Café Racers are something not everyone will ever own, and that’s okay. These are special bikes, and should be built in a way that shows how special they are. To get the best out of them from a ...

What makes this Beemer truly astounding is the fact that it was built by a first-timer as opposed to some professional shop ...

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.

We just reported on the fact that Suzuki filed a patent for a cafe racer, and now it seems that Honda could be working on a similar motorcycle. According to the Japanese publication Young Machine, ...

Welcome to Found, a new series of classic goods handpicked by Gear Patrol‘s writers and editors and ready for a good home. There is immense satisfaction in carefully planning and crafting the perfect ...

Ryca Motors co-owners Casey Stevenson (near right) and Ryan Rajewski design and build most of the parts found in their CS-1 café-racer conversion kit. (Photographs by Chris McPherson) Take a look ...

One of the more interesting offshoots of motorcycling and motorcycle building is that of café racers. A café racer is best described as a motorcycle, usually an older bike, that has been modified for ...

Cafe racers are about more than just aesthetics. Clean lines are beautiful and desirable, but they’re also a side-benefit of losing unnecessary bike bits that weigh you down and keep your bike from ...