I’ve always loved the use of wood in cars. When I was young a neighbor converted an old ’30s Chevy into...
It all began when Hieronymus spotted an MC club member’s BMW boxer parked on a sidewalk in Paris. Sitting in...
Two motorcycle obsessed friends building bikes for a living. It sounds like the perfect life to be living. This is...
“All men’s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone“ The sad individual responsible for that quote obviously never had...
Looking back over the last 11 years of running this website the thing I’ve enjoyed the most is seeing workshops...
Well, that wraps up yet another year of amazing cafe racer builds from custom workshops and backyard builders around the...
This Benelli 250 replica is as close to the companies original 1968 racebike as they come. The bike was pieced together...
BMW struck a chord in the custom motorcycle scene when they released the R Nine T. Powered by a bulletproof...
Years later I managed to scrape together enough to buy my first road bike, get my license sorted and I...
Established in 2010 by Daniel Cabral and Pedro Oliveira, Ton Up Garage is a custom motorcycle workshop dedicated to build...
You meet the nicest people building motorcycles. A few years back Luke Ray of Fuel Magazine and I took a...
Growing up in India the Sinroja brothers, Rahul and Birju, developed an out of the ordinary love for motorcycles. In...
The Eleven by Kevil’s Speed Shop in the UK. One of the latest BMW Cafe Racers to roll out of...
Our friends over at Cognito Moto have been toiling away on their latest custom BMW R75 project. The project was...
I love a good concept bike. An open brief and an aim to push the boundaries, breach new territory and...
“The Diva project was inspired by BMW motorcycles of twenties, taking their class and elegance and blending it with modern...
“I had been looking to build a clean, minimalistic BMW cafe racer for a couple of years. The less on...
Twin Shock Division (TSD) Motorcycles is a tiny shop located in the Ukranian capital of Kiev. Headed by the talented...
Unless you’re living in one of those rule-free American states where they let tipsy 13-year-olds ride drag bikes on public...
“The most elaborate and beautiful K100 we have ever built” For this unique collaboration, VTR Customs ironically chose a...
The cafe racer in BMW’s R nineT heritage series won hearts with its sleek styling. However, motorcycle journalists brought a...
It’s been a couple of years since I first featured one of Kevin Hills custom builds. Since then under his...
Is there such a thing as a factory built cafe racer? If you ask a purist they’ll tell you no...
Last year I had the pleasure of attending the Mooneyes show in Japan. The builder that took out best of show...
Imagine this scenario: A bike magazine hands you a box-fresh 1978 BMW R100RS and the concept rendering for a fantastic,...
The compact, muscular R1200R with it’s classic, flat twin engine and naked design was the perfect starting point, but it...
If you’re considering attempting to turn any kind of tourer into a cafe racer you’re going to have your work...
You may remember the somewhat controversial Buell Norton Manx I featured a couple of months ago? Well it’s back and it’s...
Building custom motorcycles is all about solving problems. This could be working around a modern electrical system, extracting additional horsepower...
According to Mark Condon of BikeBiz “Our team really know their bikes, so depending on the customer we can give...
Getting up at 5:30 in the morning for work is difficult sometimes, but on Sunday, December 19th, I had no...
In February 2021, I got a message request on Instagram. Anyone on the popular photo-sharing platform will know that’s not...
Tucked away in the southeastern forests of Bavaria is the small town of Viechtach. If you look it up on...
Back in 2012 four like-minded friends decided enough was enough. Driven by their desire to build and ride custom bikes...
It’s been less than 6 months since we featured the Le Bouterollier BMW R60/7 and Jean-Pierre is back with yet...
I recently became acquainted with Maximiliaan van Kuyk of Maverick motorcycles. Max and his brothers stumbled into the Cafe Racer...
Last weekend we officially released issue 7 of Tank Moto. Packed with awesome motorcycle features from around the world this...
The Johnnie Wash R Nine T series features 3 different models of which the Brown is the most extensively modified....
We’re big fans of the work of Californian motorcycle builder Samuel Kao and his workshop JSK Moto Co. JSK motorcycles...
“Let me start by saying that this is not a restoration and it’s not a replica either. Nor is it...
Early this year Hammer received an invitation to work on the project direct from BMW Motorrad and gladly took up...
“I wanted to create an aggressive cafe racer with a design that separates it from the usual and a line...
From building show cars to display at the hallowed halls of the Las Vegas Sema show to tinkering on Honda...
Don’t get me wrong, the BMW thumper is a great utilitarian machine. The reliability of the simple 650cc Rotax engine...
“I thought to myself, if I can fix and maintain a 40 million dollar yacht, then I can build a...
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