I’m a car designer by trade: I spend my time working out how to make machinery look as good as it can. Designers are creative people by nature, so we crave the opportunity to be as free as possible in our work. We also have many parameters, tests and boundaries to refer to, to make sure we deliver the best possible ‘product.’ These guidelines are just that—guidelines. Designing a cafe racer is as much about art as science, and each bike is different in its own way. It reflects the…

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The John Player Special, built for the father of an F1 driver...We see a lot of Honda CX500 builds these days, but rarely do we see a CX650C -- a one-year model available only in 1983. The CX650 Custom had a completely different frame, rakish and low, built to achieve the cruiser look so popular

British motocross racer Billy MacKenzie has quite the racing pedigree. He's a 2x British MX1 Champion, riding for Factory Kawasaki and Honda teams, and 3x overall Gran Prix winner. After decades of competitive racing, Billy was surprised by the thrill he get from building and riding custom street

by qoodbye

Today's Honda CX500 conversion is a bobber from Brick House Builds, featuring a monoshock conversion and a lot of slimming down. Check it out!

The Netherlands may not be the first country you think of when custom motorcycles come to mind but to say

It’s no secret that Honda’s CX series from the late 70’s has gone through a resurgence in the last five or so years. Guilhem Therond, a French gallery manager who resides in Fremantle, Western Australia is another who holds the CX close to his heart. Just take a look at his CX cafe racer and you'll understand why.

Our custom motorbike crush today comes from Germany´s Motoism Customs, a workshop ran by two talented brothers. They wanted to create an urban and sporty ride with a reminiscence to the 80s, so they turned a classic Honda GL500 Silver Wing into a retro-cool masterpiece customised to an outstanding level of detail. The bike’s new name is an homage to it’s homeland Japan, it features a spectacular custom fiberglass headlight, an upside-down fork, push-button controls, a digital tachometer, a…

Déjà 14 prépas à leur actif, les Bretons de "Sur les chapeaux de roues" ne chôment pas ! Cette fois ils nous présentent leur Honda CX 500 cafe-racer...

- ZiFe Design

Great topic, and some really great lookin bikes. When I decided to start riding again my plan was to get an old Beemerand cafe' it out. I ended up getting a...