New Cafe Racer Bikes
Customers can choose from scramblers bobbers cruisers a modern honda cub and hand built carbureted models based on 50s british bikes.
New cafe racer bikes. Since the scene for cafe racers is constantly growing motorcycle manufacturers saw a new niche. Your complete guide to cafe racer motorcycles from classic bikes to modern day specials. Nominative determinism aside the bike looks pretty cool. Arguably though what kick started this trend was the rise in café racers previewed by the ducati sport 1000.
A collaboration between manchester and maranello it was designed engineered and will be assembled in britain while the engine comes from italy. There s a whole host of neo classic motorcycles available today. These are bikes with a classic look but with the technology of a modern motorcycle like modern brakes suspension fuel and electrical systems. Kawasaki s new w800 hits multiple hallmarks of cafe racer heritage styling.
British startup langen motorcycles has released a classic style 250cc two stroke machine imaginatively called the two stroke. You can practically check them off a list from the vintage looking front cowl to the low slung clubman style handlebars long two person seat elegant muffler design sleek sculpted tank man the w800 s familiar attributes can be called out all day long. The modern cafe racer. Café racers can be traced back to post ww2 england.
Many a young men were returning home from the global conflict with cash in their pockets and as a consequence the uk experienced an uptick in the popularity of motorcycles however riders weren t just buying bikes they were stripping them down ridding them of any and all superfluous parts and making performance upgrades.