Builds. Road Tests. Culture.
The latest from the café racer world — builder profiles, road tests, events, and industry news.
Deus Retrospective
In an age when garages that have produced one or two custom cafe racers court fame and celebrity…
Three Times The Fun
We’ve received a good deal of feedback on one of the bikes featured in the current July/August issue,…
Idle Hands Time
We’d recently posted on Instagram a newly-launched effort to see just what sort of bikes were being dreamed…
Kawasaki W800
We’d been collectively itching to get our mitts on Kawasaki’s new W800 since spotting one on the Team…
Husqvarna Vitpilen
Story by Mike Seate Photos by Paul Rudolf Having sat on an idle Vitpilen at a recent International…
Fourteen Cafe Racer
Fourteen Cafe Racer Story by Linda Wilsmore Photos by Simon Everett The engine is an Ariel Square Four,…
Motoblot Moves Along
It’s become an unfortunate part of the motorcycle world that rallies and events are constantly being cancelled, postponed…
Picture This
Since the earliest days of forming the nucleus of Cafe Racer magazine, generous people have been donating their…
Breaking News Bike Show Cancelled
Just days after receiving a green light from our local government, we received a call today informing us…
Fingers Crossed For Custom Show
There’s just over a month until Cafe racer’s 13th Annual Reader’s Ride-In Custom Show takes place and we’d…
Auction Action Resumes
These past few months of relative social lockdown have left many of us biking types eager to get…
Lining Up Our Ducs
We’ve long been fans of Italian motorbikes here at CRM, having transformed a 999 track bike of ours…