Showtime!

by | Mar 23, 2025 | Blog

Cafe Racer Custom Show Returns For the first time in two long years, Cafe Racer’s Ride-In Custom Show returns to Sewickley’s War Memorial Park on Sunday, August 3. The crew took a break in 2024, but you, our dedicated readers, filled our in-boxes with enough...

Ebay Fraud Alert

by | Mar 17, 2025 | Blog

If you’re like many on the CRM Team, you occasionally purchase aftermarket motorcycle parts from Ebay. The world’s largest online auction site is a mixed bag of sales, as parts and accessories suppliers from around the world all offer their wares without...

FTR No More?

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Blog

I first got a chance to test ride Indian’s flat track-inspired FTR 1200 back in 2019. The uniquely-styled V-twin was teh first true performance machine to emerge from Indian at the time and like many riders, I was excited about experiencing just what an American...

Shotgun Central

by | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog

Inspired By Custom, For Custom. That’s the official tag line for Royal Enfield’s Shotgun 650, the Indian firm’s latest incarnation of their globally-popular, parallel twin lineup. The Shotgun was released last summer and immediately seduced custom motorcycle...

Give Us A Brake

by | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog

The stopping and cornering capabilities of our 1974 Norton Commando 850 has been improved in ways the engineers at the British factory could have never imagined. High-tech running gear was molasses-in-January slow to reach British motorcycles back in the 1960s and...