1974 Honda CB360 - Relic Kustoms

Yes I'll admit it, I have a serious soft spot for Honda CB360 cafe racers. To this day, one of my favorite bikes posted on Pipeburn was Peter Cabral's CB360. So when Jeremy Pederson from Relic Kustoms sent me pics of his metal flake painted CB360, I just had to post it. Jeremy Pedersen is a talented young pinstriper from Austin, Minnesota who paints hot rods, helmets and motorcycles. "I started Relic Kustoms back in 2005-2006 mainly doing pinstriping," says Jeremy. "Since then, I have gotten into more airbrushing, metal flake and kandy work. I also do graphic design and screen printing. My brother Nick does the majority of the metal work and custom upholstery". So together, the Pedersen brothers form the perfect team when it comes to restoring motorbikes and cars, and here's the evidence to prove it.

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1971 Honda CB350 - Ellaspede Customs

Ever found yourself in the midst of a stalled custom project due to a nasty case of procrastination? Whether it be a sudden and irrational dislike you develop towards your less-than-perfect tools, an aversion to spending too much time in that cold, damp box you call a garage, or the guilty realisation that yes, maybe your better half is right and that you should spend some "quality time" on relationship building. Whatever the case, the excuses are myriad but the results are the same - an unfinished bike. Consider then the design team of Steve and Leo at Brisbane's Heluva Pty Ltd who had their project put on hold by nothing less than Australia's worst ever floods invading their shop. All this and they still managed to turn out one of the most original and innovative CB Hondas we've seen in a month of blue moon Sundays. Feeling a little guilty now, are we?

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1969 Honda CB350 - Vintage Customs

Vintage Customs was started a couple of years ago when Jason Lajkov quit his graphic design job to pursue his dream of building custom motorcycles for a living. Since we featured one of his early builds just over a year ago, he hasn't looked back and his bikes seem to just keep on getting better. This stunning 1969 Honda CB350 which Jason named 'The Speedster' hasn't always been beautiful; when Jason bought it she was uglier than Ernest Borgnine in lipstick and a tutu. "I got the bike from a salvage yard - it was just going to be sold as parts" explains Jason. "The motor was seized and everything was really rotten and destroyed". Jason saw past all the rust and visualised what this old girl could look like in the right outfit. So he got to work.

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Honda CB350

This beautiful orange CB350 cafe racer is the handy work of Australian, Ben Shaw. Ben runs a custom bike shop called Extreme Creations on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He started the business from his garage over 10 years ago, but after 2 years of receiving projects from word of mouth he needed to find a bigger premise to work from. We can see why his business keeps on growing. This 50's styled CB350 cafe racer is simply breathtaking, so different from the streetfighters Ben has become renound for. You can find more pics of this amazing bike on the Extreme Creations gallery. [Thanks Troy]

Benjie's CB350

We recently received a message from one of our readers saying we had never featured any bikes from Benjie’s Café Racer (BCR) and at first I thought he was wrong, until I did a search. Well, you are damn right and it's about time we did. Benjie Flipprboi is one hell of a bike builder and we can't believe this is the first Café Racer we have featured from him. The pictured bike is a 1969 Honda CB350 named 'El Poquito' (the little one). Benjie created virtually everything on the bike including the the gas tank, seat, stainless steel clip-ons and rear sets, plus most of the remaining parts of the bike are all hand fabricated. This is one beautiful Café Racer and we appreciate the hard work that's gone into it. For the whole story on how Benjie built this little red monster read about it here. To see more from BCR check the gallery and their amazing parts catalogue.

CB350F Cafe Racer

Hail the Honda! The CB350F is one of the smallest and most sophisticated mass produced four-cylinders ever built. It was only built for two years from 1972-74. This 1974 Honda CB350F Cafe Racer was recently sold on ebay. The seller threw in the url cb350F.com to sweeten the deal. Judging by the new owners comments on his site like "sexist bike on the planet" he is obviously head over heals in love with his new purchase. Why wouldn't he be? It's a beautiful example of what a classic cafe racer should look like. Clip-ons, uncomfortable cafe seat and lots of chrome. For more pics check out this flicr gallery.

Shooting Starr

Just found this photographer called Tony Starr from Melbourne, Australia through Speed Junkies (which is a fresh blog). He is the proud owner of a 1973 Honda CB350. But it was his photography that got me really excited...

 

Warm and Fuzzy feeling

Saw this beautiful CB350 cafe racer and got that warm and fuzzy feeling again in parts of my body I can't discuss here. I think the couple in the old CB350 ad below know that feeling as well...