Unless you can identify a motorcycle just by its engine, you?ll have a hard time pinning down the exact year and model of this muscular Honda four. We?ll clue you in: it?s a 1981 CB900F. But it?s wearing parts from so many different donors, it?s hardly recognizable.
Calling it a ‘bitsa’ would be highly unfair though. That’s because owner and builder James Berreau has done such a good job of piecing it together, it looks almost stock?like some forgotten naked bruiser of the 90s.

James is based in Minneapolis, where he works as an R&D test technician for a global corporation. But he?s also got six years experience as a US Air Force aircraft tech.
He works out of his garage with little more than a bike lift, TIG welder, and his granddad?s WWII-era lathe on hand. And short of a few suspension and wheel swaps, the CB900F is his first full custom motorcycle build.
James tells us he pulled inspiration from another CB900F, built by Rob and Chris Chappell. But James? CB, dubbed ?Tokyo Nights,? is an entirely different animal. What was supposed to be a ?simple cafe build with just a single shock conversion,? soon snowballed into something far more comprehensive.
This CB900F now wears a set of Showa upside-down forks, borrowed from a Kawasaki ZX-10R. They’re held by a set of Ergal triples, designed for the CBR1000RR and modified to fit. James didn’t like the look of the top yoke, so he shaved the ignition bracket off, and milled in some cutouts...