The Chappell brothers are no strangers to these pages. Over the years, they’ve produced an impressive string of bikes?despite living hundreds of miles apart.
That distance has proved hard to manage, so these equally talented builders each handle their own projects nowadays. Chris operates as Chappell Customs out of Los Angeles, while Rob spins wrenches in Ontario, Canada, under the alias Origin8or.

This is Rob?s newest build, and we’re still trying to pick our jaws up off the floor.
It’s a 1981 Honda CB900F. Or rather, it was: Rob’s bumped it up to 985cc and thrown enough upgrades at it to make our eyes water.

?This build began three years ago,? Rob tells us, ?right after I sold the white CB985 featured on Bike EXIF.? ?I figured I would spend the winter building the white bike’s replacement. Fast forward to the present: After six more client builds and a GSX-R1100 personal ride later, I finally got the CB finished.?

Rob wanted his new CB985 to stand apart from its predecessor?so he decided to finish it in black and play with its lines a bit.
Even though the donor bike’s fuel tank was in pristine condition he cut into it?reshaping it with knee indents and flush mounting a new pop-up cap.

Rob then customized a Kawasaki KZ1000 tailpiece to fit the Honda. (He’s made a mold of it, so that he can offer the unit to others via his website). Brother Chris also makes seats under the ‘Tuffside‘ label, so Rob commissioned ...