Taimoshan's Aprilia RSV Cafe Racer

Most café racers are built by stripping down a stock bike and “adding lightness”. This one, however, was built from the ground up and designed around an Aprilia RSV motor. It’s from Taimoshan Cycle Works, a Welsh company run by John Pellew. He focuses on “building cafe racers with a steampunk feel—classic racer designs underpinned with modern technology.” John started by spending hours hand-drawing the bike, with all its lines and components, then searched high and low until he found the right parts. And when parts were not available, John designed and built them himself. The motor was the starting...