February/March 2026 Issue Out now

Out now, Café Racer’s latest issue featuring Roughchild’s Radical BMW Boxer, Suzuki TL1000 Cafe Custom, Buell 1190 Road Test, and Triumph Thruxton and Tracker 400s. Get yours today!

December/January 2026
Issue Out now

Out now, Café Racer’s latest issue featuring Roughchild’s Radical BMW Boxer, Suzuki TL1000 Cafe Custom, Buell 1190 Road Test, and Triumph Thruxton and Tracker 400s. Get yours today!

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Bikeriders, Books and Buttered Popcorn

The much-anticipated “Bikeriders” movie based on photographer Danny Lyons’ 1968 book of the same name opens on Friday, June 21. I'll be appearing at the Lindsay Theater in Sewickley, PA. (12 miles from Pittsburgh) to introduce the film and discuss Lyons’ work. Back in...

Good Times at Classic Motorcycle Day

Cafe Racer magazine has been invited to Maryland's Classic Motorcycle Day for the last 10 years or so, and until now, we've always been too busy to attend. The ride from Pittsburgh through rural West Virginia to the leafy hills of Mount Airy is a fine one, and even...

50 Year Birthday party for Vanson

Heads-up all you New England-area vintage and custom riders. Vanson, the maker of high-quality motorcycle leathers and textile riding gear is celebrating their 50th Anniversary the weekend of June first and second. In the motorcycle protective gear game, quite a few...

End of The Road for Cafe Racer magazine’s Bike Show

Fifteen years is a very long time to stage a regional custom motorcycle show. It’s an even longer stretch considering the annual Cafe Racer Reader’s Ride-In Custom Show was the country's only ride-in event dedicated to the low-barred, highly modded motorcycles that...

Finding The Perfect Road

Fresh back from our annual fortnight journey to So Cal to test new streetbikes, there's always a flood of memories competing for brain-space when we return. In the brief timespan we have in the Agoura Hills area, we're constantly on the search for challenging and...

Return of the Parallel Twin

Cafe Racer Magazine's away team headed to sunny So Cal this week for a well-needed update of sorts. We've hit up several major motorcycle manufacturers for test bikes to get a feel for their latest naked performance offerings. Though we hadn't even considered the...