It is a very different take on that whole recipe, characterized by rad bespoke bodywork and many other great mods all ...

Many people have heard of the cafe racer. At the root of it, these were motorcycles that were supposed to look good and go really, really fast. It began in the U.K. when young motorcycle owners would ...

Heavily influenced by his dad, Donovan Muller has been fond of BMW motorcycles for as long as he can remember. His late father had established one of the very first bike dealerships in South Africa, ...

The first time you see a proper, flat-engined BMW motorcycle is a moment that most motoring enthusiasts remember well. It's a blend of curiosity and discomfort all the same, as you wonder just how far ...

Café racers started as a rider-made idea: strip a bike down, tuck in, and chase speed between hangouts. The look was never superficial. Clip-on style bars, a long tank, and a solo-seat "hump" all came ...

The bike’s story begins in late 2019, when an unnamed enthusiast reached out to the shop through its Instagram account. The buyer wanted something similar to 2017’s R80 Mutant cafe racer, only built ...

With its hand-wheeled aluminum body, Eastern Spirit Garage’s BMW R80 ESG 649 restomod is a sight to behold. But that’s not what makes this modernized café racer so special. For its latest project, the ...

DS motorcycles (AKA Dragons Motorcycles) is a custom motorcycle builder that brings cafe-racer stylings to large-displacement touring bikes such as the Honda Goldwing and BMW K1100. Earlier this month ...

The café racer style of motorcycles was born from a particular era. Just as small street bikes still draw inspiration from Japanese models of the 1970s and 1980s, modern café racers hearken back to ...