Dime City Cycles

The two owners of Dime City Cycles sit down and share with us the philosophy behind their business of building Cafe Racers. They’ve become a thriving parts supplier in the last four years despite of the slow economy. In fact, they say that the slow economy has helped their business grow since more people are looking into turning cheap motorcycles into cool Cafe Racers that they can ride to work everyday. Use your own hands and skills to build something that you want and can use without spending a lot of money. Flux Auto completely endorses that school of thought.


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Katee Sackhoff’s Classified Moto KT600

Katee Sackhoff from Battlestar Galactica and Longmire on A&E just took delivery of her custom cafe racer built by Classified Moto of Richmond, VA. It started life as a 1987 Honda XL600R:

Which was heavily modified with a Honda CB350 tank, Kawasaki ZX-6R forks and a single sided swing arm from a Triumph Sprint ST among a host of other things to become what it is today. Katee wanted forward peg positions similar to what she has on her Harley, so Classified Moto didn’t move where they were stock on the dirt bike. Continue reading

Ducati Multistrada Biuta

I think if I ever get around to starting a motorcycle project, it’ll be something pretty similar to this one. I’m a big guy, so I would need a larger dual-sport bike for proper ergonomics but I would still want it to be sporty. Carlos Roscio and his brother spent two years transforming a 2003 Ducati Multistrada into the machine you see in the pictures. They did a fantastic job bringing out what makes Cafe Racers/Streetfighters so beautiful. Everything is there purely for function and what’s not needed has been removed. The bike looks better because of what’s not there. Definitely head over to Asphalt and Rubber to see the rest of the pictures of the bike.

Ducati MS4R by Paulo Tesio

Meet the Ducati MS4R built in Italy by Paulo Tesio. The bike started life as a Ducati Monster S4R. Paulo made CAD models of the MS4R so that a CNC machine could make the foam molds used to lay the fiberglass pieces. I really like the girder style fork covers. It also has a new rear seat frame that is interchangeable with the stock one. Paulo went on to say that he might produce more of these kits if there was a demand for it.

Head over to Racing Cafe to see the rest of the pictures.