Honda CX500 Cafe Racer


SLOVAKIAN PIE. Marek Bača’s Immaculate ’82 Honda CX500 Cafe Racer

The Honda CX500 has become a favorite among builders, with its 'Guzzi-style V-twin, stubby wheelbase, and upright forks. In factory trim, the bike is decidedly ugly, just begging to be restyled! Enter Colin Froy of Rolling Retro, who needed a change after a close call with the police on his sport bike. It was time for a change, and he caught.


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Honda CX500 Tracker by Matt Woodgates BikeBound

#1 · Mar 9, 2012 First off I'd like to say hi and that some of you folks have the most incredible cafe racer conversions I've ever seen. I'm getting amped about doing a cafe racer build from a CX500 and I was wondering which year is considered the better one for the build?


Custom yellow Honda CX500 Cafe Racer ModifiedX

This '82-model CX500 was found by Sacha at George's Garage—a shop owned by friends. It was standing in one corner of the garage, with an assortment of parts scattered on a shelf in another. "I have always been a great fan of the motor of this machine," he says, "a magnificent 80-degree V-twin, full of character.".


Honda CX500 Cafe Racer way2speed

Sounds great with the v twin engine 4 months rego and roadworthy for the asking price of $5000 Happy to take $4000 without a roadworthy bike is also club reg eligible Comes with lots of spares including a complete engine with carbies And a box with a spare radiator levers indicators mirrors a front shroud and a few other things.


adversity Will's Honda CX500 Return of the Cafe Racers

313 18K views 2 years ago The Honda CX500 was what we call a "rescue build". It's always a tough job to take on a half completed build. We've had it happen before, a defl.more.more Shop.


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Honda CX500 Café Racer - Scrambler seat SCRCX *(can also be used with the Custom Edition, but there will be a 1cm gap between the seat and the tank). Designed for Honda CX500 Deluxe, a two to one person seat! Consisting of 2 parts, separated seat cowl and upholstery base, giving a café racer style look in a sec ! 3 mounting points (Stainless.


MotoSynthesis Home of the Comstar Spoke Conversion Rings Honda CX500

Harry Blaise Fryer has cracked the code. Built with help from London's Jackson Motorcycles, his CX500 is a textbook example of how to turn Honda's plastic maggot into a handsome café racer. Harry and his brother, Danny, have been obsessed with bikes since childhood. Danny lives in California now—but Harry works at The Bike Shed in London.


Honda CX500 Cafe Racer by BBCR Engineering BikeBound

'Cafe Turbo'. We like the sound of that. "Despite the bullet-proof engine, I still went for a full rebuild. Every single part of the bike goes through my hands and is tested, machined, altered or re-manufactured. The engine was completely disassembled and modified for reliable turbocharger operation.


Honda CX500 Cafe Racer by BBCR Engineering BikeBound

Custom exhaust system. Small speedo en tacho. New head- and taillight. Update January 3rd, 2016: It's official: Sacha Lakic's CX500 is chosen to be the best custom motorcycle of 2015! This cool custom bike of designer Sacha Lakic is without a doubt the best Honda CX500 Café Racer we've ever seen. Check out the pictures and full specs.


Honda CX500 Cafe Racer by Ironwood Motorcycles BikeBound

The CX500 Cafe/Bobber kit from L.M.C contains a subframe, lower shock mount and battery relocation box. It does require a small amount of welding, but the entire conversion could be done in one day.. This kit converts the '78-82 Honda CX500 into a mono-shocked cafe, or bobber, depending on which direction you go. It is almost completely bolt.


Honda CX500 Cafe Racer by Rolling Retro BikeBound

With its deep knee indents, the CX500 fuel tank is well suited to the cafe racer style, but its proportions left the stock wheels looking much too skinny. To remedy that the Honda front end was swapped out for a fully adjustable 2003 Yamaha R1 alternative. To beef things up further, the 17 inch R1 hoop has been wrapped in MotoZ Tractionator GPS.


Honda CX 500 Cafe Racer 99garage Cafe Racers Customs Passion

Garth Allison took inspiration during the build of this Honda CX500 cafe racer from none other than Sascha Lakic, who I recently interviewed here on the site. Rather than me telling you how Garth put this amazing bike together, I thought I'd let you hear it in the builders own words…


1980 Honda CX500 Cafe Racer by BBCR Engineering

Hailing from Poland this '81 Honda CX500 based Cafe Racer is the work of Michal Groniewski. Despite the lack of other enthusiasts and local resources, he's built himself a stunning bike in a touch over 5 months. Michal found his CX500 stashed away in an old guy's shed where it had been sitting for the past 5 years.


Honda CX500 Cafe Racer

Honda CX500 RR Cafe Racer Share Tweet Share Honda's CX500. The Japanese manufacturers only venture into the world of horizontally opposed twins. In many ways, the CX was a groundbreaking development in the world of motorcycling with its water-cooled engine, electric start, and reliable shaft drive.


Honda CX500 Cafe / Bobber by Magnum Opus Custom Bikes BikeBound

Sharp & Aggressive: Honda CX500 by Be Unique Original Customs - It's safe to assume that no Honda engineer or executive anticipated that the Honda CX500, more than 40 years after its launch, would become a mainstay of the 21st century custom motorcycle movement. Introduced in […]