Tag - Honda

A TIMELESS MEMORY: Honda CL350F by Northbilt Customs

Written by Ricky Ventaglio “You say you want a revolution. Well, you know, we all want to change the world” sang John Lennon in 1968. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. took Lennon’s words on board and between 1972 and 1974 the factory produced what would change the...

RAD RETRO REMAKE: Honda CBX750 by AMP Motorcycles

From Mr. T's haircut to the DeLorean, shoulder pads and the Rubik's Cube, everything that was popular in the '80s seemed to have square edges. Add the fashion, some of that god awful synthesiser music and boy is it a decade that leaves a lot to be desired....

LEFT FIELD, BUT SO RIGHT: 1984 Honda Magna V30 by MotoRelic

Over the last ten years the custom scene has grown so big that you can practically build a show level bike with off the shelf parts. All the R&D has been done for you and even complex modifications for many models have become mainstream. Despite his...

PROJECT TALOS: Honda CBX750 by Spitfire Speed Shop

You see them advertised all the time, usually on eBay, a project that is 95% complete according to the seller and just needs a couple of things to finish. Often they'll even go so far as to claim just how much it'll be worth upon completion and highlight the...

SINGLE MINDED: Honda NX650 Dominator by KoolT Creations

It wasn't so long ago that walking into a motorcycle dealership with a handful of cash, large or small, was not only your ticket to fun and freedom but also a healthy dose of antisocial behaviour that put a smile on your dial. Whether that was sticking your...

LEAN & GREEN: Honda CB750 ‘Green Arrow’

Written by Tim Huber While Honda’s CB750 has undeniably played a pivotal role in the rise of the modern custom motorcycle scene, it’s become increasingly difficult to think of cafe’d CBs as being anything other than played out. The hooped subframe,...

IT’S A BABY CHOPPER, BABY: 1970 Honda DAX

Written by Tim Huber. Hogan Jeffs has completed other Honda Dax builds in the past, but none like this. The New Zealand-based builder and member of New Zealand’s Quake City Rumblers, had picked up one of the little Honda runners and was planning on lightly...

GO LEFT: Honda CB250 ‘Americanos Flat Tracker’ by JasinTom Motorcycles

The style of motorcycle we're into at any one time can change like our taste in music; your staple might be the thrash metal of a 2-stroke race bike, but as you age you might begin to enjoy the mellower sounds of prog-rock as you take a trip with friends on a...

LICENCE TO THRILL: Honda FT500 by Hombrese Bikes

The engineering professor who was the first to build functioning models of artificial neural networks has a quote he likes to use when explaining his work, “the simple things are the hardest”! It was a philosophy that Uwe Kostrewa of Cologne's Hombrese...

Honda CB750 Bol d’Or by Elemental Custom Cycles

Road rules and regulations can be the bane of a custom bike builder's existence, the strict confines of the law chipping away at the rebels born free soul. In Germany the TUV certification to get a motorcycle road-legal adds even more stress, meaning many...