For Sale: The Original 1968 Honda CB750 Sandcast Prototype… This week is the annual Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction, where more than 2000 historic, vintage, custom, racing, and just plain interesting motorcycles are slated to […]
Tag: Honda CB
“Primoris” Honda 500 Street Scrambler
Give it The Wurks: Honda 500 Street Scrambler from The Bike Shed Show… In 1980, Honda released their new XL250S trail bike to widespread acclaim. The quarter-liter thumper boasted an innovative new all-alloy four-valve […]
The Dark Wolf: Honda CB550 “Lobo Oscuro”
Less is More: Four-Cylinder Screamer from Nius Moto… Chiel Nipius of Nius Moto is one of those born builders who spent hours with LEGO bricks and building blocks before he got his first motorcycle at […]
Wild Goose: Honda CB550 Brat Tracker
Cabin-Chasing CB550K from Goose Chase Cycles… Unveiled in early 1971, the original Honda CB500 Four addressed two of the most common criticisms of the much-lauded CB750: size and weight. The new middleweight, wet-sump CB500 […]
50th Anniversary 400 Four: Honda CB400F Resto
From The Chattahoochee Skunkworks: Tastefully Modified Honda 400 Four… When the Honda CB350F appeared in 1972, it was the smallest-displacement four-cylinder motorcycle ever produced. While it was a neat engineering exercise that showed off Honda’s […]
Bitzy: Honda CB400F Street Tracker
“Proper Rips” — Nick Parker’s CB400/4 Bitsa Special… When the Honda CB350F hit the market in 1972, it was the smallest-capacity four-cylinder motorcycle ever to enter mass production. Three years later, the CB400F came along […]
Big Dreams: Honda CB750K “54th Anniversary Edition”
Resto-modded CB750K from Big Dream Motorcycles… In 1967, American Honda’s national service manager, Bob Hansen, was visiting Honda’s Wako Research & Development facility in Japan when Soichiro Honda himself joined his group for lunch. Up […]
Honda CB400 Super Four Café Racer
Resurrecting the motorcycle of a lost friend… In 1992, Honda introduced the CB400 Super Four (CB400SF), a 400cc sibling of the CB1000 Big One. Though it began as a Japan-only model, the CB400SF was […]
Freddie Spencer CB750F 6-Hour Endurance Replica
John Froude’s Faithful Replica of Fast Freddie’s CB750F Endurance Racer… “Fast Freddie” Spencer is one of the greatest motorcycle racers America has ever produced. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was a prodigy who began […]
Best of Both Worlds: Honda Super Cub 250
250cc Super Cub from DOTi Custom… In continuous production since 1958, the Honda Super Cub — aka the Honda Cub — is the most produced motor vehicle in history. Of the model’s many variations […]
