Behind The Ton Up Boys
Behind The Ton Up Boys is a short film from the ’60s showing the original era of the cafe racer, the 59 Club and the Ace Cafe. There isn’t much good footage out there…
Cafe Racers
Honda GB250 by Ellaspede
The Honda GB250 is a motorcycle that came about as a derivative of a derivative – but despite this it’s one of the most genuinely fun little motorcycles I’ve ever ridden. The single cylinder…
Ryan Reynolds’ Honda CB750 by Raccia Motorcycles
When Mike LaFountain of Raccia Motorcycles sent us the images of the Honda CB750 you see here and told me he’d just finished building it for Ryan Reynolds we could barely write this article fast…
Honda CB360 by Purebreed Cycles
The Honda CB360 is a motorcycle that I’d probably recommend above all others as a first bike – it’s light, nimble, reliable and it does a valiant job of keeping up with the big…
Harley-Davidson Sportster Cafe Racer
Harley-Davidson Sportster cafe racers are becoming so popular it’s almost worth giving them their own genre. A superficial look at the motorcycles produced by Harley would tend to give you the impression that they’re…
Maria’s Yamaha SRV250
The Yamaha SRV250 was a hat tip to the classic cafe racer long before the modern resurgence of the genre, they essentially took the V-twin out of a 250 Virago and retuned it from 21hp to…
Yamaha XV950 by Marcus Walz
Since the beginning of the Yamaha Yard Built program we’ve seen a surprisingly diverse array of motorcycles developed by custom bike builders from all four corners of the globe. The number of different ways…
Yamaha XV950 Custom
The new Yamaha XV950 is a motorcycle designed to target the fast growing mid-size cruiser segment, Yamaha released the model in 2013 and it’s quickly found a strong foothold for itself not just in…
1969 Honda CL350 Cafe Racer
The Honda CL350 was the marque’s best selling model for a number of years between 1968 through 1973, over 250,000 of them were produced and a significant number of them are still on the road…
Kawasaki H2 Cafe Racer
The recently announced Kawasaki H2 is a motorcycle that’s likely to be remembered as a milestone in superbike design and it’s certainly going to be interesting to see what Ducati, BMW, Suzuki and Honda…
Kaillie Humphries’ XS650 by Loaded Gun Customs
We’ve seen a new generation of female motorcyclists emerge over the past 10 years or so, whilst there have always been women who ride it seems that there have never been quite as many…
Tickle Manx T3
The Tickle Manx is a bit of a historical curiosity, it’s a result of the sale of the AMC race shop to the famous Colin Seeley in 1966 – As part of the deal…