Guy Bolton of Greasy Kulture magazine has just sent in this show-stopping Honda custom, which started life as a 1974 CL360. Builder Aaron Elliott bought it as a ‘shitbox’ from his local classifieds for $100. He’s primarily a car guy, and has worked with Cole Foster at the world-renowned US custom shop Salinas Boys for over a decade. But he couldn’t resist this cheap two-wheeled project, which he thought ‘might have potential’. Those high pipes are recognisably from a CL360, albeit massaged and reshaped. But the engine is a kick-only CJ360 variant, which was mysteriously swapped for the original. The motor was left stock, but was polished … and then polished some more. “Pretty much the rest of the bike is handmade,” says Guy. “The frame was built by Aaron around the engine, and he hand-formed the seat/fender section—as well as the front fork ‘number plate’—out of aluminum.” The tank (painted by the legendary Bill Carter) and internal control bars were also hand-fabricated. The forks are off a Yamaha, (“I can’t remember which model” says Aaron) but have been painstakingly de-cluttered, with the removal of pinch bolts and anything else that detracted from the super-smooth lines.
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