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April/May 2025
Issue Out now
Out now, Café Racer’s latest issue featuring the Radical Rides in Sin City, Harley Tracker from Kelly Co., Cheyenne Rides Again, Hookie’s Honda CB550, and Inside Motorcycle Escorts. Get yours today!
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Shotgun Central
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
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...
FIRST RIDE Royal Enfield Shotgun 650
Deep black powdercoating on the eight-valve engine screams factory customs though RE encourages making the Shotgun your own. Stripped of extras and rife with curves, the Shotgun 650 traces its lineage back to the Post WWII bobber custom scene. Bird’s eye view of the...
CR TECH Lithium Batteries Explained
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE Differentiating different batteries: A traditional AGM or sealed lead acid battery (1) is larger and far heavier than a Firepower lithium cell battery (2), which is equipped with a built-in LED test light, and the tiny Shorai lithium...
FIRST RIDE MV Agusta Dragster America
Stars & Stripes for a Razor-Sharp Italian Bright colors and easy-read tachometer make the Dragster America's dash a plus. Lighted handlebar switches are ace. The bars are wide and comfy and the bar-end mirrors fold in if lane-splitting is legal in your state. The...
FIRST RIDE BMW F900 GS
Both the yellow and white F900GS are born to climb mountains and ford streams. Or, in our case, zip along backroads like a cafe racer (well, almost). The Akrapovic muffler makes sweet music from the 895cc par- allel twin engine. The very definition of all-dayriding...