Custom CX500 from Dinostyle Garage… We’re nearing 50 years since the Honda CX500 was introduced. Who expected this strange middleweight V-twin street bike, which earned the nickname “plastic maggot” during its heyday, would become […]
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CB-RR: Honda CB750 Café Fighter
Retro-Modern CB750 from Jeff Gallo x M&M Motorsports… In 1976, Honda introduced the CB750A “Hondamatic,” which featured a two-speed semiautomatic transmission with a torque converter in place of a standard clutch. Compression ratio was lowered, […]
Night Fury: Honda CB750 Neo Café Racer
GIT Night Fury 750 from Goldie Innotech Designs… In The Batman (2022) starring Robert Pattinson as the masked avenger of Gotham, a Honda CB-based “Drifter” bike serves as Bruce Wayne’s main mode of transportation […]
Stay Gold: Honda GL1200 Goldwing Café Racer
Aspencade to Café: Black Cycles Australia’s Goldwing Cafe Racer… Today we think of the Honda Goldwing as the quintessential big touring bike — a roadgoing La-Z-Boy loaded with creature comforts of every kind, capable of […]
Vintage CB-R: Honda CB500/550 Café Racer
15th Anniversary Build: Retrofitted CB500 from Cafe Cycles… In 1969, the Honda CB750 howled onto the scene as the fastest and most sophisticated motorcycle ever to come out of Japan…and for a price that undercut […]
Street Tiger: Honda Tiger Revo 200 Custom
Honda Tiger Revo: A Handmade Transformation for Urban Streets… The Honda GL200, also known as the Honda Tiger Revo, is a 200cc single-cylinder street bike popular in Indonesia. Production began way back in the […]
POP-2: Honda FTR250 Street Tracker
A Colorful, NS750-Inspired Street Tracker from Ryo Denda Design (RDD)… In 1986, Honda introduced the FTR250, a 249cc production street tracker styled after the legendary RS750, the purpose-built flat tracker that won four straight AMA […]
HRC Eurosport: Honda CX650E Café Racer
From Aircraft Carrier to Café Racer: A “Cus’Tom Motorcycle” from France… The CX series was quite the departure for Honda. The first prototype of the CX V-twin was built as early as 1973, designed to […]
Honda Ladybird: DOHC CB750 Cafe Racer
Japanese-Italian Love Story from Jerem Motorcycles… At the 1978 Cologne Motorcycle Show, Honda unveiled their new 16-valve DOHC CB750, the much-anticipated successor to the “Original Superbike,” the SOHC CB750. The new 743cc dual-cam four-cylinder […]
Very Mean RFVC: Honda “SCR720R” Supermoto
From SLR650 to “SCR720R” with Finland’s KMPH… Introduced in 1996, the Honda SLR650 was designed as an affordable, road-oriented city bike based on the same 644cc RFVC single-cylinder engine as the NX650 Dominator. For decades, […]
