A sublime Royal Enfield cafe racer, a Honda GL500 Silver Wing transformed into a scrambler, and a jaw-dropping Ducati F1R homage. It’s Tales Of The Unexpected this week.

Honda GL500 Silver Wing by Other Life Customs The words ?scrambler? and ?Silver Wing? shouldn?t go together in a sentence, let alone a custom project. But here we have a Silver Wing scrambler that looks properly sorted.
Transforming a 530-pound tourer into a trail hopper is no easy feat. So Sean Zeigler, the man behind Other Life Cycles of Denton, Texas, had his work cut out for him. The GL500 isn?t exactly a gem to start with either?so the plastics found the rubbish pile pretty quickly, as did the stock subframe. Sean also spent a lot of time sorting out the suspension and braking: up front we have a modified set of DR-Z400 forks with RaceTech internals, and in the rear it?s a CBR900 Pro-link set-up, again with a RaceTech spring. The DRZ hub was fitted up to a 17-inch Hallman rim to make use of the Suzi?s dual piston binder, while out back things were more intensive. After machining the hub and fitting custom brackets, Sean has mounted the GL?s former front brake. Just like it was designed that way. Other handmade touches abound, like the heat shields on the custom high-mount exhaust and the radiator shroud, and the way Sean has manipulated the tank to sit lower on the frame. My favorite touch, though, is the machined aluminum overflow container. It?s a beauty to behold and the fact Sean thought ...