Custom Bikes Of The Week: 15 October, 2017
This week we’re serving up a sharp pair of matching Honda CB900s, an oddly intriguing CB550, a brawny Katana restomod, and an SR400 desert racer. And sadly, we’re also saying au revoir to one of our favorite custom builders.
Honda CB550 by Kyril Dambuleff Mr. Dambuleff is a name you should have on your radar. The man has a knack for making magic happen when a Honda CB lands on his bench. And his latest?’Bikini’?is a revelation.
The drive behind this CB550 build was to showcase the inner workings of a motorcycle, and to focus on the engine. That?s why the tank is asymmetrically formed, exposing near everything on the right hand side. That engine has been over-bored, with a set of Wiseco pistons punching up its performance, but it?s also had its casings blasted to a better-than-factory finish.
Cleanliness extends to the exhaust that, although it appears chromed, is actually a highly polished Cerakote affair. The frame?which is from a 1972 CB500?has been meticulously detabbed.
On his ‘Blacksquare‘ website, Kyril tips his hat to Dustin Kott as being the CB Guru. But with work like this, we?d say Kyril?s right up there too. [More]
Two Honda CB900Fs by Sylvain Carignan When French-Canadian professor Sylvain Carignan sold his custom 79 CB750 last year, he knew exactly what he needed to do next: buy two more motorcycles. Within a day, there was a pair of CB900Fs staring him down. Over the last year, he?s turned them into these two custo...
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