Smoking: A homage to the classic John Player Norton

At some point in their career, every good custom motorcycle builder sees a client point at a bike in their portfolio and say; “build me one just like that.” It comes with the territory—especially if your work is as good as that of Union Motorcycle Classics. Union's Mike Watanabe and Luke Ransom have a long list of classic restos and stunning customs to their names. So they found themselves in that position not too long ago, when a customer called and reference a Norton Commando cafe racer he spotted on Union's website. “Our response was: 'We’re happy to build a...