschine workshop in Hamburg, Germany, are probably one of the best places to go. Swiss Guillaume Bureau...
Scorpio, Indonesia's Coolest Custom Yamaha
22 Mar 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After seeing Thrive Motorcycles' Yamaha Scorpio we understood that there is literally no limit to how cool can a small-displacement bike be. If you think that a quarter-liter motorcycle can...
Chappell Customs Cafe 33, in Black and Gold
14 Mar 2013, 11:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's funny how sometimes, the most mauled and neglected bikes turn up to become some of the most beautiful custom builds, when reaching the right workshop. It's the case of an '82 Yam...
Kelevra, one of the Most Beautiful Cafe-Racers in the World
11 Mar 2013, 15:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A quick glance is (o should be) enough to understand why is the Kelevra one of the 30 most beautiful cafe-racers in the world. Created by South Garage, this amazing machine is based on a Ducati Mons...
King Bike Ducati, from Rust to Street-Prowling Glory
11 Mar 2013, 13:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Having worked in the World Superbike series for 9 years proved a great deal of apprenticeship for Italian bike customizer Giorgio Mantovani, now signing his first creation with the KB monogram. KB s...
Norton Bikes in Canada: Paperwork's Done, Bikes on the Way
8 Mar 2013, 14:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The long wait Canadian riders had to endure without being able to get their own Norton bikes is over: the Canadian Government has finally give their official approval for the import of Norton's...
Taiwanese Custom Yamaha XS650 Is Sweeter than Candy
5 Mar 2013, 16:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a nifty piece of bike customization coming from Taiwan, the home of the amazing Rough Crafts guys... but this is no RC machine. This amazing XS650 has been created by Mark Huang, a long...
Rafal Rodents Rat-Racer Breathes Controversy
4 Mar 2013, 14:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A rat-cafe-racer? Sounds weird, but the Poland-based Rafal Rodents rat-rod is a stunning bike, and a quick glance at it is more than enough to convince anyone that these guys have their way with cus...
Hephaestus by Bandit9 Is All Steel, All Great
1 Mar 2013, 08:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's some extremely nifty custom bike building from... China: Hephaestus, a creation of Daryl Villanueva and his Beijing team mates grouped under the banner of the Bandit9 workshop. Hephaestu...
6-Cylinder Honda CBX1000 by Tarmac Custom Motorcycles
28 Feb 2013, 13:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 2 Spaniards, 6 cylinders and a ton of passion, this is the recipe for the beastly beauty this Honda CBX1000 proudly displays. Tarmac Custom Motorcycles received this bike in a terribly poor state, w...
The Evo Cafe-Racer, a Stunning Belt-Driven Triumph Bonneville
27 Feb 2013, 15:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The first things which struck us was the very name of this bike: having "cafe-racer" and "evo" in the same non-negative sentence is one thing we don't stumble too often, if ...
Yamaha Virago XV920 by Classified Moto
19 Feb 2013, 11:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The first custom build Classified Moto ever did was a huge hit and has inspired a lot of other guys, both customizers and especially owners into dreaming about modding their Yamaha XV920 machines. ...
Honda Dominator Becomes Vintage Cafe-Racer
15 Feb 2013, 08:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the Honda NX650 Dominator is gradually becoming one of the new favorite bikes to be used as a starting point for cafe-racer builders. Turning this dual-sport machine into a flat-tr...
KTM Cafe by Nigel Petrie
13 Feb 2013, 15:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now, that's most likley one of the most bizzare, and at the same time, wonderful, transformaions we saw of late: a KTM 250 EXCF changed into a raw metal cafe-racer. With Australian Nigel Pet...
Doc's Chops Yamaha Virago Is Simply Stunning
12 Feb 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / What do you get from mixing together a great bike builder,a great bike photographer and a nifty classic chopper? Well, in case your answer was "a great chopper" you were wrong. The result...