Neo Cafe Racer Bikes

Of course some of our picks break the rules a bit but we didn t dive into the neo café pool looking at you honda for this list.

Neo cafe racer bikes. Based on yamaha s xsr900 847 cc inline triple neo retro motorcycle. Top 10 cafe racers of 2018. Café racers can be traced back to post ww2 england. 2019 ducati scrambler café racer.

So the speed twin is the next best thing. The cafe racer impresses greatly when it comes to handling but is too committed for everyday use and is also the most expensive bonnie. A modern cafe racer is the solution for those who can t won t build there own cafe racer or just don t want to have the maintenance of an old bike. Arguably though what kick started this trend was the rise in café racers previewed by the ducati sport 1000.

The term originated among british motorcycle enthusiasts of the early 1960s in london specifically within the rocker or ton up boys youth subculture where the bikes were used for short quick rides between popular cafés in watford at the busy bee café and the ace café in stonebridge london. Building your own bike is awesome but also requires a lot of time effort skills knowledge space etc. 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. There s a whole host of neo classic motorcycles available today.

Customers can choose from scramblers bobbers cruisers a modern honda cub and hand built carbureted models based on 50s british bikes.