Sr400 cafe

Submission: @retrofit_collective and their SR500!

A garage for special motorcycles and cafe racers

Fernando Casado has quickly become one of our favorite builders. A 23 year old design student at the State University of Maringá in Brazil, Fernando grew up in a family of men who'd ridden many of the legendary street bikes of the 60s and 70s in their heyday -- from the Honda CB750 to the Yamaha RD

On this project, our customer (Benjamin) first idea was to turn his Yamaha SR 400 into a British style “Between the Wars” inspired custom bike. He would

Yamaha's beloved SR has come in an array of sizes over the years, all closely resembling each other. Of all of them, the SR150 is an outlier. The now-defunct single was manufactured in Taiwan exclusively for the Taiwanese market, with a few visual differences from its Japanese cousins. Even though the SR150 didn't quite have the same timeless vibe as the rest of the range, it still sold like hot cakes. Since it was built locally, it incurred less sales tax—so it was cheap and readily…

The Yamaha SR400 was the poster child of the “new wave” custom scene back in ’08/’09. Thanks to workshops like Deus Ex Machina and the multitude of

Yamaha SR500 Cafe Racers

The Yamaha SR250 is one of the world's most popular donor bikes for custom builders. Today, Jake Snowdon from Sweden's Jadus Motorcycle Parts -- the SR250 experts -- delves into the heritage, design, and specs of this beloved thumper, explaining what makes it such a great base bike for builders.