Ducati Leggero by Walt Siegel

Are you in the market for a limited edition, custom built Ducati from one of the world's top builders? Me neither, but wouldn't it be cool to drop a chunk of cash in the hands of Walt Siegel in exchange for one of these beauties! Mr Siegel is hand building a series of Leggero (Italian for 'light') 900cc Ducati's for a handful of lucky customers with this bike being his first demonstration model. His Leggero isn't simply a rebuild of an existing Ducati though, Walt has pretty much designed and built this one from scratch.

Alex Earle Ducati Monster Tracker

Welcome to the first Tank Moto/Return of the Cafe Racers collaboration feature. Through my work as Editor in-Chief on Tank Moto Magazine I will be gaining exclusive access to images and stories from each issue of the magazine. These features are a small sample of the images and stories you will find in each issue of the magazine, so if you like what you see be sure to grab yourself a copy of our Australian made and produced, independent publication here.

Kuri Kuldnokk Honda CB500T

At 1.3 million people the country of Estonia isn't exactly bursting at the seams. On the Estonian tourism website their claim to fame is the lack of traffic jams, an abundance of forest (50% of the country!) and the fact that you can eat bear there...if you're into that sort of thing. Personally, it's not the smell of pine in the air or the Yogi rib special that gets me excited about the northern European nation, it's a small custom workshop by the name of Renard Speed Shop that's piecing together some of the slickest custom motorcycles in

MotoHangar CB550 Cafe Racer

As you can imagine I spend a lot of time staring at photos of custom motorcycles. I don't know if it's because of my past life as a graphic designer or because I have some sort of OCD, but to me a balanced build wins over a clean build any day. Not to say that this bike isn't clean, because it is. It's just that it's got the kind of visual symmetry and beautifully balanced lines that manage to hold my gaze that little bit longer. The bike is a Honda CB550 and the builder is MotoHangar in Northern Virginia.