Cafe racers based on the classic Honda CB750, mostly from the 1970s.
We love to hear success stories from builders, and Tiago Gonçalves and Luis Gonçalves of Unik Edition are on a roll. The Portuguese duo first hit our radar four years ago, and now have a crew of seven in their shop. In the last two years Unik have ‘gone pro’ and delivered 28 customs. Despite…
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When Brent Becker planned a 45-day sabbatical from his high-stress CEO position, he had no clue it would end up stretching out to six months. And he had even less of an idea that he’d spend that time building a custom motorcycle: a Honda CB750 cafe racer. Brent originally bought his 1973 CB750K, already partially…
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Some custom motorcycle builders grow up riding and wrenching, and that early start is obvious in their work. On the flip side, 25-year-old Nick Hooper’s been fiddling with bikes for less than three years now—but you wouldn’t think it, looking at this perfectly proportioned Honda CB750. Nick lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he works as…
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A beastly CB750 from Belgium, a vintage Ducati worth over half a million dollars, a Honda Dominator with geometric bodywork, and an Enfield GT650 from Tasmania.
Read more »When Bike EXIF lit a fire under the custom scene ten years ago, Honda CB750 cafe racers showed up everywhere. And there…
Read more »The annals of motorcycling history are filled with ‘tweeners’—motorcycles that improved upon outgoing models, but eventually fizzled out to make way for…
Read more »For some people, building custom bikes is a sideline—an after-hours escape from the daily grind. For others it’s purely a business, with…
Read more »Mike LaFountain has been working on vintage motorcycles since he was 17, and he’s a perfectionist. His creations are nut-and-bolt perfect; they…
Read more »The CB750 is one of the most customized bikes of the past half-century. But just when we thought we’d seen every possible…
Read more »There are around 2.5 million motorcycles on the road in Pakistan. Which sounds impressive until you learn that the population is over…
Read more »By the time the nineties rolled around, the reputation of the Honda CB750 was losing its luster. The iconic straight four had…
Read more »As anyone who builds things for a living will tell you, the customer is not always right. Many builders prefer to get…
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