Last week I wrote about a fashion for Cafe Racer among builders and customizers. And this fashion’s quite obvious problems. I’m all about custom bikes and what they represent, but I’m also trying to be respectful to the origins and the real soul of this … Read More ›
It’s been over a year since I wrote a little rant about a similar subject: what kind of nonsense is being produced today as a “factory-custom” inspired motorcycles. So I decided to follow up on the topic but in a more general manner. Cafe Racers built … Read More ›
How to make a boring Honda Hornet cool? Make it retro! I personally believe – that we will be seeing more and more of this kind of “retro-mods” in the future. I’m honestly quite surprised that no workshop has proposed a “kit” to modify a … Read More ›
About a week ago I featured Suzuki Quintessence build from Cardsharper Customs (which AFAIK is still for sale at the moment of writing this post). And now they’re back again, with another unique build. This time it’s “the brick” – BMW K100 “Camouflage”. Somehow this small … Read More ›
There is a hashtag on Instagram #motorcycleart… And that makes me think… Can a motorcycle be considered a work of art? My English skill doesn’t allow me to elaborate deeply into some philosophical discussion with my own words. I need to get to some external … Read More ›
I just noticed that this blog was recently quite one-sided regarding the type of featured motorcycles. XJR 1300, Z1000, Four modern classics and a Franken Gixxer with a B12 engine. It’s a pretty muscular setup. So I decided to get a little lower with engine … Read More ›
Suzuki GSX-R Cafe Racer. Can this sentence be true? Well, if you are a purist geek – then no. Suzuki is not a British brand, it’s not from the 60s. So – it’s not a cafe racer. But… if you’ll reach for the roots of … Read More ›
“What the hell?” That’s me when I bumped on this motorcycle… thing… I was casually browsing, to find material for a “Cafe racer project – gone wrong” type of a blog post… I saw this candy looking naked, with all the flashy colors, red engine … Read More ›
Yes! It’s another Yamaha… But it’s not a Virago! And it’s quite a beautiful cafe racer. And it’s the essence of what this blog is about. You can see that it’s not perfect. Not “like new”, but it was composed with good proportions and with … Read More ›
GSX 1200 Inazuma is a quite poorly recognized muscle bike from Suzuki. I don’t know why is that, to be honest. You have all it takes to make a good retro naked – legendary oil cooled engine, that Suzuki used in many machines… Beautiful design, … Read More ›
It’s not difficult to notice that there is a fashion for vintage. And it’s recently storming a motorcycle community. It’s more and more common to meet people who are not really petrol-heads / grease monkeys or have very little to do with any kind of … Read More ›
Do You sometimes have this “day” when everything goes wrong? Maybe it’s a week? Or the problems are related to a “machine” of some kind? Old motorcycle maybe? 🙂 Everyone who ever had to do anything with old motorcycles – knows this feeling. I had … Read More ›
The Grand Prix. The bike has it all – unique looks, craftsmanship and… the story. And… it does stand out from the crowd. It was built by Curtis Miller from Ardent Motorcycles in Milford, Michigan as a tribute to Japanese race bikes from 1960’s. But … Read More ›
No. It’s not another Top 5… as it’s Top 6 😉 There are many build threads on many internet forums. Unfortunately, some of them (a significant part) are never finished… Let’s try to make this number drop a little. You! – an amateur bike builder … Read More ›
It’s been a short while since last time the Renard Speed Shop build was featured here (BMW K75). This time, again – it’s a BMW, but the proper… boxer one. BMW R90 series motorcycles… are very popular and You can easily find a ton of builds … Read More ›