Written by Marlon Slack
Some motorcycles perfectly reflect a time in history. And the early Honda Bol D?or is a prime example of it. All hard lines and pressed steel wheels, there?s something about it that screams late 70?s optimism and chest hair. But Belarus? Recast Moto changed that, cutting, shutting and kicking it into a dark, modern roadster.

And it all happened by chance. ?We visited our friends who bring bikes over from the Netherlands,? Recast?s Latiz Lemark recalls. ?In a large hangar we found two motorcycles that interested us, one of which was the CB900 Bol D?or.? The team grabbed it and wheeled it onto a truck for a trip back to their workshop in Minsk.

But the motorcycle was rough. ?It was in poor condition,? Latiz says, ?and it could only be push-started. Later, during the autopsy, it turned out the problem was the starting mechanism, bolts were broken and the whole system was unclamped.? But the problems didn?t end there. ?Even when it started there were still some ?extraneous? sounds in the engine so we decided to disassemble it and check everything?.
While the team was pulling their engine and hair apart, they began outlining their plans for the rest of the bike. Rather than come up with an overarching concept for the bike, Recast decided to let it develop organically with end goal in mind. That goal" A naked bike for the city that?s street-oriented, aggressive and stylish.
Angular can adds a touch of the modern
First to change was the wheels and ...