Category - Café Racer

REBEL AT HEART: BMW R80RT ‘The Hofmeister’ by Titan Motorcycles

Suburbia, mile after mile of endless four bedroom brick homes that all look like they came from the same cookie cutter school of architecture. For millions of people this is home and a great place to be, but for those with a rebel heart and an artistic mind...

BADASS BEEMER: BMW K100 ‘Project K’ by Spitfire Speed Shop

No matter where in the world you are, the likelihood is that you're currently socially isolating and doing your part to help stop the spread of the lethal Coronavirus that is devastating countries around the globe. So although the UK's Spitfire Speed Shop was...

MYTHICAL MACHINE: Yamaha XS360 ‘Smaug’ by Panache Customs

Known as the one with the 'wrongful impulse to hoard, to accumulate beyond what one can use and to refuse to share with others', no he is not the bloke on your street stockpiling mountains of toilet paper, but the great dragon of The Hobbit, Smaug. This was...

RAGING BULL: Honda CB750 by Bull Moto Custom

They say you have to go big or go home; and as last year was drawing to a close we featured a high quality custom build from a new shop in Bulgaria. With the scene just getting started in the country, it was hard to know when we might hear from the workshop...

DAILY BURN: Triumph T120 by Thornton Hundred Motorcycles

When the custom culture began to boom again a decade ago there was a large element made up of middle-aged men rebuying the bikes of their youth and younger folks taking advantage of cheap and cheerful '70s machines. Fast forward to 2020 and there is a new...

WHEELS & WINGS: Honda CB550F ‘Nickel Racer’ by Kick Start Garage

When Tom Cruise rode a Kawasaki Gpz900R in the hit movie Top Gun, the mix of a flyboy on a motorbike just made perfect sense. Since WWII, pilots have been some of the biggest buyers of motorbikes, with up to 85% of those at the controls in the air believed to...

SUPERMODEL: BMW R nineT ‘Cara’ by Viba

The world of 3D printing has come along leaps and bounds in the last few years, which is good news for the motorcycle industry. The ability to print parts out of stronger materials is a game changer for many bike builders. The latest project from the French...

BEASTLY BRICK: BMW K100 ‘Silverback Gorilla’ by Two Wheels Empire

We've all dreamed about it at some point, handing in our resignation and stepping out into the world on our own to be the one who calls the shots, the boss! Some will make it but most of us, for good or for bad, will remain punching the clock from 9 to 5....

AGAINST THE GRAIN: The Harrison Award – George Woodman Laverda

Where we choose to call home says a lot about us, hence the warehouse that Sébastien Valliergues calls his own speaks volumes about the man and his passion for wood. Known by the Instagram handle @georgewoodman64, Seb even looks slightly like a fine tree...

EDGE OF YOUR SEAT: Yamaha XV920 Virago by 485 Designs

Written by Tim Huber. Over the last few years Yamaha’s venerable Virago has become an increasingly popular platform for customization, trumped by the likes of the CX500, CB750, and Dominator. And while it’s difficult to pin-down the first shop to treat...