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Out now, Café Racer’s latest issue featuring Electric Rides, Royal Enfield’s 125th Anniversary, Team Green’s Water-Burner, Dustin Kott’s Turbo Honda, the Triumph National Rally, and Oustanding Retro Racers. Get yours today!

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Mad, Bad and Very Funky Modern Triton

Though there's plenty to dislike about the Internet, we occasionally come across images that really knock our collective socks off. One such photo has become the permanent desktop computer backdrop as the technical expertise and sheer audacity of this British special...

Monkeying Around

Few submitted images for our regular "Curbside Customs" section have produced as many goofy smiles as the set of photos recently sent in by reader Chris Tope. The West Virginian has previously laid wrench to a 1967 Honda CB450- the fabled Black Bomber edition- and...

1990s Cafe Cool

A good 20 years ago when I penned stories for the now-defunct custom harley magazine IronWorks, the late editor Dennis Stemp amassed an impressive collection of motorbikes. Mostly British classics, American V-twins and the like, he also had a taste for custom cafe...

Where Did All The Bling Bikes Go?

s Ah, it all seems so quaint just 15 years on, but I recently found a batch of photos from the early Aughts of myself test-riding a collection of fat-tire extreme sportbikes. The wild, over-the-top machines were quite the rage in the early years of the 21st Century,...

Walt Siegl’s Unusual Path to Cafe Racing

Walt Siegl’s Unusual Path to Cafe Racing

Story by Mike Seate Photos by Yve Assad To say Walt Siegl’s motorcycles encompass a world of influences would be a grand understatement. His career, building some of the most sought-after and distinctive custom cafe racers we’ve yet seen, started in a Russian steel...

Ten Steps To A Better Bonneville

Ten Steps To A Better Bonneville

Compiled and Photographed By The Staff It seems that everyone’s got a new Triumph Bonneville or Thruxton these days and just as many punters harbor opinions about what makes their particular ride special. Lucky for Bonnie owners and tuners, the 2000 re-launch of...