“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 races as The […]
Tag: Honda
Honda 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 Slipstream Creations is no stranger […]
Honda 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 they build everything […]
Honda 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, […]
Honda 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 […]
Honda 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 […]
Honda CB400N SuperDream Tracker by Mark Williams
Honda “SuperScream” from the Customs editor of Bike magazine! Tagged rather portentously ‘SuperDream’ in the UK, Honda’s CB250N and CB400N were tough but unexciting SOHC twins much favoured by commuters and newbies in the early […]
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 […]
Honda CB500 Four Cafe Racer by Duke Motorcycles
“Mrs. Duke” — The pure white CB500 stunner… Lionel Duke of Duke Motorcycles had more than two decades of experience as a car and motorcycle mechanic before opening his shop in Tourrettes sur Loup, near […]
“Wart Hog” Honda CB450 Cafe Racer
The CB450 was Honda’s first “big motorcycle” — a 444cc parallel twin with 43 horsepower and a top speed of 110 mph. Early models were known as the Black Bomber, though the remained in production […]
