by MIKESEATE | Jan 5, 2026 | Blog
The motorcycle racing community was burst wide open last week with the release of images taken in a Mexico City garage. Inside that dark, dusty warehouse, drug enforcement agents from the US, Mexico and Canada had parked dozens of motorcycles reportedly belonging to...
by MIKESEATE | Dec 29, 2025 | Blog
After four years and many starts and stops, the longest-running custom motorcycle project we’ve ever undertaken at CRM has finally come to a grand conclusion. The classic British bike we dubbed The Combination Commando was an all-hands-on-deck proposition,...
by MIKESEATE | Dec 18, 2025 | Blog
In one of the biggest announcements to hit the retro/cafe racer market this year, England’s Triumph released news of not one, but two all-new 400cc single-cylinder machines this week. And true to the re-born manufacturer’s form, the motorcycles are...
by MIKESEATE | Dec 8, 2025 | Blog
1979 was a big year in my house- I turned the magic age of 16, meaning a license to operate a motorcycle on the street was possible and, if I had anything to do with it, inevitable. I’d managed to talk my way into a job at a local fast-food joint at age 15...
by MIKESEATE | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog
In Cafe Racer magazine’s upcoming December/January issue, we revel in the full-bore enthusiasm for classic British bikes and riding fashions among ton-up riders in Shiga, Japan. Our man on the scene, Hiro Madea, is a longtime vintage Britbike rider and...
by MIKESEATE | Nov 24, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
In Cafe Racer’s upcoming December/January issue, we take a poke at some of the stranger things to emerge from the recent EICMA industry mega-show in Milan, Italy. Our man-on-the-ground Gary Hallobeck sent us daily missives from the sprawling event that draws in...