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Honda Cafe Racer

Honda is currently the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan. In the 1960s they became a household name in the USA thanks to their “You meet the nicest people on a Honda” advertising campaign. By the 1980s, they produced upwards of 3 million bikes a year. The Honda CB750 has been credited with being the world’s first superbike and has become the poster child of the modern cafe racer scene.

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Going Straight – Wrench Kings Honda GL500

After deciding to open their workshop back in 2015 this was the second custom build that the Wrench Kings undertook...
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The Black Bull – Taurus Honda CB750

For anyone who enjoys tinkering with motorcycles, there will come a day when you’ll need to invest in some real...
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Racy Runabout – Unikat Honda CB350f

Much like their Honda CB550 “SL” cafe racer the CB350 has undergone a comprehensive rebuild. “Marek rebuilt the engine completely”...
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Quarter Century – Half Caste Honda CB550 Galgo

“As a child my father used to race enduro and motocross professionally but had to retire early because he had...
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King Kong – Davmomoto Honda Z50

Today’s feature is about a different breed of Z. It’s a totally revised and, for lack of a better term,...
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Road Rebel 166 – Rich Richie Honda Tiger

These days the chance of anyone having the privilege of owning or riding an RC166 are slim to none, but...
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Plastic fantastic – Guilhem’s Honda CX500

It’s no secret that Honda’s CX series from the late 70’s has gone through a resurgence in the last five...
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The Royal Racer – Kikishop Honda CB500

When an expert in form works with a master of function the results can be breathtaking. After being blown away...
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The Phantom – Clockwork Honda CB750

“The customer brought me a donor bike that most would’ve considered a ‘lost cause’. The engine was far beyond running,...
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The Behemoth – Honda Goldwing Racer

Your first ride on a motorcycle is probably as memorable as your first kiss. Full of excitement and fear as...
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Japanese Oldspeed – Rooshers Honda CB250GT

  After receiving a tip off from a friend the boys got their hands on a well priced, running 1975...
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Brotherly Build – Honda CB550 Cafe Racer

The weekend following the rider class, I bought my first bike. I was hooked. I picked up a 2009 Vulcan...
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Oil In Our Veins – Sameiro’s Bol D’Or Tomahawk

After acquiring the poor condition Bol D’Or in January of 2015 the brothers spent 2 months planning the build of...
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Paula Dean – Honda CB550 Cafe Racer

“My bike, Paula Dean, was based on a ’76 Honda CB550k that cost us $500 in May of 2015. Work...
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Emotional Achievement – Tyson’s Honda Cafe Racer

“For years, I had watched all the motorcycle builder shows on TV and had always wanted to build my own...
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Honda Birdee – Mokka Cycles GL500 Interstate

At first glance you could mistakably name this bikes donor as a CX500, which is wrong, but not far off....
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Nate’s Burly CB – PopBang Honda Cafe Racer

Obviously Honda’s little 400 four isn’t the biggest bike around. So the plan was to make it larger while retaining...
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Anything but vanilla – Kinesis Moto Honda CB350F

Jeff’s story is one that might sound familiar. He found himself looking for a new source of income, and didn’t...
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Back in Black – AdHoc Cafe Racers CB750

As far as timeframes go David says the Ad Hoc CB750 has been a hard one to wrap up. “Due...
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Never idle – Thassophobia Honda CB450

“As a teenager I always wanted to build a custom motorcycle and spent my time (when I wasn’t riding) drawing...
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Cultural overload – Unikat 550SL Cafe Racer

Unikat, which translates to ‘Unique Piece’, opened its doors a mere 18 months ago. It all began when Grzegorz completed...
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CB750 on steroids – DTown Super Cafe Racer

The ‘Super CB750 Cafe Racer’ is Dario’s demonstration of what can be done to solve the rider size conundrum. “I...
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Honda Interceptor Cafe Racer

Craig Rodsmith’s ’84 Interceptor project began when a fellow builder offloaded it to him. As Craig put it “He gave...
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In loving memory – Pedro CB750 Cafe Racer

“My wife and mother-in-law used to call it the “Peter & Steven Show” whenever we would get together because we’d...
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Bol d’Or CB900 Cafe Racer

Fast forward several decades and the Bol d’Or has become a relatively affordable alternative to the now, highly collectable and sought after...
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Vagabund K5 Cafe Racer

Located in Graz, Austria ‘Vagabund Moto’ is the brainchild of designer Paul Brauchart and mechanical engineer Philipp Rabl. “Both of...
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Two Wheeled Delicacy – NOX CB750 Cafe Racer

“In the fall of 2012 my good friend Brandon built a CB360. I saw the bike come together and I...
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Build Off CX500 Cafe Racer

It’s been some time since we featured a custom Honda CX500 here on the site and what better way to...
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Alonze Customs CB500t Cafe Racer

“I’m Jim Alonze from Scarborough, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. I’ve been into bikes my whole life, from off...
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The Mother Machine Honda XLR250R

Much like the ASK Motorcycles 2014 Yamaha SR125 ‘Material Woman’, Rad has continued his “very skinny, low and long” theme...
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Honda CB350 Cafe Racer

