FTR No More?

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Blog

I first got a chance to test ride Indian’s flat track-inspired FTR 1200 back in 2019. The uniquely-styled V-twin was teh first true performance machine to emerge from Indian at the time and like many riders, I was excited about experiencing just what an American...

Shotgun Central

by | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog

Inspired By Custom, For Custom. That’s the official tag line for Royal Enfield’s Shotgun 650, the Indian firm’s latest incarnation of their globally-popular, parallel twin lineup. The Shotgun was released last summer and immediately seduced custom motorcycle...

Give Us A Brake

by | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog

The stopping and cornering capabilities of our 1974 Norton Commando 850 has been improved in ways the engineers at the British factory could have never imagined. High-tech running gear was molasses-in-January slow to reach British motorcycles back in the 1960s and...

Bandit in Disguise

by | Feb 17, 2025 | Blog

Over the past 17 years, some of my favorite custom bike photo features we’ve run in Cafe Racer magazine have focused on motorcycles no one would ever suspect of making great canvasses for modification. The brilliantly conceived Suzuki bandit designed and built...

AIME At The Future

by | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog

We’re just back from the annual AIME Powerspots Expo in Las Vegas, a multifaceted event that reveals the coming trends in streetbikes and all the cool, innovative kit that comes with them. Straight from the off, it was reassuring to see how strongly represented...