Tag - Honda

TRICKED OUT TRACKER: 1990 Honda NX650 ‘Primera’ Dominator by Side Rock Cycles.

When you're building custom bikes for a living, the most cost-effective strategy is to stick to a specialised marque. Experience – having done something many, many times before – is valuable. But, as someone smarter than me once said, variety is the spice...

THE NIGHT OWL: Honda CB750 K2 by Meneer Kelderman.

In life, there are our dreams often curtailed by our reality and there is our ambition frequently at the mercy of our talent and bank balance. But the forward progress of time means that these things never stay the same forever. Meet Bas Kelderman, an...

SALVAGE OPERATION: Honda CB750 by Sabotage Motorcycles.

Honda CB750, check. Firestones, check. Tan seat and clip-ons, check and check. The photos tell a story we’ve heard before. However, as I sat with Giles and Andy of Sabotage Motorcycles in their new warehouse space in the back streets of Sydney, Australia,...

SILVER WING TAKES FLIGHT: Honda GL500 by Kaspeed Custom Motorcycles.

Success in any endeavor can breed complacency and from here even the mighty can fall at a rapid rate. But such is the commitment to excellence at Germany's Kaspeed Custom Motorcycles they're always investing in new ideas and doing the R&D to make sure their...

COMING IN HOT: 2002 Honda XR650R ‘Retro Tracker’ by Parr Motorcycles.

They say when you’re on a good thing you should stick to it, and Spencer from Parr Motorcycles is definitely on a good thing. He came in hot last year with two outstanding Suzuki retro-styled builds that spread like wildfire around the world wide web,...

FROM JUNK TO STEAMPUNK: Honda CB750 ‘Douglas’ by Atomic Contraptions.

The Australian island state of Tasmania has a reputation for incredible scenery, crisp clean air and some of the best handcrafted gourmet food and drink you'll find anywhere in the world. But with its isolation the residents have always been a resourceful...

TOUGH VINTAGE: 1976 Honda CB750 ‘M6’ by MONNOM Customs.

This story begins like many others: someone starts tearing a bike apart but soon enough realises that they don't have the time to finish the project or are in way over their head. So the bike sits in a barn or garage for years, waiting for someone, anyone, to...

PERFECT PROPORTIONS: Yamaha XT600 BS ONE by Krystian & Janusz Bednarek.

As someone who found math class boring, I never could relate to the comment by the English genius G.H. Hardy that “mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject”. That was until Polish builder Krystian Bednarek explained with great enthusiasm...

FACTORY FRESH: 1974 Honda MT250 Elsinore by Fossick Moto

With the hours in a day of isolation stretching out, we stare into clean sheds, and out onto empty roads. Dream builds manifest in our minds and stretch further towards the boundaries of our imagination. Impossible combinations of powerful engines rammed into...

MIRACLE MISTAKE: Honda CB750 ‘Tuna’ by FingersCrossed Moto

The thing about making mistakes is they usually lead to interesting places. The journey down the path reveals more detail, more possibility, and more to learn. FingersCrossed Moto has forged a path by running a small community garage in Lancaster,...