One of the founding fathers of Blacktrack, Sach Lakic, was the designer of the most beautiful Honda CX500 cafe racer of all times (considering to me and a lot of others). With Blacktrack Motors we have a special thing. And of course, if you sell the bike, it’s easy to get it back in its original shape. So with a set of bolt-on parts and different colors, everyone can create their own version of the cool modern classics without the need to have an in-depth skillset. Their idea behind this bike was that the stock bikes of Triumph are cool, but miss the personal connection to its rider in the end: they’re all the same. For this build, they’ve used parts from the catalog of “British Customs”, together with some fine craftsmanship of their own. Probably one of the most affordable and rebuildable bikes in this list a beautiful and stylish Triumph Bonneville T100 cafe racer by Turkish builder Bunker Customs. Triumph Bonneville T100 Cafe Racer by Bunker Customs A noob will simply compare this with the stock Thruxton R, but those who are a bit more inside the British brand quickly see that this bike is really one of a kind. Three British icons that put their minds and hands together to build this very good looking, classic cafe racer. This custom Triumph Thruxton R is a collaboration between Triumph Motorcycles, Down & Out, and Barbour International. They’ve created quite the number of machines which are all pretty awesome so it was a logical choice to put one of their creations in this top 10. Pretty awesome! Triumph Thruxton R by Down & Outĭown & Out Motorcycles is a familiar name when it comes to building custom Triumphs. French Triumph dealer GB Motors thought it was time to turn the Street Triple into a classic cafe racer. The incredible 3 cylinder engine has the same power band as a V2 rocket and helps you accelerate very fast at all RPM zones. Same goes for the Daytona 675, the racy brother of the Street Triple. I had one and I made the life (on the road) of a lot of super sporters and +1000cc bikes very difficult. Whoever rode one knows that this is a serious cornering-weapon. This bike right here is based on the Street Triple 675. Of course, it’s tempting to take a retro Triumph as a base bike for a Triumph cafe racer, but luckily we didn’t only found Thruxton’s or Bonneville’s for our top 10. Triumph Street Triple Cafe Racer by GB Motors Creativity and shopping around for parts let them build a truly unique and one-of-a-kind cafe racer that really deserves a spot in this listing. So instead of taking a Thruxton R, they’ve used a Bonneville for their own cafe racer version called “El Matador 2.0”. But the guys from Analog Motorcycles like a challenge, or two. Together with a long list of bolt-on parts, everyone can create his own “unique” Thruxton R cafe racer. The stock bike has it all: from beautiful laced wheels to a big fat adjustable gold USD fork. If you take a Triumph Thruxton R as a base bike for a Triumph cafe racer, you’re almost there of course. Triumph Cafe Racer Bonneville by Analog Motorcycles If you have any suggestions, remarks or just want to drop a line use the comment section. This Triumph Cafe Racer Top 10 is a purely subjective selection of what I found to be the best cafe racers with the English label on it. Triumph is one of the major brands that really set a trend for other motorcycle brands to offer turn-key, retro machines. In fact, they produce a variety of modern cafe racers new bikes with the looks of the old days. Today, Triumph still has strong ties to custom bikes and cafe racers. This combo was called “Triton” (TRIumph + norTON) and still is one of the most legendary machines out there. Especially the Bonneville engines were quite popular in combination with the featherbed Norton frame. The early-day Bonneville’s where often used as a base bike for cafe racers. Triumph has a long heritage when it comes to cafe racers and the brand is a well-known name since the cafe racer scene emerged in the mid-50s of last century. A Triumph Cafe Racer Top 10 is not something you write overnight.
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