Written by Andrew Jones
You could say that the future has been a bit of an obsession for Denmark?s Jonas Sabel. As a founding member of a famous local shop, he’s decided to check out what he can do by himself and he’s looking towards the future of custom bikes as well. We’d call him a visionary, but the guy seems so humble he’d probably be embarrassed by the moniker. ?You could say that I?ve been building bikes most of my life,? he says in opening. ?Four years ago, I was one of the co-founders of Relic Motorcycles but recently I decided to go solo?. I?ve been keeping very quiet about my recent work, but as of right now I?m officially building bikes on my own. I just can?t leave them alone. My mind just starts shaping metal as soon as I take a break. It?s a disease, I think.?
Jonas says that he dreamt of the bike as a futuristic Tracker-like concept. ?But in reality, it’s an attractive and reliable daily commute that can put down some serious city riding and do some outback tracks as well.? The donor bike was an ?02 Honda Hornet CB600F from 2002, found in an ad last year. ?I would say it was a ?barnfind? but it?s from the naughties and not really that old; although it was stashed away in the seller?s garage and was clearly neglected. It turns out he got divorced right after he bought it and he never really got the chance to enjoy it.? So Jonas got a good bargain and enough time to draw up a blueprint in his head as to what he was aiming f...