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The original Honda TMX line started production in 1985 as the Honda TM 110, a heavy-duty derivative of the Honda S110 designed for tricycle use. In 1981, a more powerful version, TMX 155, was also launched. The TMX 155 is a 155.3 cc four-stroke, OHV, air-cooled engine. It had a 4-down manual transmission and a primary kickstarter.
Triton café racer with a Triumph engine in a Norton Featherbed frame. A café racer is a genre of sport motorcycles that originated among British motorcycle enthusiasts of the early 1960s in London. Café racers were standard production bikes that were modified by their owners and optimized for speed and handling for quick rides over short ...
Moto Martin is a French engineering company, started by Georges Martin, known for its motorsport inspired or café racer style racing frame kits for motorcycles. The original Moto Martin frame designs were based on the work of Fritz Egli.
H. John Hack (speedway rider) Jamie Hacking; Martin Hagon; Mike Hailwood; Joe Haines (speedway rider) Richard Hall (speedway rider) Wal Handley; Vic Harding
A limited edition 100+ Racer was available, which had a tuned engine with hand polished ports and s special carburettor. [16] The model later gained a tubular frame and was available in road trim, as the 100 G/P-7, and as a street scrambler trim with s high level exhaust as the 100 TMX-7. [17]
The Honda GB500 'Tourist Trophy' (or TT) is an air-cooled single-cylinder solo café racer motorcycle. It was first marketed in Japan in 1985 in two 400 cc and one 500 cc versions. In 1989, Honda introduced a third 400 cc version for Japan; and in 1989 and 1990 a 500 cc version was available in the United States. [2]
In November 2016, Yamaha announced the 2017 XSR900 Abarth, [13] a limited-edition "Sport Heritage café racer special". Yamaha collaborated with Abarth , an Italian brand from the car-racing world. The Abarth's specification comprises a carbon-fibre nose cowl and a rear seat cowling, handlebars that are low-slung 'clip-on style', [ 14 ] [ 15 ...
The original 850 Le Mans was a café racer with clip-on handlebars and a bikini nose fairing, but in the face of more and more powerful bikes from other manufacturers later models were developed more as sports tourers with a three-quarter fairing.