Ben Branch
May 19, 2011
Bolting a supercharger onto the side of a Honda CB750, then adding nitros, seems like the work of a maniacal, café racer obessed genius. And in this case, that’s exactly what it is. Built by Carpy, the tattooed two-wheeled engineering whizz over at CB750 Café.
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Ben Branch
May 18, 2011
Deus Ex Machina turn out some of the coolest motorcycles on Earth, no one’s going to argue that, they also have a clothing label and for anyone with an eye for design, the clothing label is a winner.
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Ben Branch
May 17, 2011
I like Belstaff Jackets, I own two of them and I always feel they can make anyone look that little bit cooler. Hell, I…
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Ben Branch
May 15, 2011
Falcon Motorcycles have released the first glimpse of their new creation, the Black Falcon. Based on a Vincent Black Shadow salt-lake racer V-Twin from 1952, the meticulously hand-crafted motorcycle is debuting at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering today (Saturday) so expect the motorcycle blogosphere to light up like a Christmas Tree decorated with yellow cake uranium and fusing hydrogen.
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Ben Branch
May 13, 2011
1973. It was the year of Elvis’ famous live concert in Hawaii, Nixon was inaugurated for his second term, George Foreman beat Joe Frazier to become the world heavy weight boxing champion, Skylab was launched, The DEA was founded and a young Kenny Roberts won the A.M.A. Grand National Championship aboard a ’73 XS650 Yamaha Tracker.
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Ben Branch
May 10, 2011
This particular Zero is currently for sale, it features the 96” S&S V-Series Evo Engine, and original Harley-Davidson 5 Speed Transmission, a beautiful Zero Original 2 into 1 Exhaust with Ceramic Coating Finish and 52 miles of road-testing on the odometer.
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Ben Branch
May 6, 2011
In 1880 Eugene Jeantet founded the Jeantet company, ten miles west of Lake Geneva in the quaint French town of Morez. The Jeantet company created and sold mostly the pince-nez style of spectacle for motorists and cyclists until 1929 when Eugene’s son, Léon, invented the aviator goggle.
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Ben Branch
May 4, 2011
CRD is a boutique motorcycle garage operating out of Spain, short for “Café Racer Dreams” CRD has been fast developing a reputation for turning out beautiful, minimalist and functional bikes with a Spanish flair all of their own.
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Ben Branch
April 27, 2011
Buying a full face retro or vintage helmet to match your new retro café racer is harder than actually building the café racer in…
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Ben Branch
April 26, 2011
Boots are an essential piece of gear for any motorcyclist, they need to be strong enough to handle an inglorious dismount at 80mph but…
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Ben Branch
April 25, 2011
Darizt Design is a small scale Indonesian motorcycle garage that has been attracting a significant amount of international attention. They specialise in utilising bikes…
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Ben Branch
April 25, 2011
The Land Rover Defender X-Tech was unveiled at the Brussels Motor Show in January, it’s a step up from the current generation Defender in the luxury…
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