As Seen at Bike Shed: Five-Star Café Racer… At the 2024 Bike Shed Show at London’s Tobacco Docks, our photographer Roberto Garagarza (@roga______) captured shots of a lovely ’76 Honda CB550F nicknamed “Cinque Stelle.” […]
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Roars Like a Lion: Honda CB750/R1 Retro Racer
HRC-Inspired Honda CB750/R1 from LBC Motorcycles… In 1979, Honda introduced the CB750 Custom (CB750C) to compete with rising tide of “custom” trim lines on the market. The other Japanese manufacturers would soon follow suit if […]
Thundering Super-Sport: Honda CB900F Restomod
RCM-604 by AC Sanctuary… When the Honda CB900F first appeared in 1979, it wasn’t available in the States, as Honda was worried it might steal the thunder of the mighty CBX. American riders grew green […]
77 Redux: Honda CB750F Café Racer
Rocket Science: CB750F Cafe Racer from a SpaceX Propulsion Engineer… In 1975, Honda unveiled the CB750F Super Sport, a significant redesign of the original CB750K that included both styling and performance enhancements. The engine boasted […]
Penny: Honda CB750 Café Racer by The Hot Rod Shop
Car Fix’s Jeremy Bumpus builds himself a CB750… For many of the more mechanically-minded of us, weekend morning cartoons were eschewed at an early age for the hot rod, muscle car, and automotive how-to shows […]
Knievel: Honda CB360 Scrambler
If You Build it, They Will Come: “Knievel” from Freeland Motorcycles… The Honda CJ360T appeared in 1976 as a stripped-down bare-bones version of the CB/CL360 twins. It had a five-speed transmission instead of six, no […]
Baby Mad Max: Honda Hornet 600 Custom
Honda CB600F Hornet by Revel Customs… In the late 1990s, there was a small boom in four-cylinder naked middleweights. The big Japanese manufacturers wanted a slice of the Suzuki Bandit 600 market, and Honda’s answer […]
ClubSport Light: Honda CB450 Café Racer
Honda CB450 Café Racer from Mile Zero Racers… Back in 2022, we shared the first build from a young builder out of Rochester, New York: Thomas Manno of Mile Zero Racers. We were highly […]
Mint Chip: Honda CB350 Custom
CB350 Bobber from MacVittie Motorcycles… Last week, we featured a gorgeous Honda CB550 café racer from Matt MacVittie of MacVittie Motorcycles. Matt is an engineer, family man, and garage-builder who’s been turning out some very […]
The Perfect Café Racer: Honda CB550 “Sapphire”
For Sale: Matt MacVittie’s 1977 Honda CB550 “Sapphire”… If you had to choose one vintage Japanese motorcycle to serve as the base for a café racer project, you’d be hard-pressed to improve on the Honda […]