The Honda CBR600F is one of the great bargains in the motorcycling world. It?s fast, reliable, and beautifully engineered?and able to handle the daily commute as well as a spirited lap around the local racetrack.
A tidy example can be had for between $2,000 and $3,000 in the USA. For your money you get traditional Honda build quality, sharp and failsafe handling, and a peachy liquid-cooled DOHC inline four that pumps out 109 bhp.

The styling of the CBR600F is perhaps its weakest point these days, unless you?re into sportbike plastics. Which makes the Honda the perfect candidate for a little custom work.
This beautiful 2001-spec CBR comes from Italy?s North East Custom, run by brothers Diego and Riccardo Coppiello. They?ve given the Honda a more retro flavor, without compromising any of the qualities that make it such a great road bike.
According to Diego, the build tied in with their client?s lifetime ambition?a visit to the Isle of Man TT.
This chap is 62 years old, and lives in Padova?so that?s a ride of almost 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from his hometown to Liverpool, where the ferries leave for the island. It?s a three-day trip, so the Honda needed to be comfortable as well as stylish.

It?s worth noting that the owner already has an enviable collection of classic sportbikes?including a Suzuki RFV250, a Honda CBR900RR, an Aprilia RSV1000, a Laverda SF and a Ducati 996.
But for the dream trip, he chose his CBR600F. ?It?s not beautiful, and it doesn?t have h...