1983 Honda CX500 – Café Racer Rescue
Thursday, 18 March 2021
The Honda CX500 was what we call a “rescue build”. It’s always a tough job to take on a half completed build. We’ve had it happen before, a deflated customer comes in after a bad experience wanting their dream bike built how they imagined it. The bike they’ve received isn’t up to scratch and now
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1980 Honda CX500 Brat Style Cafe Racer
Friday, 07 February 2020
If you follow Purpose Built Moto on Instagram, this bike would have been known to you for a long time now. Luke has been a fan and a mate of the shop for years. Finding us on social media and quickly making himself known to us. The Honda CX500 was a relatively nice motorcycle when
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Rearset install on a Honda CX500
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Installing rearsets on a CX500 Café Racer Rearsets are a staple modification for anyone serious about making their café racer or brat build function properly. When moving the bars down to clip ons, the standard foot peg position will generally have you folded over like a half opened pocket knife. Shifting the foot position back
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