The ultimate Honda CB550 cafe racer, a Suzuki Savage with Nissan Leaf power, and a gorgeous BMW R100 GS sidecar rig. Meet the bikes that revved our engines this week.

Honda CX500 by BBCR Engineering There is no denying the rise in popularity of the Honda CX500 in the custom world. Builders are now seeking out the gawky, short wheelbased bikes with abandon. One of the builders earliest to this party?they?ve created seven CX500s?is Chicago?s BBCR Engineering. This is their latest take on the Güllepumpe.
The Deluxe tank was reworked to a better-than-factory finish and a handcrafted tailpiece was shaped out of fiberglass to give balance to this build. One of the trickier aspects was converting the 1978 CX over to a monoshock set-up, but BBCR knew this was the only way to go for a standout cafe stance. The subframe was chopped from the rear tank mounts backwards, before fitting a CNC machined unit that neatly incorporates new tank mounts as well as a perch for the rear shock. Up front, the forks and binders from a Yamaha R6 were fitted?with help from a BBCR machined stem and aluminum stopper?and Motogadget was tapped to keep wiring clean and simple. The under-mounted exhaust shows an expert?s touch, with impeccably symmetrical welds on each pipe and placement that takes nothing away from the subframe work. [More]

Honda CB550 by Bad Winners Rumblings of the cafe racer style losing steam in the custom world have long been heard around these parts. And while the quantity o...