We’ve all been there: you stay up drinking with your buddies into the wee hours, hatching all sorts of genius plots that never live to see the sunrise. The way Mike Muller tells it, that’s how this Honda CB350-turned-sidecar coffee stand came to be.
The idea started when Mike’s custom bike workshop, Federal Moto, first moved into their Chicago-based garage. Over a few beers with their new neighbors and fellow business owners at Metric Coffee, the idea of a “cold brew-slinging sidecar motorcycle” was born. But both businesses were just getting their start in Chicago’s popular Market District at the time, so extra cash to fund the project was a precious commodity.
A few years passed and both businesses found their footing.…