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 ...

Café Racer motorcycles first appeared on the streets in the 1950s in London, when restless teenage "rockers" began stripping back and customizing their British bikes for power, speed, and agility.

We have been very fortunate to recently stumble upon a source of “NOS” (new old stock) motorcycle books. Some of these books are true classics; some are very rare; some are out of print and I think I ...

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, ...

The café racer motorcycle is a fascinating relic of the past. Originating from the vibrant motorcycle culture of the United Kingdom in the 1950s and 1960s, café racers were the brainchild of young ...

Norton Motorcycles is renewing ties with its past by jumping back into the cafe racer segment. It introduced a prototype called V4 Cafe Racer that blends the heritage-laced design riders expect from a ...

Robert Earl Keen once said, “The road goes on forever and the party never ends.” The custom motorcycle world might suggest a slight change: “The modifications go on forever and the build sheet never ...

Many people have heard of the cafe racer. At the root of it, these were motorcycles that were supposed to look good and go really, really fast. It began in the U.K. when young motorcycle owners would ...

And this: “The EQVVS 600 is more than a high-performance motorcycle – it is kinetic art rendered in metal and air, redefining ...

Norton Motorcycles announced that it launched its first naked sports motorcycle, the Norton V4CR. The company boldly claims that it's the most powerful British café racer. Norton's history goes back ...

Brooklyn's Tarform Motorcycles has released the cafe racer version of its Luna electric motorcycle. It's not vastly different from the original Scrambler version, but it highlights the modular ...

The only thing better than a manufacturer coming up with a really beautiful motorcycle is a custom builder getting its hands on one and making something totally unique. Detlev Louis Motorrad, one of ...