Anthonie’s Honda CB750F café racer
It is worth almost floating on my Harley for 50km in torrential rain to see the beautiful café racers and customs at a CROSA gathering. It was the first outing, or with the amount of rain we faced on the way home that should perhaps read maiden voyage, of some newly built motorcycles. Our featured Honda CB750F café racer is
Triumph Centurion’s Rocket III Muscle Bike
When it comes to the choice of what type of motorcycle to ride, there is a large group of owners who do believe that bigger is better and that more means more. Our featured Triumph Rocket III muscle bike must be just about the ultimate ride for those of us who believe that size is the only thing that counts.
The Candy King
Motorcycles which follow the latest mainstream customising trends are not what Retro Write Up generally features on its pages. We do however pride ourselves on featuring South African built customs with a special fondness for those creations which are built in the home garage or small personal workshop. Our featured motorcycle may not be old school but it definitely meets
Suzuki GS750 Café Racer
When it comes to café racers built in the traditional style, there appears to be two distinctly different approaches developing. Both approaches are equally difficult to execute successfully and both provide us with very exciting motorcycles. The first approach is to build café racers from 1970's or 1980's model motorcycles to look as if they were 1960's café racers. Even
Clive’s Triumph Scrambler
When a motorcycle is built to perform over unfavourable terrain, function is far more important than form. The rougher the anticipated terrain, the more specialised the required components and the less appealing the motorcycle will appear to those of us who are looking for smooth and uncomplicated lines. When BMW created the first adventure motorcycle with their ungainly R80 GS
Kevin’s Wrenchcafé Kawasaki GPZ750
The majority of the Japanese custom motorcycles that we feature are built using 1970's underpinnings. Twinshockers are presently the norm as they tend to look more old school. It is therefore refreshing to feature a Japanese motorcycle which was built in 1983 and which was one of the first motorcycles to herald the change to single shock suspension for superbikes.