Custom Bikes Of The Week: 8 March, 2020
A beastly CB750 from Belgium, a vintage Ducati worth over half a million dollars, a Honda Dominator with geometric bodywork, and an…
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The CB750 spawned the term ‘UJM’ (Universal Japanese Motorcycle). It was the first ‘super bike’—and its engine became popular for all kinds of sport bikes. It’s been named, in various ways, as one of the greatest motorcycles ever made by a wide variety of sources. It’s in the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Legendary racer Dick Mann won Daytona on his.
What more is there to know? The Honda CB750 is the inline-four that changed the game for both riders and builders. Introduced in 1969 and iterated for over three decades, the CB750 has been bent into every style you can imagine and has shined in every one of them. The builds covered here are just a very few of the possibilities, and several of those have been featured in the Bike EXIF calendar.
Candy Crush: The last CB750 Origin8or will ever build
When Bike EXIF lit a fire under the custom scene ten years ago, Honda CB750 cafe racers showed up everywhere. And there…
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Swedish twins: A pair of vintage café racers from PAAL
For some people, building custom bikes is a sideline—an after-hours escape from the daily grind. For others it’s purely a business, with…
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The Misfit: When building a CB750 becomes therapy
Mike LaFountain has been working on vintage motorcycles since he was 17, and he’s a perfectionist. His creations are nut-and-bolt perfect; they…
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Starrider: A CB750K with a street-legal nitrous kit
The CB750 is one of the most customized bikes of the past half-century. But just when we thought we’d seen every possible…
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This CB750 cafe racer roams the capital of Pakistan
There are around 2.5 million motorcycles on the road in Pakistan. Which sounds impressive until you learn that the population is over…
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The modern classic, Honda style: Bolt’s 1995 Seven Fifty
By the time the nineties rolled around, the reputation of the Honda CB750 was losing its luster. The iconic straight four had…
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Ready to Wear: Kaspeed’s slinky Nighthawk 750
We’ve noticed an encouraging trend amongst custom shops lately: they’re offering made-to-order customs alongside their one-off specials. Diamond Atelier have enjoyed success…
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Customer request: A Honda CB750 built to spec
As anyone who builds things for a living will tell you, the customer is not always right. Many builders prefer to get…
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Ride and win: Ironwood’s Honda CB750 is up for grabs
Bike giveaways are nothing new, but we haven’t seen one quite like this before. This terrific Honda CB750 comes from Ironwood in…
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Track Prepped: A CB750 from one of Spain’s top race teams
Many of the world’s top racing drivers love two wheels just as much as four. We all know Lewis Hamilton rides an…
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Mixology: A Honda cafe with two engines blended into one
‘Perfectly insane about motorcycles’ is how friends and colleagues describe Nazar ‘Gazzz’ Poznyakovsky of Gazzz Garage in Kyiv, Ukraine. “I combine engineering…
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