Posts tagged 'classic'

The 50's, and 60's - arguably the best years of British motorcycling. The designs were simple, and nothing but bare necessities were present making the ride and experience almost visceral. At the same time however, the envelope of engineering was pushed again and again, advancing motorcycling one kick at a time to the next kph. Be it the classy combination of black and chrome, the open-air designs, or the performance and engineering advancements, there's no doubt that it was a great time to be a motorcyclist.

"We wanted to leave the bodywork as original as possible but give it a modern flair and change the dynamic of the performance," Herm says, adding, "We want people to look at this bike and know that it's a CB1100F, even though we didn't put that anywhere on the bike."

The biggest roadblocks in this project tied directly to the resto-mod concept. The mechanical bits, the stuff that slows most of us down, didn't really worry Herm and Jason, because between them, there's clearly little they can't do. Once the engine was out Herm pulled the top end apart, checked the bores and pistons, had the cylinder head cleaned up and the valves reground, then put it all back together. In a day.