Cafe racers chronicles

Found on Ebay, the current owner claims about 400lbs for this 90hp smart contemporary beemer. Despite its ugly Telelever, this bike is to me an interesting solution to recover an unsightly tourer from the 90's and to suggest a new wave of reliable street legal BMW custom. 

Federico Lozada's 1970 Triumph Street Tracker 650 cc

The Kawasaki Z440 twin followed the production of its more popular progenitor Z400 and was marketed from 1980 until 1985. As it can be seen, the chassis of this bike has been heavily modified...

R50S by 2 Loud Custom Shop - Taiwan

BAVARIAN CAFE - 1972 BMW R75/5 SWB - TRADITIONAL CUSTOM CAFE RACER

Dita Von Teese

DR 800 BIG by Mark, Inazuma Cafe reader

980 CB650 "The Crunchy" by Studio Motor - Jakarta

XS400 street tracker by Ralf Ahrenson of Urban Motor - Berlin 

This R100S has been named Milgauss Marea by Franco Augello from Vigevano, better known by Frank A., master and commander of Moto Sumisura.

A 1983 XV 750 Virago on show today at the Inazuma Cafe. "Virago," says Wikipedia, is the word often used to describe a woman whose aspect and especially the way of thinking and acting, has significant traits of a man. Stefano says he has done nothing else but matching the nature of his bike to its name, with a massive injection of testosterone. Hence the name of the bike: TST. 

1984 Suzuki GN400 street tracker, entirely rebuilt by Maciej Guzik and Tomasz Janicki - Poland

A garage for special motorcycles and cafe racers

I thought that this amazing 1980 R65 had been called Inge by its builder to give “her” an evocative Teutonic name . I was wrong. Inge stands for "Engineer" (in Italian “Ingegnere”) which is the nickname of its lucky owner. A strange lover of the Bar and Shield converted to the boxer twin by Frank A. of Moto Sumisura. 

This is the last build by Lab Motorcycle in Portugal. A very nice special based on a 1980's Yamaha XJ600: entirely rebuilt,  reworked subframe and Honda CX500C tank.

Beauties from the seventies. Photos by Dancing Weapon of Mass Destruction

SR400 "The crazy arc"

This hardtail Sportster is Ilovedust's interpretation of a café racer and it’s the result of their work in co-operation with Boneshaker Choppers to celebrate 10 years of their brand.