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Sweet “industrial” style café racer. Looks like a Kott build.
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The Honda CX500, commonly called the Plastic Maggot (or “Clitoris” because every C%$T has one) was a favourite of couriers in Australia and the UK. Reliable it was, good looking it certainly wasn’t.
They have always had a bit of a cult following and people have chopped them up and cafe’d them for years, mostly with disastrous results. It is probably one of the hardest bikes to customise into something that actually looks sexy. A few have managed to do it in my opinion, so here they are in my order of preference.
With clips ons and minimal padding, this budget CX looks the goods. Not hard to throw a few extra pesos at it and hide the battery and take it up a notch if thats what you like. Me? I’ll take it as it is.
Nice lines on this one and a great balance of black and silver. The drilled wheels make this bike.
This CX hit the blogs big time last year and for good reason. If you want a CX to look good you have to get the seat right. Moto Mucci transformed the ugly duckling with a new take on the seat. This bike would be my #2 if he ditched the sidecovers.
This CX just screams quality. It’s not a mega budget build but it sure isn’t a cheap transformation. A classic Cafe Racer seat can be made to work on a CX, this bike is the proof.
With a gold engine and knobby tires, this bike is “out there” and won’t appeal to everyone which is just fine as I’m sure the owner is having a ball ripping up the streets of Paris.
The oversized Firestones, the very clever angle of the exhaust, the lowered suspension, the bikini fairing and the sexiest seat this side of Chesterfield make this easily my number one CX500 custom. Congrats to the boys from Denmark.
Some honourable mentions that are under construction that will soon make this list a top 10
Make the jump and check out this brilliant Cafe Racer being built by Larry for “Eagle Driver” in the USA.
“Brock32” of Perth Street Bikes has finished his CX for now. Should be riding with us soon.
Richard Baybutt of Corpses of Hell is nearly finished his CX, here is a sneak peek. Might not look like much now but I’ve been sworn to secrecy on the more recent pics. Watch it light up the interweb soon.
So that makes 9, whose is the 10th?
Well, we’re about to start a CX for a customer in Adelaide. Never been afraid to talk ourselves up, we reckon when we’re done, it’ll make the list :)
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breaktheton made this awesome custom CB750, check it out.
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Luke Inazuma wants to turn his newly purchased CB550 into a Cafe Racer. What do you think of his concept drawings?
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A nice pic of a mates CB400f. Oly put a MotoLanna seat on it and it’s transformed the look of the bike.
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Was chatting to Luke Inazuma the other night and I told him we’re about to start on a custom CX500 cafe racer. He suggested I check out his blog.
Damn! I love the Japanese custom style.
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What do you reckon champions, how could we improve it?
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Love the exhaust on this. Awesome paddock basher.
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Built by Paulages and found on sohc4.net
If you want to know more about this bike check out the build thread.
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Jimmy came around to the garage the other day so we could go through the options on his CB500 and see what direction he wanted to take. Option A was going to be an all out attempt at the worlds best CB500. It’d have upside down forks, single sided swingarm, big bore engine, flatslides, you name it, it’d have it.
Jimmy spat his can of…
…all over his shirt when he saw the quote.
Bumber, one day we’ll build it.
Ok, so option B was going for the wrenchmonkee type industrial type look but more industrial looking. You know the type of bike, bare metal tank, exhausts with no pipewrap to hide the functional welds, minimalist seat, lose the underseat battery, oil, electrics etc and throw some drag bar, smaller clocks, indicator and lights on and there you have it, coolest damn CB500 in Perth. Might be common on the interweb or in your home town but there isn’t one like it over here.
I’m trying to explain what the bike will look like and it’s not going well…
Me: The tank will be unfinished, just a bit of wet and dry and maybe leave the rust on it.
Jimmy: Rust?!
Me: Yeh, yeh, and we’ll just leave the engine with it’s natural metal patina
Jimmy: You won’t paint it?
Me: Nah, nah, and no pipe wrap on the exhaust either…
Jimmy: Okaaaaaay, not sure if I like that look
Me: Yeh, Yeh, it’s cool, let me show you some pics…
So I open up my tumblr app on my phone and…
What do I see?
I see three pics of bikes built by the New York outfit E3mc
The place was starting to smell like Passiona because when Jimmy saw the pics he spat the rest of his drink out trying to say ”%$#& me, they’re awesome”
So, give Jimmy a hand and tell him which style he should go for Top, Middle or Bottom?
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A beautiful murdered out Honda CB550 by Kott Motorcycles. Stealthy. I like it as it is, but what would you do different?
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