A Bit Of History Of Awesomeness
The CX Series by Honda was a late 70’s, early 80’s sensation back then. It was innovative, because they brought to the table features unused and unknown to be possible. They had electric-only starting, liquid cooling, low-maintenance shaft drive and ingenuous dual CV-type carburetors among the others that influenced many generations to come.
The CX500 was deservedly one of the best in the series, but with production ended so early, years have passed and now any model would need at least some tweaking or even a complete overhaul to make it look competitive. The latter was chosen by Kingston Customs. They wanted to give a new look, a new feel, a new everything and, brother, to the sky they did. The CX500 never looked better and I don’t know if the awesomeness of this can be made explicit in fewer words. Dirk Oehlerking is the author, the one to blame for this transformation.
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Cafe Racer
There is actually nothing left the way it was, ranging from engine to paint job. I really love the way this guy did it, to me, this is pure passion for the motorbike. Without that, in no way it can look this good. He named it Café Racer because of the golden color chosen which makes sense, this baby is gold.
The engine was branded with a sheen of thermo-sensitive coating. The bench seat is completely hand made to match the space available. Handmade as well is the battery box, the foot brake lever, fenders and the pint-sized fairing on top. The footrests are borrowed from an XT 600 Yamaha, looking like they found their true home. We also find the tires from Avon, the modified Harley exhaust, Fehling-made handlebars, a Bates headlight with a Harley Davidson cap all carefully re-imagined to shine on this crème motorbike.