After careful design and build considerations, Tony decided that an alloy tank was the way to go. It would become...
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Northern Customs CB550 Cafe Racer

“This was my first ever build, a ’76 Honda CB550 F1 Super Sport that I picked up from my mate...
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Bandit9 Honda 125 AVA

Hey Daryl, It’s been a while since we last spoke. What’s been happening at Bandit9? “There’s only one way to...
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GT Moto Honda CB450

As Sofi explains it… “This Honda CB450 was brought to us earlier this year after an interesting encounter. A couple...
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One Up Neo Vintage CB600

“The One-Up Moto Garage name is relatively new to the game” says workshop founder Taylor Henschell. “I’ve been working under...
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Baba Beruang Honda Cafe Racer

Arxaperiment designer Ndikol started his first build in 2011 with some guidance from a local mechanic and metalworker. Using his...
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Leatherhead Honda CB650

Like most Swedes Oscar started his 2 wheeled life on a moped at age 15. After spending a few years...
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SSpirit CB900 Bol D´Or

At only 7 months old Cafe Racer SSpirit is one of the new kids on the block in Spain’s custom...
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Tristan’s pepper white Honda CX500

I’ve been following the Stories of Bike video series since it began and had the pleasure of meeting its creator Cam Elkins...
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Red Sun CB750 by 7seven Custom

  Established in 2006 the 7Seven Custom workshop in Slovenia is all too familiar with the late model CB750’s. Back...
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Sacha Lakic Honda CX500 GTS

Just when I thought I’d see as many custom Honda CX500’s as I could stomach, along comes a build so...
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H Garage Honda Gold Wing

In 2012 Scott Halbleid left his career as a graphic designer to focus his efforts on building custom motorcycles. As...
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Cognito Moto Fox CB350 Cafe Racer

 I love a good collaboration. When one brand recognises the benefits of joining forces with another amazing things can happen....
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Honda CX500 Cafe Racer

Honda’s journey into the world of 90-degree v-twins may have only be a short one, but their CX500 still gains...
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Black Bomber CB450 Flat Tracker

“I bought this motorcycle from a friend at the end of November 2013. After riding it around for 2 months...
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Simple stunning – Fury Honda CB750 Cafe Racer

It’s true. Sometimes the simple things in life are often the best. Take for example this super clean CB750 build...
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Great Ape – Honda Monkey Bike Madness

One of the biggest highlights for me when we were pulling together issue 6 of Tank Moto Magazine also happened...
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Hammerbike Honda CB550 Crimea

Siberia. 13 million square kilometres of the most sparsely populated land on Earth and as it turns out, home to one of...
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Classified Moto Walking Dead Motorcycles

If you’ve been following Return of the Cafe Racers for a while you’ll have figured out I’m a fan of...
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Honda CB350 Cafe Racer

I will be the first to admit I’m hopelessly nostalgic. So when I come across a story of a father...
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TBC Steven Project CB750

Custom motorcycle builds usually start out as an idea, but more often than not ideas change. While these changes usually...
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De Palma Cycles Punk CB750

To launch the new workshop Gregorio got his hands on a stock ’92 Honda CB750. A reliable, well designed and...
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Double Barrel Garage CX500 Spike

Honda’s Moto Guzzi-Esque CX500 has been enjoying a huge resurgence in the custom scene. It seems that ever since the...
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The little things that count

As 2014 comes to an end I thought I’d take a (close up) look at some of the incredible work...
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Vibrations recycled Honda CB750

  What once was old is new again.   Rather than looking for new materials to shape the bodywork of...
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Honda CX500 RR Cafe Racer

Honda’s CX500. The Japanese manufacturers only venture into the world of horizontally opposed twins. In many ways, the CX was...
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Tentacle Paradox CB450 Cafe Racer

We’ve all seen the listings on eBay. “Perfect project bike”, “Needs some attention”, “It’s all there, just requires reassembling!”. The...
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Bryan’s Blacked out CB550

Let’s face it. We don’t all possess the ability to rebuild an engine, to hand form steel or to even...
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Minority Customs Cub Green

If you’ve been following Return of the Cafe Racers on Instagram or Facebook you’ll have seen that I recently attended Kustomfest in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The show...
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Fate Customs Honda CB550

“My name is Nils J. Ksienzyk and I’m a 28 year old bike builder from Germany. From the age of...
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Vicious Honda CM125 Cafe Racer

In Singapore, you can be sentenced to jail for selling chewing gum… imagine what they do to people whose exhaust...
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The Legend Honda CB100

Bali, Indonesia. Beautiful beaches, lush tropical forests, killer surf, cheap shopping and Bintang beer. Bali also happens to be a...
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Cognito Moto CB750

“I started Cognito Moto with the black and red Honda CB550 featured on Return of the Cafe Racers last year. This...
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Bandit9 Honda Eve

“My very first motorcycle was a 50cc Honda Cub. It was more of a scooter but it didn’t matter. My...
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Catrina CB750 CafeTracker

