After nearly 18 years of publishing Cafe Racer magazine, we’ve amassed quite an impressive library of high-quality motorcycle images. Some of the custom rides we’ve featured are truly unforgettable, their innovation and groundbreaking qualities sticking with us for years. One such machine is the Aprilia RSV Mille-powered special built back in 2010 by Welshman John…

A few years back we were fortunate enough to spend a day hanging out at the amazing and very active three-building compound that makes up Jay leno’s Garage. The buildings are filled to overflowing with exotic cars and motorcycles of every description and the veteran comedian and dedicated gearhead is a welcoming host if ever…

In a new streetbike season already revealing India’s Roya Enfield to be leading the way with several revolutionary new models, news has recently surfaced of the coming release of a bigger, bolder neo-cafe racer model. These spy shots of a long-rumored 750cc version of the globally popular Continental GT twin confirm the Chennai firm have…

With a steady schedule of acquiring, revamping and road testing classic and custom motorbikes, the CRM garage tends to get overfilled this time of year. There’s room to store and time to ride only so many bikes iun a given week, so tough decisions occasionally have to be made and the herd thinned. So with…

Fall is the best season for those of us excited by the new batch of street machines emerging from the R&D teams at the world’s motorcycle manufacturers. In Milan, Italy, the annual EICMA industry showcase is held, a sort of Fashion Week for the two-wheeled set where everything from concept bikes to high-tech accessories and…

Gotta love new streetbike season! It’s that tike of year when our partners in the motorcycle industry drop off new motorcycles for the CRM team to test ride, the first of which has been this amazing, 2025 BMW R129t. The retro roadster combines the best of classic, neo-cafe styling with the fastest, fiercest version of…

In Cafe Racer’s current October/November issue, we look into one of the more fascinating technoloigical developments in recent motorcycle engine design: the rebirth of the parallel twin. Though this side-by-side engine type had become ubiquitous in British motorcycles during teh middle 20th Century, by the late 1990s, they were hard to find in new motorcycle…

In Cafe Racer magazine’s latest October/November issue, our columnist and longtime rider Anthony Conroy shares some deeply personal experiences with our readers. After several decades aboard two wheels, he suffered a serious illness that resulted in the amputation of his right leg below the knee. I won’t get into the details, but Connie, as his…

Much has been said and even more rumored about just what sort of motorcycle would replace Triumph’s speedy, sharp-looking Bonneville Thruxton. The factory cafe racer has been a hot seller around the world since the early 200s when the air-cooled, 865cc version captured a sizeable market share for its racy, retro 1960s looks and unintimidating…