Mittwoch, 30. März 2016

Honda CM400

Cafe Racer Design Source
Honda CM400 @caferacerdesign

http://caferacerdesign.com/post/141215047372/cafe-racer-design-source-honda-cm400#.Vvlkko9OLDd

Dienstag, 29. März 2016

Honda CB450

Cafe Racer Design Source
Honda CB450

found on http://caferacerdesign.com/post/141215049872/cafe-racer-design-source-honda-cb450#.VvlkdI9OLDd

Montag, 28. März 2016

...Honda CB250 Superdream by OEM

...Honda CB250 Superdream by OEM

found on https://de.pinterest.com/pin/64598575883821905/

Freitag, 25. März 2016

Sonntag, 20. März 2016

From Safari to Street: 66 Motorcycles’ XR600

This Honda XR600 was set up for the Australasian Safari. It's now retired, and starting a new life as a very classy street tracker.

Few motorcycles can tackle the Australian outback as well as a Honda XR600. This is the machine that kick-started Honda’s 18-year Baja 1000 winning streak, and the reliability and raw power of the mighty XR have made it a desert racing legend.
The 1996 model we’re looking at here was originally set up for the brutal Australasian Safari. And it was pretty tired by the time Sixty-Six Motorcycles of Perth got their hands on it.

“It’d had a hard life smashing through the outback, and was showing its age,” says Sixty-Six’s Peter Ellery. “We decided to create a thumper which had attitude, but with a clean aesthetic.”
Peter’s first port of call was finding the right fuel tank—but the frame’s awkward backbone complicated matters. Eventually the team settled on a Honda CB250 unit. “It had the right proportions and a period look—so the tunnel was modified and on she went!”

Next, they lopped off the XR600’s subframe and fabricated a new, slimmer one to complement the tank’s lines. Resting on top is a custom-made tan leather seat.
Thanks to a pair of 17” SM Pro rims, the stance of this XR600 is now more motard than desert racer. The rims are laced to Talon hubs, and wrapped in Shinko 705 rubber. The front forks have been rebuilt and lowered to suit the smaller wheels.

Sixty-Six redid all the XR’s wiring too—in the process moving the ignition to under the seat in a neat little aluminum box. They also installed and rejetted a Mikuni TM40 flat-slide carb. The new exhaust muffler is an off-the-shelf item. (According to Peter, it took a few mandrel bends to make it fit the header pipe.)

There’s a 7” headlight up front, and the turn signals, tail light, mini-switches, grips and mirrors are from Posh Japan. But the heat shields, chain guard and single-sided front fender bracket were all made in-house.

Sixty-Six opted to finish the XR600 (now dubbed “X ON”) in subtle hues. Dave Williams handled the tank, while the frame was powder-coated black and the engine painted in a black wrinkle.

It’s the perfect retirement for a bruised old racer. We reckon it’ll be just as much fun on the street as it was in the sand.

found on: http://www.bikeexif.com/xr600

Samstag, 19. März 2016

Honda CB250 Cafe Racer Pentagon

Honda CB250 Cafe Racer Pentagon Classified Moto 4

Honda CB250 Cafe Racer Pentagon Classified Moto 5

Honda CB250 Cafe Racer Pentagon. A small pot that you can not lose sight. From humble displacement, this CB250 is ideal for daily catch her around the city and move very uniqueness and style.

Built to dodge traffic and potholes on the road to the Pentagon in Washington DC. This little Honda Nighthawk is part of the Family.

Completely transformed with many creative details like camping stove makes air filter, battery camouflaged beneath the swing and the perfect small metal tank and Pollock.

In the specifications, you have the following changes have been made:
    Motorbike base: 1992 Honda CB250 Nighthawk.
    Front suspension: Ducati Monster 600 2001.
    Front wheel: Warp 9-spoke rim 17 inches supermoto for Suzu RMZ250.
    Front brake: Suzuki RMZ250.
    Rear wheel: spokes rim supermoto Warp 9 of 17 inches, with the hub and brake CB series.
    Tyres Shinko measures 705 130-70 17.
    Fuel tank: 1978 Yamaha XS750 nickel.
    Exhaust: Collectors with heat resistant paint and modified mufflers.
    Speedometer: Digital Acewell.
    Seat: Artisan, manufactured and lined by Roy Baird of Richmond.
    Chain: DID X-Ring golden color.
    Other: handlebars, rear shocks standard, type lighthouse bats, footrests delayed, brown fists and lithium Shorai.
And to keep you enjoying this Honda CB250 Cafe Racer, below other photos:

found on: http://www.caferacerz.com/portfolio-item/honda-cb250-cafe-racer-pentagon

Freitag, 18. März 2016

Honda Rebel Bobber Project - In the Making

Donnerstag, 17. März 2016

Kawasaki W650 by Schlachtwerk

W650 Light

Based on a 1999 Kawasaki W650... At Schlachtwerk, they say this bike weights only 168kg with full tank... They get rid of 47kg of useless parts... Not bad.

found on: http://www.inazumacafe.com/2015/09/w650-light.html

Mittwoch, 16. März 2016

Cafe Racer Dreams NX650

I’m starting to wonder if the NX650 is set to replace the CB750 as the favorite Honda platform for custom builders. In Europe, a Honda Dominator is easy to find: it was the ubiquitous inner-city dispatch bike. Tough, reliable and comfortable on the dirt as well as the asphalt, it’s an underrated all-rounder.
This is another NX650-based traffic stopper from Spain’s Cafe Racer Dreams. Built for a client based in the Mediterranean town of Nice, it’s sporting an alloy tank from a Yamaha XT500. The sleek new look is enhanced by black Renthal Ultra Low bars and CRD’s own lights front and rear, also finished in black (and now on sale in their stylish online store).

The battery is now hidden under the seat, which is custom-fabricated in vintage-style brown leather—a perfect foil for the green and silver tank and sand-colored frame.

The NX650’s bulletproof 644 cc air-cooled motor—good for 50 mpg—required no modification, aside from a K&N intake and a sinuous custom-fabricated exhaust system, which now exits much lower than stock, down by the swingarm.

The standard rear shock, a weak point on the NX650, has been upgraded to an Öhlins item, and the rims are Excel. The front wheel has gone down a couple of inches in size to 19”, and the rear has gone up an inch to 18”, for a more balanced look.