A 22 year old Axel Krembs rebuild his first Italian inspired custom bike, Honda CX500.

After acquiring an unloved ’84 CX500, he then added touches of cafe racer styling to his design to create something unique that he could lay claim to being his own original build. Unfortunately getting to that stage meant that the ratty old CX sitting in his garage was going to need a serious overhaul.

 

The process began with a complete engine rebuild that involved installing new pistons into freshly honed cylinders, adding a balanced crankshaft, smoothing the case edges for a perfect seal and an extensive exterior clean. Axel stripped away the Honda’s airbox , plastic bodywork and seriously oversized seat. The carbs were then rejetted to work in harmony with pod filters and the battery relocated out of sight.

To help minimise the size of essential lighting LED units were mounted in the tail and bar ends. An aftermarket speedometer, clip on bars, bar end mirrors and modern levers declutter the top clamp and a new loom ensures that everything performs as it should, all of the time. To complete the bikes cafe styling a much more suitably sized seat was fabricated and fit to the bike by trimming the rear of the frame. The tank was then lifted a few centimeters higher in the front for a smoother flowing bone line and the triple trees were slid down the forks to finesse its final stance.

 

To finish his build the bike was resprayed using neutral tones with metallic finishes and embellished with custom Blackbean badges. According to Axel the changes we’ve listed here barely scratch the surface of how much work actually went into the bike saying that “almost every nut and bolt has been replaced”.

 

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Credit: returnofthecaferacers.com

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