Moto Adonis builds a meaner Monkey… As the story goes, the original Honda Monkey was created for a Honda-owned amusement park in Hino, Japan — a Tokyo suburb: “It was called Tama Tech Park, and […]
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Memory Maker: Honda Dominator 650
Fit for a Prince: Ellaspede’s Honda NX650 Dominator… Ellaspede is one of our favorite builders not just in Australia, but worldwide. The workshop started as a small home garage operation, which went under (literally) with […]
The Graduate: Honda CB400F Café Racer
A show-worthy graduation present from Never Ending Cycles… The Honda CB400F is one of our favorite Honda fours of the 1970s, a café-styled machine that sported a high-revving 408cc inline four and one of the […]
Baja Monster: Honda XR667 Desert Racer
GPmoto Garage recreates Honda’s 1991 “Stealth Boomer”… In the 1990 Baja 1000, Honda’s XR600R entry ran a near flawless race against the mighty Kawasaki KX500 two-strokes…and still lost, keeping pace in the rough sections but […]
Vinduro Supreme: Restored 1985 Honda XR600R
New Older Garage restores a first-year XR600R… Produced from 1985 to 2000, the Honda XR600R was one of the most successful enduros of all time, a big-bore four-stroke that proved itself on a wide variety […]
Outlaw 400F: Honda CB400F Café Racer
Chattahoochee Skunkworks builds an “Outlaw CB400F”… At the time of its introduction, the Honda CB400F was hailed as a mini-superbike. The small, highly sophisticated 408cc inline four boasted a 10,000 rpm redline and six-speed transmission […]
Pyrenees Pony: Street-Legal Honda XR600R
A Living Legend from ZZ Moto… Introduced in 1985, the Honda XR600R was destined to become one of the most iconic dirt bikes of all time, remaining in production as a dirt-only model until 2000. […]
The Nitron Special: Honda CB900F Restomod
The “Daichi CB900F” from Japan’s Team CB’s… Introduced in 1979, the Honda CB900F was a 95-hp DOHC roadster based on the company’s European Endurance Championship racer, thus the “Bol d’Or” (Golden Bowl) name the […]
Modern FatCat: Honda CRF110 Big Wheel
ATC-Inspired “BW110” Flat Track Pit Bike by A&J Cycles… How many of you remember the Honda FatCat? In the mid-1980s, three-wheelers were all the rage, including Honda’s red-hot ATC “All Terrain Cycle” range. For 1986, […]
Made for Mountain Roads: Honda CBR600RR Café Racer
The One-Eyed Racer by Francis Von Tuto… In 2002, Honda launched the original CBR600RR as their top of the line race-replica supersport, boasting a twin-spar aluminum chassis, 115-bhp inline four, and 160 mph top speed. […]