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.
Based in Caxias do Sul, a town in Brazil’s hilly Serra Gaúcha region, Caffeine Custom is fast becoming a regular on these pages. They celebrated their tenth anniversary last year, and wanted to celebrate in style with a special custom build. The stars aligned when a customer approached them to create a slick Honda CB500F…
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One of Honda’s most enduring motorcycles is also one of its most incognito. The Honda CG125—a petite single-cylinder commuter—has been in constant production since 1976, winning hearts and minds through its durability and affordability. Even though it’s no longer in production in Japan, it lives on in countries like Pakistan, Brazil, and China, manufactured by…
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Purpose Built Moto cranks out another stunning vintage motocross-inspired scrambler—this time based on the venerable Honda XL500. Other highlights from the week include a Suzuki GT750 café racer, a custom Ducati Scrambler from Mexico, and the stonking new KTM 1390 Super Adventure R.
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In our travels profiling custom bikes worldwide, it’s a frequent occurrence that builders mention that a particular motorcycle is available, and that got us thinking about a niche to be filled. Sure, there are plenty of places to buy motorcycles, but none cater to customization. BringaTrailer tends to scoff at diversions from OE hardware, and…
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As the annual EICMA trade show wraps up in Milan, we’re taking a look at some of our favorite highlights from the…
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Ek Chalermphol’s Instagram bio lists his interests as “cars, trucks, bikes, bicycles, and taking photos.” But he neglects to mention his unwavering…
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We regularly wax lyrical about the virtues of the venerable Honda Dominator, and how its rugged simplicity makes it a prime candidate…
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For the last few years, the modern custom motorcycle scene has presented major OEMs with a whole new market in which to…
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Motorcyclists form a broad church, made up of countless factions, subsets, and niches within niches. From road to dirt, from cruisers to…
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In 1986 and 1987 Honda built the TR200, better known as the “Fat Cat” for the U.S. market. This half dirt bike,…
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As far as 80s sportbikes go, the Honda VF1000F Interceptor often gets overshadowed. Riding on the success of the VF750F, Honda introduced…
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Motorcycle designers of the early ’80s probably ponder how we got here, a time when street bikes with exposed frames, unshrouded headlight…
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