Kickin’ It Old School
Coming up in Cafe Racer magazine’s next issue is a section dedicated exclusively to one of the motorcycle world’s most divisive components: the kickstarter.…
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Adjusted Focus
Technology moves at a fairly rapid pace and after nearly two decades publishing Cafe Racer magazine, it’s become apparent just how quickly the magazine…
Best-Sellers List
Simply by observing what sort of two-wheelers I see during a typical ride here in Western Pennsylvania, it appears that heavyweight V-twin cruisers are…
Shopkeeping
Looking through some paperwork in the CRM office’s overstuffed file cabinets recently, I unearthed a copy of the original rental agreement on our first…
Escort Duty
In Cafe Racer magazine’s all-new April/May issue, we continue our coverage of working motorcycles and the fascinating ways riders make a living on two…
Showtime!
Cafe Racer Custom Show Returns For the first time in two long years, Cafe Racer’s Ride-In Custom Show returns to Sewickley’s War Memorial Park…
Ebay Fraud Alert
If you’re like many on the CRM Team, you occasionally purchase aftermarket motorcycle parts from Ebay. The world’s largest online auction site is a…
FTR No More?
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…
Shotgun Central
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…
Give Us A Brake
The stopping and cornering capabilities of our 1974 Norton Commando 850 has been improved in ways the engineers at the British factory could have…