Quatro Shot: a Honda CB750 from the Gaucho Highlands
With a name like Caffeine Custom, you can probably guess which custom style influences this shop. But you might be surprised at how good this Honda café racer is?and even more surprised to know where the shop is based.
This perfectly proportioned CB750 isn’t from Europe or the States?it’s from the south of Brazil. Caffeine Custom was launched four years ago by friends Bruno Costa and Tiago Zilli, and they?re based in a rustic old shed in Caxias do Sul, in the mountains of Serra Gaúcha.
Head wrench Bruno is a former automotive designer who has traded his office for a workshop. Tiago’s a graphic designer and handyman, and handles Caffeine’s branding and communications.
This Honda?dubbed ‘The Mighty Four’?started off as a 1979 tenth anniversary limited edition Honda CB750. And it showed a mere 8,000 miles on the dial. But after eight months of manipulating metal, fine-tuning and painting, it’s looking a lot sharper.
With such a rare classic on the bench, the Caffeine crew was hesitant to go too wild. ?The original purpose was not to reinvent the style,? explains Bruno, ?but to take advantage of what this model offered: an original Honda 750cc four cylinder engine.?
?We wanted to build an authentic café racer, combining classic style with an elegant and minimalist design.? And they?ve succeeded. The stance of this CB750 is off the scale; we can imagine it cruising into view like a low-slung battleship.
Fine-tuning that stance...
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