Beautifully shot video of the Classic Moto 2011 festival at the Jarama circuit near Madrid.Not so sure about the soundtrack though, would rather hear the bikes...
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- 19 May 2011
Legendary Japanese bike builder Shinya Kimura has just released this incredibly beautiful and emotive video about his passion for bike building. Shot in and around his Chabott Engineering workshop in California, Shinya tells the story of his background and reveals the creative methods he uses to build his one-off creations. Owners of Kimura built bikes include Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.
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- 25 June 2010
This isn't the kind of bike you'd expect to roll out of a shop named Santiago Choppers. Owned and run by prolific custom builder Alan Bernard, Santiago's specialise in trikes and bobbers more than café racers but the Breitling bike proves Alan has more than one trick up his sleeve. The frame is 1970's vintage Moto Martin and the Kawasaki ...
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- 24 June 2010
We've featured bikes from Spanish builder Radical on this site before, most recently the Dirt Guzzi and the Imola Café racer. And while there's no doubt they produce some droolworthy motorcycles, until now we've only seen the fully finished machines. Now Radical are putting together one of their 1100 Monster engined RAD02 Corsa specials on a blog so you can ...
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- 24 March 2010
Details on this YZ450 engined café racer are scant but it's such a beautifully designed and finished machine we had to share it with you. YZ450 motors have been used in race bikes before, most notably in the Supermono race series but this is the first time we've seen the engine used in a 60's style café racer. The drilled ...
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- 18 December 2009
Danish custom builders Wrenchmonkees are auctioning off two of their most famous custom bikes, Monkees number 7 and number 11 (otherwise known as Gorilla Punch). Monkee 7 is a nicely made but fairly typical hard tail, Harley powered bobber but the pick of the two is the Gorilla punch café racer. Starting life as a Honda CB750, the Gorilla punch ...
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- 12 November 2009
