Written by Martin Hodgson
It wasn’t so long ago that walking into a motorcycle dealership with a handful of cash, large or small, was not only your ticket to fun and freedom but also a healthy dose of antisocial behaviour that put a smile on your dial. Whether that was sticking your new ride sideways into a corner, spinning the back tyre or popping a wheelie, it was all just a twist of the throttle away. Try that on most new bikes and a cornucopia of flashing lights on the dash will tell you, ‘computer says no’. So to get back to the simple joys of life on two wheels, Stefan Lantschner of Koolt Creations, loves nothing more than turning lightweight singles like this Honda Dominator into uninhibited pleasure machines.
Stefan is an Italian who calls Barcelona home and when he’s not at his day job working as a videographer, he’s spinning the spanners turning the sweet simple bikes of thirty years ago into good looking thrill rides. But while he was working away on another project, a stunning Yamaha XT600, the Honda sat on the sidelines. ?After I picked up the Domi from my friend in Verona I left it over a year in the garage… my friend Alberto said he wants the bike for next summer so I had to get started!?
At first, the idea was just to do a simple makeover, put a new seat on, change the gas tank and fit a cleaner headlight. But this was one of those projects that once it commenced and Stefan saw the potential, he kept stepping up the qual...