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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 distances. [1]
Cleveland CycleWerks is a privately held motorcycle manufacturer that designs and assembles small displacement retro style café racers and bobbers at its headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, relying on offshore manufacturing in China by CPI Motor Company of Taiwan for most components, including frames and the Honda -derived engine used on all models.
Benelli Q.J. Slogan: Pura passione dal 1911. (Pure passion since 1911.) Benelli Q.J. is an Italian company, based in the city of Pesaro in the Marche region, that produces motorcycles and scooters. Since 2005 Benelli is owned by the Qianjiang Motorcycle, a Chinese company owned by the Geely Holding Group.
"Harley-Davidson XLCR Cafe Racer", Sump, 2015 Lindsay, Brooke (November 5, 2006), "Harley's Sportster: From a Wild Child to a Grown-Up in 50 Years" , The New York Times , retrieved 2015-06-28 , As grim as those days were in terms of performance, it was an era that produced two of the Sportsters considered most unusual and sought-after by ...
1965. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Occupation (s) Motorcycle journalist, TV producer and presenter. Mike Seate (born in 1965) [citation needed] is a motorcycle journalist, TV producer and presenter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] In addition to newspaper columns, [2] Seate has authored books and is the founder of Café Racer magazine.
There are three models in the new Commando range: a limited edition of 200 Commando 961 SEs, a Cafe Racer and a Sport model. [ 3 ] In March 2010 Norton shipped the first new Norton Commando for over 30 years; and by mid-April 2010 the company was shipping 5-10 new machines per week. [ 4 ]
Honda GB500. 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.
Qianjiang Motorcycle Group, doing business as QJMotor, is a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1985 and headquartered in Winling, Zhejiang Province. It is one of the largest two-wheeled vehicle manufacturers in China. Since September 2016, Chinese auto giant Geely has been Qianjiang's largest shareholder.