Café Racer
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Spy shots! Husky Vitpilen cafe racer snapped out in first tests on the road!
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Here are spy pictures of the Husqvarna Vitpilen cafe racer for the road as it’s put through its first set of road tests abroad. The bike is heavily drab with black bodywork and a temporary exhaust and silencer – the wheels are a far cry from the spoked versions (or the fatter-spoked mag arm wheels)…
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Glorious new images of the Husqvarna 2017 cafe racer emerge. VERY pretty stuff!
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It was on October 5 last year that we brought you the exclusive quote from one of two managing directors of Husqvarna, Reinhold Zens that: “I can tell you that they will come as 2017 models,” – he was talking about the Svartpilen and Vitpilen cafe racer and scrambler models – and so here we…
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Two more specials surface from Honda in Bangkok – check out the sweet 300TT cafe racer
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A couple more Bangkok Show specials have surfaced today with these two Hondas. MotoSaigon.vn was the first to peg up pictures of the gorgeous CB300TT special and the slightly-more ho-hum gold-coloured CB650 Scrambler-derived bike. Out of the two, we really like the CB300TT cafe racer special, but given how many of these Honda-show specials we’ve…
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Suzuki’s SV650 Rally Concept: Q&A reveals possible future for cafe racer idea
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Suzuki’s SV650 Rally Concept: Q&A reveals possible future for cafe racer idea. Last weekend, Suzuki showed off this SV650 Rally Concept bike on the factory stand in Osaka, Japan. Details of the bike were scarce but the middleweight looked funky enough to get a lot of attention from the attending crowd. Since then, we’ve…
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The Krugger K1600 ultra cafe racer
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Built by Freddie ‘Krugger’ Bertrand, the Belgian custom builder who owns Krugger Motorcycles, this is his take on the trendy modern cafe racer. The bike is based around a BMW K1600. Krugger built the bike as a modern tribute to the iconic pre-War BMW R7 using art deco style and lots of hand-formed steel and aluminium…
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Kawasaki unveils awesome Vulcan S Cafe Racer at Paris Show
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Check out this incredible cafe racer on display at the Paris Motorcycle Show, currently happening in France. The bike is, essentially, a stripped-down version of the 2016 Kawasaki Vulan S. The mid-sized cruiser has lost loads of bulk, bodywork and sub frame for the special, on the Kawasaki stand. The load stubby under-can and hand-painted…
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Husqvarna confirms 125cc version of the awesome Vitpilen cafe racer WILL appear in 2017
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Husqvarna has confirmed that it is building a small capacity roadster. The comments from the factory underline that a 125cc modern-cafe racer is going to be added to the upcoming range which will be on sale in Spring 2017. Looking very similar to the awesome Vitpilen 401 (Vit = white, pilen = arrow) which…
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SCOOP: Honda’s European CB4 concept: a CB650 turned into a killer future cafe racer
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Dear Honda, if you’re reading this then please, please, please make this CB4 concept a reality that we can ride. As a retro-styled machine, the project really hits the spot. Underneath the shiny outsides is a CB650F. The bike gets a single-sided swingarm, a new exhaust and solid front brake discs with Tokico red calipers.…
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SCOOP: Bimota launches cafe racer and 180bhp Impeto supercharged naked!
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Bimota has launched its new Cafe Racer and Impeto models at Milan. The Cafe Racer (above) features the Tesi front end and what Bimota says is a retro-feel yet contemporary styling with typically out-there Bimota touches. It gets the firm’s 803cc, air-cooled V-twin motor that’s found in the company’s Scrambler series. The Impeto is…
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SCOOP: Bimota Tesi 3D Cafe Racer picture teases Milan show launch
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It’s only a week to go until the Milan motorcycle show and here’s a very teasing picture of one of the big Bimota bikes to be shown at the Italian event. Called the Tesi 3D RaceCafe, the bike is a big mix of typically Tesi weirdness and classic cafe racer style (so we’re told). The…
