Posts tagged '1974'

Although a fixture of the cafe racer scene, it wasn't until now that they decided to build a real deal, class division racer. With the reputation and pedigree DCC has become known for, this build dubbed the D33 racer, delivers a serious dose of performance while executing a level of aesthetic and attention to detail rarely seen in the paddock. Dime City Cycles already sponsors a winning race team headed up by AHRMA champion Scott Turner. When asked why he decided to go racing, DCC's fearless leader Herm Narciso simply says "Why wouldn't we? It's a natural evolution, you have to live who you are". It may also have something to do with Turner, a long time friend, egging Herm on and bragging about the spoils of the sport. Herm, not one to shy away from a challenge, decided it was time to go racing Dime City style.

In 1974, Honda had a grand scheme to succeed the highly admired CB350. This new design would produce a little less horsepower to ensure some additional reliability and easy riding. After a few short years, the CB360 faded off into the sunset in favor of the impending CB400.
DCC customer Martin Tokar has one of these seldom-seen machines and, chances are, you haven't seen one quite like his.

It was the best $400 he ever spent. Eight years ago, Paul Harding found a 1974 Honda CB450 lying in a barn in Darian, NY. The 1992 state inspection stickers gave away how long the bike had been dormant. “It was covered in dust, rust, and crust,” Harding said. “It had been modified in the past and was sitting on super long ‘raked’ front forks on an otherwise stock bike. It really sucked to be honest, but it was ‘clean’ enough.

Paul Magee of 95 Customs knew he was going to completely tear down the 1974 Honda CB750; no nut or bolt would be left fastened.

Kevin Taveras knew his friend was never going to finish the basket case project he hadn’t even started, so he told him to hit him up when he was tired of tripping over the boxes and frames woefully aging in the garage. A scant year later, Taveras traded three greenbacks for the pile of potential and loaded up the engine, frames (one was a roller), the many boxes of parts, and headed for his home turf...