
While stylistic exuberance can shroud its origins, racing has always been the No. 1 starting point of most custom bike styles—Class C racing begat the bob-job, dragsters led to the chopper, GP the café racer, and dirt racing the tracker and scrambler styles. Uwe Ehinger of Germany's Ehinger...
In a time where air-cooled icons like Harley-Davidson, Indian, BMW's boxer engine and the have all embraced the radiator, it's a bit surprising to know Yamaha is still offering the XJR1300 in Europe. Featuring the world's largest-displacement air-cooled Inline-Four engine in production, the...
If you spend some time on the Cafe Racer forum "Do the Ton" you'll have the pleasure of seeing many amazing custom bikes come together. One build that recently grabbed my attention was Sydney based member DucatiBoy's Honda CB350 'Limited Edition' Cafe Racer. After a few emails back and forth DB...
No motorcycle in Harley-Davidson's 115-year history has been as successful or versatile as the Sportster. The Sportster line has been in production now for over 60 years and has left its mark on just about every genre of motorcycling you could possibly imagine. From dirt tracking to road racing,...
Harley-Davidson Press Release: Harley-Davidson Street® motorcycles inspire personalization. Delivered with a full dose of Dark Custom™ attitude, the Street is a blank page of American steel ready for every rider to fill in. And to get that project started, Harley-Davidson® Genuine Motor Parts &...
Editor's note: Back in August, we posted this story just after the "Motorcycles as Art" exhibit for naked customs wrapped up its short run at Sturgis. But frankly, while it was a great story by Paul d'Orleans, we didn't have many images of the bikes themselves, and these are machines that need...
For years the de facto cafe contender was the air-cooled, 865cc Triumph Bonneville. With very few changes it dominated the retro market for a generation - from its Hinkley manufactured beginnings in 2001 to its final EFI form rolled out of Thailand fifteen years later. And that's because the...