2022 Show Proves a Hit

  It took our crew a good two weeks to recover and re-organize after our August 14th Reader’s ride-In Custom Show, evidence of just how much work, dedication and sweat equity our people invest in making the annual event a success. We held steady through a...

Ton-Up TV

Interview By Gary Hallobeck Last year, we announced the imminent return of Cafe Racer TV that ran on Discovery Velocity network from 2010 to 2015. The series was expected to stream on the Xcelerate platform, but the show’s creator and host (and this magazine’s editor)...

Where Have All The Fighters Gone?

  Trends in custom motorcycles have a tendency to fade away without our noticing much. For a while in the early 100s, rigid framed choppers were common sights at bike nights and rallies both local and national, but suddenly, the pop and roar of their oversized...

New Show Attractions

  Planning each year’s Reader’s Ride-In Custom Show is an exercise in odd jobs as each member of the CRM team has to wear multiple hats in order to make the event happen. In addition to writing stories, manning the desks, wrenching on and test-riding...

All Hail Valhalla

  Spending the weekend at Chicago’s annual Motoblot custom culture festival and yesterday’s launch party was one for the books. A capacity crowd surged into the Cobra Lounge starting at 4pm, attracted by the most excellent (excuse Wayne’s World...

The 59 Club, Rockers and motorcycles in England_WMV V9 For the first few years this publication was in operation, we were fortunate enough to have readers around the world send us images and short films of cafe racing. Spending time in the Uk at various classic...