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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Parts Just Got Scarcer

One of the best aspects of restoring antique British motorcycles, I've learned, is the readily-available supply of parts. Weather searching for NOS bits to complete a drivetrain or engine rebuild or using used parts to save a few bucks, locating the necessaries to...

Achieving The Impossible

Blake hard at work electrifying the T140 Triton special. It's been a couple of months since I received the diagnosis that I may not be capable of kickstarting motorcycles any longer. Accepting the vagaries of age and time (not to mention three-plus decades of damage...

California Screamin’

Basking in the 91 degree dry heat and taking in the sights and sounds of countless fast motorbikes whizzing about, our annual journey t test ride new bikes in Southern California is always a mind-bender. The visit is even more meaningful having spent what proved to be...

Chitown Rocks

Typically, we're far too busy in the editorial offices or garage to attend many motorcycle rallies. Thanks to our talented contributors, we still manage to cover quite a few events on both sides of the Atlantic. However, there's one annual two-wheeled get-together...

Haggle With Me

Though my wife believes motorcycle parts swap meets to be a product from the Third Ring of Hell, I've long dug them. Sure, perusing row after row of dusty, rusty milk crates filled with obscure bike parts isn't to everyone's liking, I've unearthed some of the best...

Ride ‘Em Don’t Hide ‘Em

After over seven months of regular wrenching on our 1967 Norton Atlas project bike, the big, black beast fired to life on the second kick yesterday, promoting a n outbreak of grins around the CRM garage the likes of which haven't been seen since the first keg of...