Moto Guzzi turned 100 this year, and celebrated with a slew of special edition models. But the crew at Guzzi Motobox in Catalonia had something grander in mind. To pay tribute to the storied Italian centenarian, they set out to build their ultimate Moto Guzzi cafe racer. The idea of creating a 100th anniversary Moto Guzzi came about rather fortuitously.…
There’s a lot in a name. Vienna based workshop Horizontal Moto named their business after their approach to bike building. “It is all about clean, low and straight motorcycle design,” says team member Paul Fuhrmann. This approach is ideal for the cafe racer style and their first project, a Moto Guzzi V50 III, is the proof. Horizontal Moto is a…
Repeat customers are the bread and butter of every business. Unfortunately, for some businesses, such as custom motorcycle builders, most customers are single serving. Every so often though a workshop can leave such an impression on a customer they are left itching for another excuse to engage their services. Oliver Werner and Dominik Hermes run the German workshop Moto Essence.…