Creative differences: HB-Custom’s Suzuki Katana 750
It’s not unusual for creative types to butt heads with their clients over design decisions. That includes custom motorcycle builders too?which is why some of them prefer to work without a brief, and an elite few even refuse to take commissions at all.
HB-Custom’s Holger Breuer is usually happy to take some direction, but he does have his limits. And the owner of this 1983-spec Suzuki GSX750S Katana had a very particular direction in mind when he booked it into Holger’s workshop in Husum, Germany. But as soon as he got stuck in, Holger realized that the client’s concept wasn’t going to translate well into reality.
?It felt wrong to me,? he tells us. ?But any discussion with him to change the design failed. The result was that he got the bike, his deposit and the design back.? With the project stalled, the Katana’s owner sought out another custom shop to execute his vision. But after two weeks, he started doubting the quality of the new shop’s workmanship. He pulled the plug, and Holger got another call.
?I got the bike and the first payment back, but this time without the design brief,? he tells us. ?Hurrah! The customer trusted me completely, and I was free to interpret the design my way.?
We’re glad the project came full circle, because Holger aced this one. He’s managed to massage some café racer style into the Hans Muth-designed sport bike, while still retaining just enough of its 80s quirkiness.
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