In the heart of Amsterdam resides a small moto shop called Rusty Gold. Inside you?ll find a plethora of vintage and custom motorcycle parts, accessories, riding gear, and the self-professed ?meanest coffee? in town. The shop was started by Zoran, who decided to chuck in his advertising job to start this new adventure with two of his mates, Martijn and Kars. ?Our custom workshop is hidden away in the basement, bit like the Batcave,? Zoran tells us. ?The bikes enter via a lift we built, hidden away under a carpet.? One day, Zoran?s friend walked in for a coffee and a chat after he had just sold his custom Honda CB750. They started talking about what bike he should get next. Since he used to ride dirt bikes competitively, he always had a soft spot for flat trackers. ?A flat tracker with attitude is what we ended up at.? The only question now was who would build it" ?How about you guys build me the bike"?
Then the hunt began for the perfect donor bike to use for the project. They landed on a Honda SLR650, which is like the smaller, lighter brother of the NX650 Dominator. With the reliability of the Honda single cylinder air-cooled engine, they thought it would be perfect. ?We bought the bike from a Dutch version of Craigslist,? says Zoran. ?Surprisingly hard to find, since these bikes are a popular base for customs lately, and not without reason. They look very dull stock but are a blast to ride, super reliable and cheap and easy to maintain.?

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