Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...
A couple of weeks ago we started taking a closer look at a motorcycle breed the world has got to know over the years as café racers. In that story we focused on the initial bikes, the ones that ...
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 ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. SlashGear published a long list of tools and tech you should avoid buying on Amazon in 2024, and while café racer motorcycles didn't make the ...
A café racer style motorcycle just sounds cool. This type of motorcycle has been around for years now, sticking out amongst the range of bikes as a sleek and nimble option. Built for speed by ...
What makes a café racer? In short, a combination of attitude, aesthetics, and customization. The bikes appeared in the 1950s and '60s, driven by the rebellious, rock and roll energy of the era. And ...
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 ...
It’s the sort of custom project you’d expect from top-tier professionals, but it was actually pieced together by an amateur ...
The only thing better than a manufacturer coming up with a really beautiful motorcycle is a custom builder getting its hands on one and making something totally unique. Detlev Louis Motorrad, one of ...
The whole point of making new motorcycles from scratch is creating them the way you want, right? Think aviation-inspired ...