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…