Ponderosa Cafe Wales

Started off as a stock white monster 696. Slowly transitioned into a bike that more my style. I painted the bike ebony black with red flakes and Ferrari red stripe. Fabricated the flyscreen and added ...

This is my ride....

Had this one in a while back, front end strip for head bearings, full service, primary gasket replaced and new gaskets. TPS reset, health check.......still a few little jobs........

Great ride on Sunday to Jerry’s Gourmet Cafe - Kulnura...

Naughty little picture of myself going through North wales on the way to Bala lake on the old Ducati monster. Great day...

I nice evening spin after the police pulled me over...

Rob Jarvis introduced the Ducati 750SS cafe racer at the Cafe Racer Cup show, held a few weeks ago on the Lydden Hill racetrack in Kent, UK. It was a race prepped motorcycle, when Rob came across it. ...

Good memories are prompted by many things, they intoxicate all the senses and nothing in the motorcycle world brings all five alive like a rampaging 2-stroke screamer. But it all means so much more...

In full dress, the BMW R1200RT tips the scales at hefty 259kg. This is by no means an ideal starting point for any cafe racer build. This doesn’t mean it can’t be done though. With a 110 bhp, 120Nm...

The base of the seat is made of 4-mm Alucobond and pillows from furniture latex....

With over six months passing from the last leg of the trip my packing was a bit rusty and I was still running around the house while Alicia was in the car waiting to drive me to the airport. I just ba...

I awoke in the middle of the night and had to wander down the barely lit hallway of the late 1800's era hotel we were staying in to find the bathroom. It looked and felt so much like the Shining I was...

I made it all around Australia without any major wildlife issues and the day after finish I smack a kangaroo at full speed. I was just minding my own business on a remote dirt road North of Morgan whe...

I've been mad about 2 stroke bikes since the late 70's and have had a number of Yamaha RD's since 1981 all of which have been tuned and modified Cafe Racer style. Most saw action on the drag strip. I'...

Last night in a whiskey fuelled decision I decided I was going to take home a large piece of Blue Gum wood to carve into something. In the daylight it was much bigger and heavier than I expected but I...