A 400 Four “TT” from the North Georgia hills! In 1975, Honda unveiled the CB400F, a middleweight four-cylinder four-stroke that stood out compared to the two-stroke twins and triples of its generation — machines such […]
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Stellar CB: Honda CB125S by Interstellar Motors
The Honda CB125S was introduced in 1975, featuring an air-cooled SOHC single-cylinder engine that offered 12 horsepower and 100 mpg. With a 9500 rpm redline and dry weight of just 187 pounds, the little CB […]
Garage-Built Honda “CB530TT” Street Tracker
What if Honda had created a factory street tracker in the 1970s? The Honda CB450 Black Bomber is a legend in its own right — Honda’s first “big bike,” a 444cc parallel-twin machine unveiled in […]
Project Clean Slate: Honda CB550 Cafe Racer
Ohio’s Mark Colasante builds a 550/4 dream machine… When it comes to Honda’s four-cylinder machines of the 1970s, the CB750 has always received the lion’s share of the limelight. It was a groundbreaking machine — […]
Flash Red: Honda XR600R Golden Years Edition
Italy’s GPgarage Moto builds an 80s-style XR600R… The Honda XR600R is the big-bore four-stroke weapon that unseated Kawasaki’s KX500 two-stroke to become the new king of Baja. Over its 15-year production run, the open-class thumper […]
Vinduro Reborn: Honda XR600R by VMX Restomod
The Honda XR600R is a legend among dirt bikes, a big-bore four-stroke dirt weapon that reigned supreme in the 1980s and 90s, from the wide western deserts to the thick eastern woods. Introduced in 1985, […]
Legends of Boost: 1980 Honda CBX1000 Turbo
“I was disappointed with the power of the standard CBX.” These were the words of one Colin Baker of Cheltenham, UK, when asked why he built his Honda CBX turbo in the 1980s — the […]
MAAN Cub: Honda SuperCub X by Motocicli Audaci
Sardinia’s MAAN builds one burly Super Cub for Honda Motor Europe! The Honda Super Cub C125 is the remastered version of a beloved classic, modeled after the very first 49cc C100 Super Cub of 1958, […]
Farewell VTR: Honda VTR1000 by Francis Von Tuto
For Sale: 1000cc V-Twin “FTVR” from Francis Von Tuto… In the 1990s, Carl Fogarty had been putting the hammer down on the Japanese fours in World Superbike, piloting his booming Ducati to four championships. Riders […]
Super Single: Honda FX650 “Stormbringer”
Bandisca builds a big-single street racer… In the late 90s, Honda introduced the FX650 Vigor as a stripped-down, street-oriented version of the popular NX650 Dominator dual-purpose machine. The bike had Honda’s 644cc RFVC single-cylinder engine, […]
