Today’s post is dedicated to all those who say what is a cafe racer? why do you want a custom bike? but you’re going to spend your savings on fixing a 30-year-old bike? Read on and you’ll understand.

From Bolt Motor Company, workshop specialized in cafe racer Valencia, when a customer comes to our workshop we do not ask him if he wants a bobber, a scrambler or a cafe racer, nor do we get into technical specifications. The first thing we say is: tell us what your dream bike looks like. Many proudly show us pictures from their cell phones or come with a list of everything they want to put on their bike. From that moment on, our customer’s dream bike starts to become a reality.

Of course, the love for cafe racers doesn’t start at that moment. Our customers have been falling in love with this type of custom bike for a long time, researching how they want theirs, saving money and looking for the best cafe racer shop to help them get the bike of their dreams.

The problem is that they often have to deal with friends, partners or family members who don’t understand their passion for cafe racers. Many (inexplicably) don’t see the point in spending money to fix, customize and personalize an old bike. Today, we’re going to explain why having a cafe racer is so much more than just having a flashy bike in the garage.

First, let’s talk about the history of the cafe racer. This type of custom motorcycle was born in the 50’s in England when they started to create fast motorcycles to race from one bar to another. And of course, what better way to make a bike run less than by removing weight, and that is why cafe racers are characterized by having just the right amount of weight. Little by little, cafe racer races stopped being simple competitions where motorcycles, money and even girlfriends were at stake. Little is left of that competitive culture. Now, what we like about cafe racers is to contemplate them and dream that someday we will be the ones to drive one.

In the 5o’ s, aesthetics were sacrificed to make a bike as fast as possible. Not now. In many cafe racers the displacement is the least important thing, but they are looking for a specific aesthetic, very difficult to beat. Although many brands bring out models with a strong cafe racer aesthetics ( as we told you in another post recently ), a true cafe racer is built, not bought.

Another thing that we also explained recently is that there are 3 options to have a cafe racer: be a handyman and design it yourself, buy a bike that someone else has designed or find a specialist cafe racer workshop to make the bike of your dreams come true.

Today, a cafe racer is much more than a custom bike. There is a huge cultural movement around the cafe racer; something that has caused that every day, more and more people dream of owning a cafe racer. Although cafe racers are more rooted in other countries, such as the United States or England, in Spain things are on the right track and there are already many workshops specialized in this type of custom motorcycle.

Nor should we forget that today, where everything can be copied and things are made in series, having something that is only yours, that only you have and that is designed 100% according to your tastes, your preferences and your desires, is priceless.

If after reading this post, especially the one paragraph, you still don’t understand why thousands of people go to bed thinking about their cafe racer, open your eyes! There are probably hundreds of things smarter and more productive than investing in a cafe racer, but how many of those things will make you happy just by looking at them? And it’s no good saying family or a partner, that’s always the most important thing.

Don’t wait any longer and make your dream come true. Get the bike of your dreams and build your own cafe racer. Tell us what your dream bike looks like and we will send you an estimate with no obligation. We promise to make your dreams come true and to be as tight as possible with the budget. Send the email to info@boltracer.com