Just got an email from Guillaume about a new cafe racer web documentary called Today is a Good Day. Today is a good day is an interactive webdocumentary about Cafe Racer’s cultural world, which is currently in production and shooting. ...
Read More »reader rides | erik’s 1974 bmw r90/6
Last week Erik sent in some pics of his 1974 BMW r90/6. Monday I posted a teaser about it with an ugly before shot and a nice sleek after shot that only revealed part of the bike. Tuesday I posted ...
Read More »sneak preview | bmw r90/6
Before we even asked for your pics and custom motorcycle builds, we got an email from Erik out in Alaska, with something really, really special. It started out with a outdated bavarian machine. BMW’s R90, circa 1974 and it turns ...
Read More »interview with eric meglasson of spin cycle industries
a long, long time ago, probably last week, i found a builder doing stuff i thought was kind of neat, but also reminded me of a van halen cover band; doing a great job of playing somebody else’s original tune. ...
Read More »custom suzuki sp370 | shed built bikes
one of the blogs i visit when i have a chance is run by a dude from holland named michiel. he had a cool bmw cafe-oriented blog that often showed many other bikes built by his hands, that he photographed, ...
Read More »this cafe racer is not a honda | trucker booth
took a few photos with my lame phone camera because, oops! my fancy new camera needed a memory card and when i purchased it and not a salesperson thought to inform me. i figure if you purchase something and it ...
Read More »reader rides | harold’s 1980 cb750 cafe racer
this clean mad max style cafe racer started out as a 1980 police version of a cb750. did not know cops rode the cb. interesting. harold bought it from the original owner for $175. it had been completely dismantled to ...
Read More »cafe racers and choppers from joe’s garage
discovered this beauty on rocket garage today: it was built by joe’s garage in portugal and seems to have a gilera cx125 front end and yamaha xj600 motor. gorgeous. here are a couple other projects by the guys at joe’s. first, ...
Read More »interview with scott colosimo of cleveland cyclewerks
About three years ago I had an idea of building a little bobber, maybe 250cc, and manufacturing them. I figured times were tough, they weren’t going to get better any time soon, most people live in urban areas, gas is ...
Read More »the poll, some custom motorbike pix, and the occasional bomb
hey metric mofos, the poll that’s up at this moment is pretty important, as it will largely determine what parts we start making. we cannot start making them all, and will probably start with two or three products, so if ...
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