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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In today’s custom bike world, Kaffeemaschine is synonymous with elegance and clean, OCD-soothing design. The shop is based in Hamburg, Germany and run by Axel Budde, a man who knows his way around ...