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CB500-4 Created by French Builders

Well if you think of France, usually what comes to minds is Wine, frog legs, snails, striped Tee shirts, Black berets and people riding push bikes with bunches of Onions and Garlic hanging off it. Thats very true, but, they bang out a few cool motorcycle too and this 1974 Honda CB500 Four is the result […]

Hiawatha the Bonneville that’s Sharper than a Tomahawk!

Well, you see many different style of Motorcycles around the globe that have taken a good and strong foot hold on the Cafe Racer, Brat, Bobber, Tracker, Custom look, and this is no exception. I obviously have been into these style bikes as a kid, when I was 12, me and my brother had a […]

XS400 Yamaha Brat bike 1977 Custom build from Brisbane Australia

Back in the day in the UK, these were fun machines, albeit, people want the faster RD400, the XS was a great machine and had a style unique of its own, I do not see many here in Orange County these days and this would make a fun Brat bike if you located an old rusty […]

Seoul Motion – CB750 Cafe Racer

Here we are with another Build of mine, this time we are shipping it to Seoul in Korea. This machine has taken some time to get right and she fought me every which way but loose, but I prevailed and became the victor in the end, but- this was a long battle and many a […]

BAAK MOTORCYCLES CUSTOM TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T120

  THE TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T120 More fun that watching a dozen frogs in a Fly factory. The Triumph Bonneville T120 made its debut in 2016, the motorcycling world had been expecting some big announcements from Triumph so it wasn’t a complete surprise, but the T120 was perhaps a little more than most were anticipating. At its heart […]

CAFE RACER 1970 CB1000 RUSS COLLINS SPECIAL

This is the Old Russ Collins Bike I created from parts. Below is a Video but hard to hear as the old Powder coating shop behind us is loud as hell, but it was a tight motor and loved to ride it, hard to hear but this is the only video I have of it. […]

Girls who Ride- A superb machine

Often I tell people that it is so refreshing to see many Girls- Women that are taking a very Healthy interest into the Two Wheeled fraternity, I have always had an admiration for female riders, as for me personally, I would think it would be quite boring sat on the back of a Motorcycle, whilst […]

International Motorcycle Show Long Beach Nov 2017

Well, it was that time of year and we were all ready to head to the show, I started my Thruxton up, it purred away as it usually does, rode it onto the kerbside and let it warm up whilst I struggled with my Jacket and gloves etc, Sunday morning, all seemed well, Air pressures […]

CB550 HONDA BROWN BOMBER BRAT BIKE

Sometimes I forget to take photos when I am working on something, then a little later on down the line, I end up kicking myself as somebody usually comes into my place or calls or even emails me and asks if I have built a Honda CB500 or CB550 Brat Bike. I did take a […]

CB750 Creation ” The BRATSTER”

Over the years I have built a number of inline Four machines as you may well know, I have always liked these Motorcycles because I used them as a Courier Bike back in the UK, they were Affordable and reliable and lastly they were an awesome Platform to be able to adapt to how you […]