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The world's first custom Harley-Davidson Street | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. World first: Harley Street by Rajputana Customs. Outside the States, the new Street. Is widely regarded as the most important motorcycle in Harley-Davidson’s line-up. So the bike we’re looking at here is something of An Event: it’s the first officially sanctioned Street custom from an independent builder. That builder is Rajputana Customs. The standard dual shocks have gone, replaced by a monoshock mounted to the right-hand side of the swingarm...
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KTM 690 Enduro R by Roland Sands | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. KTM 690 Enduro R by Roland Sands. I met a motojournalist the other day who reckoned the KTM 690 Enduro R. Is the best bike he’s ever tested. He liked it so much, he bought one for himself. The design of the Austrian machine is strong and distinctive, but for some, the ‘KTM look’ is an acquired taste. So here’s an alternative, courtesy of Roland Sands Design. He’s retained the signature KTM orange in a classy stripe. The stock rims are 21 at the...
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Honda CB750K7 by Wrenchmonkees | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. Honda CB750K7 by Wrenchmonkees. This brutal, slammed Honda CB750K7 is Monkee #54, the latest machine to roll out of the legendary Danish workshop. It’s got even more of an apocalyptic feel than most Wrenchmonkees builds, and was commissioned by Timothée, a rider from Paris. Timothée wanted a custom that didn’t look like an ‘overdone,’ shiny, vintage bike, says the Wrenchmonkees. The suspension has been lowered 60 mm at the front, and new 300 mm...
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Moto Guzzi NTX by Venier Customs | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. Moto Guzzi NTX by Venier Customs. Back in the 90s, Moto Guzzi built a. Version of its NTX 750 dual sport bike. Tall and imposing, it struck fear into the hordes of Italian teenagers tearing around without a license on mopeds and dirtbikes. One of those kids was Stefano Venier, who today runs the entirely respectable workshop Venier Customs. And he’s just turned the tables on the. If you like Venier’s style, check out his lovely Moto Guzzi V75.
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Shaw Speed & Custom Sportster | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. Shaw Speed & Custom Sportster. What sort of custom bike can you get for $10,000 to $15,000? I get a lot of emails asking that question. They’re usually from people who want the reliability of a low-mileage bike, but with a different look. This custom Sportster from Shaw Speed & Custom. In the UK is one answer: the total cost of this Sportster was just 8,500. (That’s just under US$13,500 at today’s exchange rate.). We profiled a year ago. The wo...
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Wonder Bikes superlight Harley XR1200 | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. Wonder Bikes superlight Harley XR1200. Was one of my favorite Harley customs last year. It was also a big hit with Chris Ronan of design company RD2, so Chris commissioned Jason to build a sequel. And here it is, but this time based on an XR1200. Rather than a V-Rod. It’s also 120 lbs lighter than a stock XR1200. ‘My goal was to simplify the bike and bring back the attitude of the real Harley XR race bikes,’ says Jason Wonder. Aug 22, 2011.
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The Heinrich Maneuver: R nineT by Deus Customs | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. The Heinrich Maneuver: R nineT by Deus Customs. Classic BMWs tend to be defined by their fuel tanks from the bulky Hoske tanks to the elegant, chromed ‘toasters.’ But the most famous name of all is Karl Heinrich, who was the go-to guy if you wanted a new Kraftstofftank from the 1960s to the 1980s. Heinrich has leant his name to this remarkable new R nineT. Custom, constructed by Jeremy Tagand at Deus Customs. Some Heinrich tanks would have a to...
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BMW R100/7 by Boyle Custom Moto | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. BMW R100/7 by Boyle Custom Moto. Kim Boyle has lived a life on two wheels. He started out in BMX, working for GT Bicycles, Airwalk, Vans and DC Shoes and then got hooked on motorcycles. Over the past six years he’s made a name for himself with a series of super-clean builds, ranging from an SR500 wheelie machine to vintage Harleys and a Norton café racer. The shape of the modified rear sub frame came from a Ducati Monster seat that Kim had the ...
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The Auto Fabrica Type 6: Reduced to perfection | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. The Auto Fabrica Type 6: Reduced to perfection. In Japan, there is a design theory called Kanso (簡素) meaning simplicity, or the elimination of clutter. And every time I see an Auto Fabrica. Bike, I’m reminded of that fine principle. The machines that roll out of the English workshop are reduced to the bare minimum, but beautifully finished. And this extraordinary build, called simply Type 6, is Auto Fabrica’s best work yet. This time, the objec...
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Luis Moto: A BMW R nineT scrambler, Italian Style | Bike EXIF
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Build A Cafe Racer: Design. Build A Cafe Racer: Performance. Luis Moto: A BMW R nineT scrambler, Italian Style. If rumors of BMW’s new R nineT-based scrambler have you foaming at the mouth, but you’re the impatient type Luis Bertelli has the answer. He’s reworked the R nineT. Into a modern replica of the quintessential BMW scrambler, the R80G/S Paris Dakar. And he’s done it in spectacular fashion; if we were sitting in Munich right now, we’d be taking notes. Luis operates as Luis Moto. The aluminum front...
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