Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...

Cafe racers have a reputation for style and nimble handling, but not necessarily a whole lot of horsepower. However, these ...

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the rock-n-roll rebellion happened in the towns and cities of the British Isles. It arose out of post-war young adults wanting to escape the dreary conventions of UK ...

The café racer style of motorcycles was born from a particular era. Just as small street bikes still draw inspiration from Japanese models of the 1970s and 1980s, modern café racers hearken back to ...

The whole point of making new motorcycles from scratch is creating them the way you want, right? Think aviation-inspired ...

A couple of weeks ago we started taking a closer look at a motorcycle breed the world has got to know over the years as café racers. In that story we focused on the initial bikes, the ones that ...

A few years ago, if you wanted a good-looking cafe racer–style motorcycle, you either had to find a custom bike shop to build one within your budget, or buy an old, used bike and wrench it yourself.

What makes a café racer? In short, a combination of attitude, aesthetics, and customization. The bikes appeared in the 1950s and '60s, driven by the rebellious, rock and roll energy of the era. And ...

At this year's EICMA expo in Milan, Taiwanese e-mobility firm the Ottobike Group celebrated the launch of a new e-moto brand with a gorgeous cafe racer concept, as well as a new ebike brand with an ...

Harley-Davidson made waves in the summer of 2018 when it showed off a trio of prototypes that sent a clear message: The brand oft-maligned for its staid approach to the industry and its aging customer ...

Owning a cafe racer motorcycle is as much a lifestyle as it is a riding style. It’s not just the bike, it’s what you wear, how you ride, and who you ride with. While you can make owning a cafe racer ...

If you want a new cafe racer, you’re spoiled for choice in today’s market. Even if you want a custom bike to stand out, you want precisely be left wanting, either. The trouble with 99-percent of the ...