Builds. Road Tests. Culture.
The latest from the café racer world — builder profiles, road tests, events, and industry news.
Short-Lived Gallic Style
Readers often ask us and debate between themselves what is the best-looking factory cafe racer ever designed? Opinion…
How Low Can You Go?
One of our staff’s favorite ways to prepare for the next issue of Cafe Racer magazine is to…
Rolled, Sold and Ridden Away
Our crew is just back from an extended journey out West where we first visited Las Vegas for…
Triumph Rolls Out The Big Bore Cafe Racer
When we revealed that Triumph’s new, 2026 version of their popular Thruxton cafe racer would be a 400cc…
Dave Degens – A Cafe Racing Giant
Back some 40-odd years, CRM contributing writer Blair Powell used to subscribe to England’s Classic Bike magazine. The…
Unlikely Ton-Up Donor Bike
Coming up in Cafe Racer magazine’s February/March issue, we feature a customized motorcycle that has to rank as…
Drug Lords and Ducatis
The motorcycle racing community was burst wide open last week with the release of images taken in a…
A Wining Combination
After four years and many starts and stops, the longest-running custom motorcycle project we’ve ever undertaken at CRM…
A Smaller Slice of Speed
In one of the biggest announcements to hit the retro/cafe racer market this year, England’s Triumph released news…
Honda’s Late ’70s Groove
1979 was a big year in my house- I turned the magic age of 16, meaning a license…
Ton-Up Tokyo
In Cafe Racer magazine’s upcoming December/January issue, we revel in the full-bore enthusiasm for classic British bikes and…
Strange But True Motorcycle Offerings
In Cafe Racer’s upcoming December/January issue, we take a poke at some of the stranger things to emerge…