The Electric Cafe ( Racer )-in scale form.

From R/CBike.com

"1/6 scale electric motorcycle from Harald Back's collection. The Eleck Rider was manufactured by Kyosho and marketed in Germany in the late 70's by Graupner, a company that supplied nearly every rc motorcycle sold in the German market. The Eleck Rider was powered by a Mabuchi 380 type motor, and the steering operated in a similar fashion to the later Kyosho 1/8 scale motorcycle. The Eleck Rider runs at about 15+ kph with the stock Mabuchi motor. When it was on the market an optional tuning kit was alsp available that included stickier tires and a longer wheelbase. The longer wheelbase permitted the use of a 6 cell battery pack which increased the top speed with a slightly tuned motor to about 30 kph."

Typical- G.I. Joe once again gets all the cool stuff.

Your moment of zen bike-girl oddness: Salty Rei Rose & her Locomotive Cafe Racer Bike

This bit of amazing Japanese design was brought to my attention from my brother and mutual co-founder of mineklinefabrik. So I simply could not resist to post this lovely anime maid and her locomotive/slash Cafe Racer. Before you ask: I have no idea who Salty-Rei Rose is (even after obsessive googling her name) and why her job as a skimpy dressed maid requires her to get about on such a fab bike.What I do know is that she is petite (about 1/20 scale) Made of PVC and can be had for on sale around 75.00 Euros from the German Oddworld shop.

We she is a maid after all, so maybe she can dust off the shelves at after I buy her...

Sweetie if your going out for a ride at least put on a pair of boots,..hate to see your peticure get ruined.

A trip to the Toy Motorcycle musuem.

These charming models at the virtual Motomini museum come from Britains co. An old (est. 1860) English Company specializing in toy soldiers. Their motorcycles are in the traditional 54mm (1:32) a scale common to the toy soldiers they create. The early pieces were made from lead alloys and mainly featured military motorcycles. Starting in the 1970s, common bikes-along with Cafe Racers-were represented along with popular American style choppers.

Britains is still active today and have issued few military style bikes, - thier models have until very recently still been made in England.

BMW Racing-chrome version

Triumph Thunderbird

Triumph 500cc Speed Twin

BMW-chrome version

Racing Norton

MV Agusta

My personal favorite: the BMW sidecar combination
(Note the handsome packaging Britians always had with thier models...)

Here are some great 1/24 scale toys from Godi of Italy:

MV Agusta Corsa

Yamaha 250cc Corsa

A rather generic cafe racer..with garish flames.

The worlds smallest and most perfect Sport Montesa.

Thanks to the The Kneeslider for the tip on this great piece.

This 1/5 scale (about 8"High) 1963 Impalia 175 cc Sport Montesa from Fine Art Models and looks for all the world like the real thing was somehow magically miniaturized and placed on a stand. This is a perfect miniature version of the real bike. Naturally these models like this aren’t cheap (any of Fine Art Models can go from $16,000 for a locomotive to $4500.00 for a BMW R75 Military Motorcycle) and the price for this little gem has yet to be determined.

Just how accurate are these models?..lets hear what Fine Art Models has to say about it:

" Our models are 100% scale and no detail found on the original item is omitted on our models; no plastic used in our models. Our models are made entirely of stainless steel, brass and nickel silver, If wood was used on the real piece, then we use real wood (not photo-etched brass made and painted to look like wood); The glass in our windows is real glass."

The Cafe Racer from Denmark: Lego Technic # 8810 Cafe Racer.

Hummm, that seat looks a little uncomfortable.

Evel Knievel: Cafe Racer?

In toy-form only: (from the Evel Knievel toy museum:)

Just who is Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel? , Jr. (born October 17, 1938 in Butte, Montana) is an American stuntman, best known for his public displays of long distance, high-altitude motorcycle jumping which often resulted in serious injuries, particularly during the 1960s. Ever the consummate salesman, he was able to turn his popularity into a marketing juggernaut with products ranging from radios to toy action figures.

His achievements and failures got him into the Guinness Book of World Records several times including his record forty broken bones.

Billy had a glue dream: Cafe Racer Model Kits.

From Gasoline Alley Antiques: be the envy of the kids on your block.

( Below) Not really a Cafe' but still pretty amazing.....