The danger with commissioning a custom motorcycle is that you end up with something so unique, or expensive, that it?s not viable to sell it in the future. Of course, this is only a problem if you actually plan to let the bike go… which the owner of this outrageous Honda CBX1000 never will.
This CBX was built by Dutch shop WiMoto, and belongs to a gentleman named Reinoud. The previous owner had already poured a lot of love and money into customizing it?but was then diagnosed with terminal cancer. So Reinoud promised he’d take good care of it, and never sell it.

After riding it as-is for a few years, Reinoud decided it was time to take the 80s-model CBX up a few notches. Since he runs an online parts and gear store that stocks WiMoto parts, taking it there was a no-brainer. And because he was going all-in on the Honda, he had a pretty zany concept in mind. ?Reinoud had this crazy idea of building something with two single side-mounted wheels,? explains the man behind WiMoto, Wido Veldkamp. ?So he asked me if this was possible. Of course, anything is possible?but this would take some engineering. Especially because it needed to be a road bike, and not only a show bike.?

There wasn’t much more to the brief: the wheels should be spoked, and that the bike needed to look awesome and perform well. Reinoud’s only other instruction was, ?Surprise me!?
?For the purists, this CBX had already been modified,? says Wido, ?so we didn?t chop up an original bik...