Your complete guide to custom Honda motorcycles, from vintage CBs and dirt bikes to wild Gold Wings. Here you’ll find everything from traditional Honda cafe racers to the latest scramblers and trackers. Check out the parts and performance upgrades that’ll take your own Honda motorcycle to the next level.
We don’t often feature choppers: the innovation and irreverence that permeated that scene in the 60s and 70s evaporated a long time ago. But there are builders out there who stay true to the original spirit of make-do and rebellion. Southeast Asia is now the hotbed for this approach, with multiple builders using traditional skills…
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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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They couldn’t have picked a worse time, but our friends at Deus ex Machina Japan have finally managed to open their new store in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district. And they’re celebrating in style—with a very sharp and slightly offbeat Honda GL400 street tracker. If you’re not overly familiar with the GL400, don’t worry—it’s not a…
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For a bike that was only on sale in the US for a couple of years, the Honda CB400F had a massive impact. In many ways, it was the first Japanese sportbike: it had six gears, fashionably low bars, a beautiful engine (with a stratospheric 10,000 rpm redline) and fabulous styling. It’s an attractive machine…
Read more »At the risk of making a sweeping statement, most chopper builders take themselves very seriously. For every Technicolor humorist like Rick Fairless,…
Read more »Most businesses need a succession program. And if you’ve been operating for more than half a century, training up the next generation…
Read more »It’s a long time since we’ve featured what you might call a ‘traditional’ café racer. The term is used very loosely these…
Read more »The Honda CT125 Hunter Cub is one of the most exciting motorcycles to come out of Big Red’s stable in recent times.…
Read more »Once in a while, a custom motorcycle builder will create a machine that attracts attention like nothing else in their portfolio. For…
Read more »Despite the fact that motorcycles seem to keep getting bigger, the six-cylinder engine layout has never really caught on. Only a handful…
Read more »For some people, custom motorcycles are just a hobby. But for others, they put food on the table—and that’s when it pays…
Read more »Some custom builds strut like peacocks; others reveal their charms slowly. This is one of the slow burners, a seemingly innocuous CB550…
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