Kaffeemaschine Guzzi California

If you live in Germany and hanker after a custom Moto Guzzi, the man to speak to is Axel Budde of Kaffeemaschine. His latest bike is this café racer, based on the T3 California—and to my eyes it looks much better than Moto Guzzi's own rather gaudy V7 Cafe Racer. Budde’s reputation extends beyond national borders, and he built this particular bike to order for an English customer. The California was a touring machine popular with police forces: a good bike in its day, but a little too ponderous compared to the BMW R90/6. So Budde immediately put the California...