CX500

Earlier this year John also submitted a custom CX500 and he seemed to get the hang of it by submitting another one. Words by John: I found this bike for sale in the inner city, where it seems to be in good shape but it had the usual hacked up additions like new led turn signals and a skull rear … [Read more...] about Honda CX500 by John Thompson (2)

Tell us about your project This is my first cafe racer project. It's based on a Honda CX 500 fron 1981. I am just an ordinary guy and I do not own any motorcycle business. I Started the project in December 2017 and finished in July 2018. I've done all the jobs in my small garage. This project was … [Read more...] about Honda CX500 by Raimonds Junkers

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