Honda Goldwing Cafe Racer Build
And he can do the understated stuff incredibly well too, as this 1976 honda goldwing café racer shows.
Honda goldwing cafe racer build. They can make an interesting street rod with hotwing glass tracker seat and superbike bars. 1982 honda goldwing gl1100 customized into a cafe racer style bike. Builder interview • what’s the make, model, and year of the bike? A complete guide to build the perfect honda cafe racer.
His first motorcycle ride was on a gl1000 at the age of 7. See more ideas about goldwing, cafe racer, racer. Every part that showed signs of wearing and age was replaced while a bespoke radiator was. I’m starting ourâ top 10 honda cafe racer list with a model that doesn’t often pop up in the custom scene.
The last build on the list. Below, we get the details on the build. The honda cbx1000 was the companies flagship model when it was released in 1978. The honda goldwing isn’t the most obvious choice for a café racer custom, that said, the goldwing cafés that i have seen built have all been very capable looking and notably handsome motorcycles.
With a whopping 6 cylinders and 105 bhp, it was a beast of a bike. The honda gl1000 goldwing may not seem like the best candidate for a cafe racer build. Earlier this month they debuted the honda gl1000 goldwing build they created. See more ideas about cafe racer, goldwing, cool bikes.
A quite unlikely base for a concept of a “racer”. Cafe racer kits and cafe racer spare parts. Rune had always wanted to build a custom ‘wing for himself. Our most popular kit is the honda cx500 cafe racer kit.
Goldwing and cafe racer hardly go together in the same sentence, but that doesn't mean you can't shed a ton of weight from the leadwing. 75' honda goldwing cafe build (help)!!! When he started work on the honda goldwing, touring was the last thing on his mind. And now something less common in the cafe racer scene.
Like the k1100lt the goldwing isn’t a typical starting point for a cafe racer build. It’s strangely appealing to see these heavyweight tourers stripped of all excess, and they invariably have good bones. It seems like this list is as diverse as the previous one. So to recapture that exhilarating childhood experience he built a cafe racer that was more focused on straight line speed and aerodynamics than armchair comfort and cruising.
If you look at any stock honda goldwing and you look at any cafe racer, you’d probably find it hard to imagine turning this fully dressed touring motorcycle into a barebones ride. But sometimes he likes to play it a little more simple. Custom honda gold wing bobbers, choppers and cafe racers posted by: Below, we get the details on the build.
Moto pgh 1979 gl1000 cafe racer custom goldwing motorcycle. Giorgio defines the bike as a cafe racer, though it reminds us more of a muscle bike in gentlemanly attire — a heavyweight boxer clad in a bespoke suit. Trent reker in uncategorized january 10, 2012 3 comments for some reason yesterday i wanted to find a bunch of cool old honda goldwing gl1000’s that had been chopped and bobbed and otherwise customized into machines i’d like to ride. Honda gl1100 gold wing custom i’m fascinated by custom gold wings :
Honda gold wing gl1100, 1981. Six appeal – honda cbx1000 cafe racer. You can build the complete kit or select individual modules to create your unique cafe racer bike. See more ideas about goldwing, cafe racer, honda.
Below, we get the full story on this custom goldwing! Builder interview (a video of the goldwing “john player special” by kabuto films.) • please tell us a bit about yourself, your history with motorcycles, and your workshop. We can ship anywhere in the 48 states. Clear title.copper red/black.chrome valve covers, timing belt covers and intake covers.new shoei fairing and hotwing glass seat.new tires and rear brakes with rear caliper rebuilt.new custom exhaust, super sport front fender and custom rear fender.new mirrors, turn signals, grips, spark plugs, oil and filter.
• why was this bike built? Giorgio defines the bike as a cafe racer, though it reminds us more of a muscle bike in gentlemanly attire — a heavyweight boxer clad in a bespoke suit. At around the same size and weight as an aircraft carrier, it’s designed to ferry similarly overweight bikers down endless miles of flat interstate in. This one apparently has a cool mini cafe racer fairing, that hides a big cluster of gauges.
But this is exactly what makes it so special. See more ideas about goldwing, honda, cafe racer. We have sold over 100 custom build cafe racers on ebay so bid with confidence! This 1975 bike is a great example of what a typically heavy and cumbersome motorcycle can become in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing, in this case the custom work was all done.