DAILY INSPIRATION: Garage Project Motorcycles' Honda CX500 Cafe

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#7 Morning Wood
Honda CX500 Custom Cafe


Some amazing CX500's have been popping up over the past year, but this one from Garage Project Motorcycle's is one of my favorite. "Morning Wood" is built off of the CX500 Custom platform, so you'll notice the peanut style tank and rounded off side panels. The seat and tail section are a custom job and I really like the way they've integrated the tail light into the seat fairing.



Here's more of the low down from Rex Havoc of GPM,
  • Engine was left stock as were carbs and airbox.
  • Wrapped the stock headers and attached mufflers off a Harley Sportster.
  • Lowered the front forks as low as they'd go.
  • Chopper headlight from Lowbrow Customs.
  • Bought a red faced Daytona speedo for the bike but Brett wanted to use one he had lying around instead.
  • Ace bars and Kung Fu grips from Dime City/Biltwell.
  • Tank is from the CX Custom as are the side covers.
  • Seat unit is custom made.
  • Painted the stock wheels and fitted 3.5" at the front and 4" Firestone Deluxe at the back
  • Indicators are from Dime City.

"Budget was tiny so we kept it very raw, very basic. It goes, it stops, it puts a smile on the owners face and it makes old people shake their heads. We've got another CX that we'll go to town on later in the year."
If this is basic then I can't wait to see the next CX roll out. Great work guys!






PROJECT SR250: Assembly Part 1

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I've started eating back into Kara's build, the '81 Yamaha SR250. My shop classes started back up again and the access to a TIG has really helped things progress at a quicker rate.

I love the logos and typefaces on these old machines I find around the shop floor.



Joe and I went through the frame cleaning up all the MIG welds that were done at the garage using the TIG torch. Much prettier now. A TIG will definitely be my next big investment.

After smoothing everything out the frame came back home for the next phase: Rd. 1 assembly. I'll be getting everything installed and dialed in so that we can start her up and go for a test ride. After everything checks out it will all be torn down again and sent off to paint / finishing.



I spent some time cleaning out the CD175 tank and sealing it with Kreem. It's my first time using this stuff so we'll see how it holds up. The process was relatively simple. There are still a lot of loose ends to round up but this week should yield a good amount of progress. I'll keep the updates flowing as I get time but don't forget to follow the build via instagram and FB as well!







SHORT FILM: The DSC Formula

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The DSC Formula
"One of a series of short clips about the Death Spray Custom way of doing things, the 'DSC Formula'"