Yamaha SR500 cafe racer by Chappell Customs

Chris Chappell's last SR500 was a show-stopper. It was well received when we initially featured it, and went on to earn a spot among our Top Five Yamaha SR500s. As it turns out, he already had another one in the pipeline—with a very different spin. “I definitely wanted to do the complete opposite,” says Chappell, “as we just hate doing the same thing twice.” So he opted to put the spray gun down for a change and polish everything instead, with the exception of the frame, which was powder coated white. He had initially planned to paint the fuel tank,...