“Two years ago, after looking at some cool bikes on the internet I decided to build one for me and...
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Oficina Honda CB750 RC42

With a life long passion for bikes and an endless desire to create custom motorcycles using “hand made” techniques, Oficina...
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Honda CBX1000 RAW Cafe Racer

Back in 2012, I was contacted by Vaughan in Sydney who had just finished hammering out the bodywork on his...
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Honda GB400 SLS Cafe Racer

Back in 2012 Raider custom built the GB and labelled it their SLS (Salt Lake Sickle). It was created as...
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Honda CT110 by Post Modern Motorcycles

Back in the early nineties Jim was customising Yamaha SR’s and British bikes under the influence of the Japanese custom...
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Tank Moto issue 2

After months of hard work and seemingly endless nights of writing, issue 2 of Tank Moto is ! Just like...
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Honda CB550 Cafe Racer

Small details. That’s what separates a good build from a great build. Of course there’s a whole heap of work...
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Honda CB750 Dark Brownie

Ahh Slovenia, home of the oldest vine in the world, the first ever musical instrument, birth place of the first...
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ElGato Honda CB750 Cafe Racer

“I live in the small but beautiful island of Cyprus (population 700,000) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. I’ve always been...
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The Thorn by Twinline Motorcycles

Ever since seeing the “We R Winning” short documentary about Twinline Motorcycles I’ve been a huge fan of the Seattle...
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Honda CB750 Rice Rocket

When I launched this site all those years ago Cafe Racers were my focus, but I’ve always been into all...
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As close as it gets – Honda CR750 replica

The following is an excerpt from Tank Moto Issue 1 “As Close As It Gets” Replica Honda CR750 article –...
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Kuri Kuldnokk Honda CB500T

At 1.3 million people the country of Estonia isn’t exactly bursting at the seams. On the Estonian tourism website their...
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MotoHangar CB550 Cafe Racer

As you can imagine I spend a lot of time staring at photos of custom motorcycles. I don’t know if...
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Honda CB750 Cafe by Dozer Garage

If there was one thing I learnt at art school that has always stood true it’s that colour is king....
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Honda CB550 Flying J Cafe Racer

Anyone that’s had a go at building a Cafe Racer or custom motorcycle knows how addictive it can become. I’m...
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Honda Nighthawk Cafe Racer

After recently featuring AdHoc’s 3rd Cafe Racer build it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t take a quick look back...
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Junior Burrell Honda CM400

  Along with the shots of the fairing Junior also sent a couple of detail images to reveal even more...
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Sofi’s Honda CB550 Cafe Racer

Some kids grow up around cars and bikes. Sofi Tsingos grew up literally stuck to them. “Dad used to own...
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Old Spirit Honda CB750

I’ve always been a naked guy. Not like the ones that run across the field during the Ashes or walk...
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Honda CB250 Brat Tracker

“I’ve been working on cars since I was 16, however I’ve only been into bikes for the last 18 months....
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2013 AMD World Championship Cafe Racers

The annual custom motorcycle craziness that is the AMD World Championship of bike building has been and gone again. This...
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El Centinela Honda Jet CB750K

Inspired by the Honda Jet, “the world’s most advanced light jet”, this CB750K may not be quite so advanced but...
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Heartbreak Cycleworks Honda CB550

Neall Dollhopf, co-owner of Heartbreak Cycleworks in Ypsi, Michigan, is a sentimental kind of guy. His custom Honda CB550 holds...
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The Natural Honda CB750

“The Natural” built by Portland based workshop The Tarantulas. It’s a bike that’s had plenty of mentions around here but...
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Dustin Lott – Honda Storm Trooper 550

Close the blast doors!… Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors! – Despite the fact that they were rooting for...
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Honda Super Cub Roadrunner concept

The ‘Roadrunner’ concept motorcycle was developed as a final project out of university. Suhann’s passion for motorcycles meant it was...
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Honda DCB750 by Instrument

Being in Australia when the One Motorcycle Show is happening over in Portland USA is like not getting any presents...
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Honda CM400 Cafe Racer

“The bike was originally an ’81 Honda CM400. I purchased it the day after my previous build was stolen. At...
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Crowe Metal Co custom fabrication

The difference between a nice custom motorcycle and an amazing one comes down to details. Once all the big work...
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Icon 1000 Honda EZ-90

What the hell is that thing!? It’s another apocalyptic custom from the Icon 1000 crew, but unlike the other bikes...
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DCC Mabel CB750 Cafe Racer

Last year the Cafe Racer scene was buzzing with the news that Dime City Cycles were building a custom motorcycle...
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Wrenchmonkees Honda CB750

While we all dream of owning the next Falcon motorcycle to roll out of their workshop the sad reality is that...
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Rafal Rodents Honda CB550

What could be better than driving around in a high performance vehicle that looks as though it could fall apart...
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Bandit9 Honda Bros 400 Hephaestus

  “Our goal here at Bandit9 is to deliver a unique product that’s drastically different from the last. We don’t...
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Back on Two Honda CB350 Cafe Racer

Building one of the only Cafe Racers in your country is no mean feat, especially when you live in a...
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