Honda NX650 Custom by Cool Kid Customs
“The Brawler” from Holland… We see a lot of Honda NX650 customs these days, but we’ve never one that looked like “The Brawler.” Not surprisingly, the bike is the work of Michel Szozda of Cool Kid...
View ArticleHonda CB400N SuperDream Tracker by Mark Williams
Honda “SuperScream” from the Customs editor of Bike magazine! Mark’s bike is now for sale and he can be contacted at williams.mark1@gmail.com Tagged rather portentously ‘SuperDream’ in the UK, Honda’s...
View ArticleHonda CB750K Cafe Racer “Kali” by Contach
We like staring slack-jawed at the big money pro builds as much as anyone, but there’s nothing quite so special as the connection between a garage builder and his first build. Enter Mark Guevara of...
View ArticleHonda CB360 Scrambler by Brick House Builds
Bj English of Missouri’s Brick House Builds has become one of our favorite young builders — not just in the States, but int he world. A one-man operation, Bj has a knack for building customs that are...
View ArticleHonda XBR500 Cafe Racer by Bandisca
The Honda XBR500 is a rarely seen, big single street bike launched in the mid-eighties to rival the Yamaha SR500. The 44-hp dry sump engine was derived from that of the Honda XL600 dirt bike, and the...
View ArticleHonda XR400 Tracker by Ace Custom Shop
“Black, black, and a lot more black” — one mean thumper from Colombia. The Sotomonte brothers of Colombia’s Ace Custom Shop founded their workshop in 2013 along with friend Andrés Cabrales. Though...
View ArticleHonda CB360T Scrambler by Slipstream Creations
The Honda CB360, built from 1974-1976, succeeded the well-known CB350 twin, offering a 34-hp parallel twin, 6-speed transmission, and one of the handsomest tanks Honda ever produced. James Fawcett of...
View ArticleHonda CX500 Scrambler by Darling Motorcycle Works
“The Bear” from Darling, South Africa. Shawn U’ren of South Africa’s Darling Motorcycle Works spent a 15-year stint in competitive enduro, slogging through the mud, sand, and rocks of such punishing...
View ArticleStreet-Legal Honda XR600R by Therapy Garage
Street-legal XR600R wave-chaser for a San Diego fireman! The Honda XR600R is a bonafide legend — the dominant dirt machine of the 80s and 90s. Built to compete with the 500cc two-strokes at Baja,...
View ArticleHonda XL600R Street Tracker by Lloyd Brothers
David and Michael Lloyd of Lloyd Brothers Motorsports (LBM) have been involved in motorcycle racing for more than 25 years, with a heavy emphasis on flat track. In 2005, they campaigned the only...
View ArticleHonda CB500 Scrambler by Kimmo Larsson
The Honda CB500 Four, which debuted in the early 70s, was a middleweight four-cylinder machine capable of rivaling the 650cc twins of the day. The air-cooled, 498cc engine offered around 50...
View ArticleHonda CB450 Restoration by Chattahoochee Skunkworks
The Sanitary White Honda CB450 Toby Jones and his wife recently moved from Florida to the foothills of North Georgia — one of the world’s motorcycling Valhallas. In honor of the famed nearby river,...
View ArticleHonda 125 Scrambler by Slipstream Creations
Anyone who works on bikes for any length of time quickly accumulates a surplus of parts in their garage, shed, or shop. James Fawcett of Slipstream Creations is no exception. When his 13 year-old son,...
View ArticleHonda GB500 Cafe Racer by Steve Jones
The styling of the Honda GB500 TT (“Tourist Trophy”) resembled the single-cylinder Isle of Man TT race bikes of yesteryear. Then, as now, TT riders braved the 37-mile Mountain Course at unbelievable...
View ArticleHonda NX650 Scrambler by Asphalt and Gravel
The Honda NX650 has become one of Europe’s most popular platforms for scrambler and tracker builds. The punchy, XR650-based engine is one of the toughest engines ever produced, and dual exhaust — rare...
View ArticleCR500-Inspired Honda CB550 by Keith Carlson
Keith Carlson of Indianapolis is well-known for his two-stroke dragon-slayers — custom bikes built for his annual assault of US129 through Deals Gap, Georgia, home of the notorious Tail of the...
View ArticleHonda XLR200 Tracker by Free Spirit Moto X Jets Q Kustoms
The Honda XLR200 was a genuine do-anything bike, a street-legal 200cc Honda thumper with parts scavenged from various models of the venerable XR series. Says Brian Jones of RealClassic.co.uk: “The XLR...
View ArticleHonda CB750F Cafe Racer “Lainey”
The CB750F was Honda’s effort to regain the supremacy of their original CB750 Four superbike. In 1980, Cycle Guide claimed the new 77-hp DOHC 750 could “accelerate with the fury of a one-liter...
View ArticleHonda SLR650 by Thornton Hundred Motorcycles
A Honda big single built for the Sunday Scramble… Essentially, the Honda SLR650 was a stripped-down, street-centric version of the rugged NX650 Dominator. The bike offered the same 44-hp air-cooled...
View ArticleHonda TMX 150 Supremo Brat Tracker by Revolt Cycles
The Honda TMX — or Tricycle Model X-treme — is a series of air-cooled utility bikes popular in the Philippines, where their power and ruggedness make them ideal for sidecar or “tricycle” work. The...
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