Custom motorcycles based on the classic Honda CBX series.
Despite the fact that motorcycles seem to keep getting bigger, the six-cylinder engine layout has never really caught on. Only a handful of bikes have employed it, and these days it’s reserved for mammoth tourers. That gives the Honda CBX 1000 a touch of the mythical. Even though it was eventually outsold by the CB900F,…
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The annals of motorcycling history are filled with ‘tweeners’—motorcycles that improved upon outgoing models, but eventually fizzled out to make way for the next generation. Just like the Honda CBX 750 F. The CBX 750 F was an update on the beloved (and indeed iconic) CB750, but it wasn’t nearly as popular, and wasn’t really…
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We love the big, bruising superbikes of the late 70s and early 80s. They were fast, brash and good-looking—and their riders often had more skidmarks than Lewis Hamilton’s driveway. So we always keep an eye out for good superbike restomods, and Arno Overweel of Rno Cycles has just delivered a cracker with this turbocharged Honda…
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British motocross champion Billy MacKenzie builds an incredible CBX750. Royal Enfield reveals a +100 hp Continental GT dragster. And Rua Machines turn the Moto Guzzi Nevada into a thing of beauty. It’s been a week of surprises.
Read more »‘Perfectly insane about motorcycles’ is how friends and colleagues describe Nazar ‘Gazzz’ Poznyakovsky of Gazzz Garage in Kiev, Ukraine. “I combine engineering…
Read more »The Handbuilt Show is happening this coming weekend in Austin, Texas. One of the USA’s premium custom bike events, it’s packed each…
Read more »A drop-dead gorgeous Honda CBX cafe from Canada, a new Yamaha HL500 replica from Husky Restorations, a subtly brilliant custom Moto Guzzi…
Read more »Ah, the late 70s: a time when ‘superbikes’ were naked brutes, and more cylinders were the order of the day. And the…
Read more »Sportbike development has progressed at a brisk rate over the last few years. So it’s easy to forget how quick some of…
Read more »I don’t know about you, but I find most ‘show bikes’ less inspiring than a good garage build. The shows occasionally do…
Read more »Rick Hayberg of Sarasota, Florida, has worked in the auto industry for thirty years. And like a lot of riders, he was…
Read more »In 1979, the Honda CBX Super Sport was the fastest production motorcycle in the world. And it still looks sharp today. This…
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