The last time we checked in with Blacktrack Motors, they’d just turned a bloated Harley cruiser into a svelte café racer. Their next project was a Porsche 964 Carrera 4 restomod?but they’re back onto two wheels now, and this time they’ve pulled out all the stops.
The Blacktrack Motors BT-05 Cento is a track-focussed café racer, built around a stonking 1,382 cc Moto Guzzi motor. It also uses a race-bred chassis, carbon fiber bodywork and a plethora of top shelf parts. And it looks absolutely spectacular, too.

?Since the inception of Blacktrack Motors, building a café racer around a big Moto Guzzi V-twin engine was at the top of my list,? says Sacha Lakic, the company’s founder and lead designer. He’s designated this build ‘Cento,’ which is Italian for 100, as a homage to the storied marque’s 100 year anniversary. ?I love this brand, and this engine, for many reasons. They are soulful?the sound, the vibration, the typical side-to-side movement of a longitudinally mounted V-twin, the look of the motor from any angle, and even the shape of the shaft drive.?

The BT-05 Cento is propelled forward by the eight valve ‘big block’ twin from the Moto Guzzi Griso 1200. It’s been bored out to 1,382 cc with a 11.3/1 compression ratio, and is good for 136 hp at 7,480 rpm and 144 Nm at 5,342 rpm. It also features a new aluminum oil cooler and a custom designed carbon fiber air box.
The exhaust system is equally racy....