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Deus Retrospective

Sep 1, 2020

In an age when garages that have produced one or two custom cafe racers court fame and celebrity like reality show contestants, it's refreshing to meet a builder content to let his work speaks for him. Such a guy is the humble and extraordinarily talented Mike...

Three Times The Fun

Aug 20, 2020

We've received a good deal of feedback on one of the bikes featured in the current July/August issue, a customized Yamaha XS750 triple. The Yamaha is an odd choice for cafe builders as the model is frequently overshadowed by its smaller brother, the twin-cylinder...

Idle Hands Time

Aug 12, 2020

We'd recently posted on Instagram a newly-launched effort to see just what sort of bikes were being dreamed up and constructed by riders spending more time at home during the current Coronavirus pandemic. With many people cancelling vacations this summer and even more...

Kawasaki W800

Kawasaki W800

Aug 11, 2020

We’d been collectively itching to get our mitts on Kawasaki’s new W800 since spotting one on the Team Green display stand at last January’s International Motorcycle Show. Fans of retro cafe racers have long lamented to loss of Kawasaki’s original W650 from the lineup,...

Husqvarna Vitpilen

Husqvarna Vitpilen

Aug 11, 2020

Story by Mike Seate Photos by Paul Rudolf Having sat on an idle Vitpilen at a recent International Motorcycle Show, I was struck by how low the handlebars were and how compact the overall design was of this Swedish-made factory cafe racer. Hoping to blag a test ride...

Fourteen Cafe Racer

Fourteen Cafe Racer

Aug 11, 2020

Fourteen Cafe Racer Story by Linda Wilsmore Photos by Simon Everett The engine is an Ariel Square Four, 997cc in standard tune, one of the last manufactured in 1958. The frame, a Norton Slimline, is from a 1960 Norton Dominator. Various parts were picked up from...