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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Low Bars and High Performance
Perusing images from the past couple of tripe to London's Ace Cafe, we noticed how many riders across the Pond were building cafe racers equipped with handlebars that, well, let's just say will please the chiropractor community. It's rather impressive to see custom...
Hardasses Need Only Apply
Ah, 'twas but a few days before evidence of last week's post critiquing a new generation of cafe racer builders who favor designing rides that are basically intended to wow in custom shows instead of zoom along the roads began to roll in from readers. This is a prime...
Avoiding The Shark Tank
By now, the phrase jumping the shark has become common vernacular. It originated, folks say, in the wake of an old "Happy Days" TV episode where the series resident biker, Arthur Fonzarelli, jumped a Great White shark, a move so cheesy, many viewers and critics felt...
The Hardest Part
This bloke had to feel silly in this gear! Likely the most common question leveled at us magazine makers is what's the toughest part of our job. Well, keeping the damn enterprise solvent in this day and age of Internet-digital media is always a challenge. But the...
Royal Enfield Twins for 2018
The Interceptor Continental GT 650 Regular readers of Cafe Racer magazine will know how fond we are of Royal Enfield's single-cylinder Continental GT. The spritley, 535cc thumper has long held a place in our garage fleet, serving us well as a backroads scratcher par...
Hell Bent for Honda Issue
Coming up in our December/January issue, we explore the always fascinating world of customized vintage Honda motorcycles.There are many theories concerning why Big red has become the default cafe bike for the 21st Century, from those who say it's the sheer volume of...





