Eight Ball: A Yamaha XJ400 cafe racer from Kiev

We're used to seeing gorgeous café racers roll out of Western European workshops, but today we're venturing a little further east. This classy Yamaha comes straight out of Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine has been on television screens for all the wrong reasons lately, so it's good to bring a little good news: there's a thriving motorcycle scene, and it's spawned this very neat café racer. Nazar Poznyakovsky has been riding since he was fourteen, and wrenching since seventeen. Under the auspices of the Gazzz Garage name, he now repairs and customizes motorcycles. There's a bit of history with this 1979 Yamaha...