Drixton 2010

This is where I ma going. the design was based off picture and my actual CB 500 T

So what is the problem with custom or one of motorcycles? Well one word ONE meaning that only one like it exists. I agree that it has value but most so called one off motorcycle frames are really not one off. I another customer asks for the same bike the builder may take a set of plans laying in the folder and start the building process to make one more and so on.

In my opinion this is art and not Engineering. Just a not I have nothing against art. But this is not a debate I am just trying to provide a interesting option to the DIY in the garage who found an old bike and wants to try to make a neat project bike. Sure if you fond an old Harley you are in luck tons of parts and kits. But if you are looking at the Honda, Kawasaki or Triumph and all you have is lots of parts, or an engine? What if a chopper is not your calling but a Elves Presley looking thing from roustabout?

Well get ready the price is high and the selection is limited.

Forward SoliwWorks Honda

A little about the author, Andrey Factor, ME. I have always had the “according to Dilbert The NACK “. Starting at an early age with flying models, moving on to building custom bicycles, with a brief stint in junior college of business and computer science and a quick fall back option of a trade school education in automotive repair I finally completed a BSE in automotive engineering minoring in manufacturing. Since graduation in 1996 from University of Minnesota at Mankato I have worked for quite a few companies, testing designing developing and manufacturing a variety of “automotive/ transportation” related products. Along the way I picked up and got quite good at machining, welding, sensors, data mining, and microelectronics, most important I was able to really learn such useful design programs as SolidWorks and CATIA V5. Once you have one others, like Pro E, Rhino and the like are quite easy to master as they all have similar principals. Well consider the fact that I had been using AutoCAD from release 9 bask in 1989 I have a bit of a design as well as R&D background.

My interest with the Honda GB started with my test drive of a Kawasaki about two years ago. When I returned from the test drive a customer was collecting his GB. One look and I knew what I wanted, and it certainly was not a Kawasaki. Considering my history with Honda products, five Honda vehicles currently driving a Prelude, the choice was obvious.

Unfortunately for me and others the economy went south and so did our jobs and disposable incomes. So I am sitting and looking at photos of the GB and thinking what is bugging me about this bike, the chrome rear shocks are defiantly taking away from the lines and the front end is a bit cluttered. I looked up the specs and realized that it had 38 HP, respectable but not fantastic, and considering that to purchase this bike and only ride it in the local streets was not my intention. I wanted a machine that looked like it something from the sixties to drive today.