CX500

The Honda CX500 remains of those base bikes that keeps builders inspired. During the last three years, I've featured dozens of them. To be honest, in my opinion, there is one bike standing out for me, and that is still Sacha Lakic's version. Nevertheless, this is a seriously costly machine. But to … [Read more...] about Honda CX500 Cafe Racer by Sault Built

Three weeks ago we've featured this cool Honda CL350 Brat build by John Thompson, owner of Retro Rebuilds. He's specialized in (re)building vintage Honda motorcycles. He built up a pretty firm list of custom bikes and today he presented us his latest machine based on a 1982 Honda CX500. And as many … [Read more...] about Honda CX500 by John Thompson

Struck by a blue flash An active lad on Instagram, I had noticed his posts and like what he produces and how Sjoerd is marketing Motolifestyle, his small custom bike business. “Small” is actually not a very apt description of his online following. Picked up on Instagram by @caferacersofinstagram … [Read more...] about Honda CX500 by Motolifestyle

BikeBrewers ran into Hanok Siefu at the Big Twin Bike Expo in the Netherlands recently. He was competing against more than sixty other builders at the show with his shed built Honda CX 500. With his roots in Ethiopia, this fellow countryman has firmly set up camp below sea level. Residing in … [Read more...] about Honda CX500 Custom by Hanok Siefu

I have a special thing with the Honda CX500. Actually, it was this CX500 Cafe Racer by Sacha Lakic that inspired me to start with BikeBrewers back in 2015. I honestly thought that is was pretty impossible to come close to Lakic's design let alone equal it. But the guys from Motoism, based in Munich, … [Read more...] about Honda GL500 Silverwing by Motoism