The first "Top 5 Cafe Racers" collection was published last week and it was far more popular than I had initially anticipated - over 4,000 people read it in the first 7 days and I've been contacted by a number of readers who asked me to make it a regular feature - so here we are.
This week's collection has quite a bit of variety, the oldest motorcycle is from 1974 and the newest is from 2010 - all of the bikes are immediately identifiable as cafe racers, and all of them would make a handsome addition to the garage.
This week's collection has quite a bit of variety, the oldest motorcycle is from 1974 and the newest is from 2010 - all of the bikes are immediately identifiable as cafe racers, and all of them would make a handsome addition to the garage.
The Yamaha Virago has quickly become a popular target for cafe racer builders after the team at Classified Moto almost single-handedly created the niche. This bike is a beautiful example of the model and the Buy It Now price is surprisingly affordable.
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If you were to take the whole idea of the cafe racer and distill it into a spirit, it would look a lot like this vintage Norton. This is the larger 850cc engined Commando and it's been fitted with a number of original Dunstall parts, it does need work to get it road-worthy but it'd be a fantastic project.
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This modern Bonneville has been very tastefully customized into a vintage-looking cafe racer - the benefit of the newer engineering is that you're likely to enjoy a lot more reliability without losing any retro appeal.
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This is probably the boldest of the motorcycles here and you certainly wouldn't go unnoticed riding it - that said it's a good-looking build with a solid Ironhead V-twin at its heart.
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Of all the bikes here, this XS1100 is the least expensive but also possibly the fastest. Looking at the images and reading the description leads you to think it would need a few new parts (a new seat for starters) but once sorted this would be an absolute beast of a motorcycle.
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