The Misfit: When building a CB750 becomes therapy

Mike LaFountain has been working on vintage motorcycles since he was 17, and he’s a perfectionist. His creations are nut-and-bolt perfect; they attract crowds (and awards) at premier events like The Quail, and sit next to other supermodels at the Haas Moto Museum. Getting to this level of quality can take quite a toll on a builder though. And so Mike recently decided to cut himself a little slack with this Honda CB750. Not that we can tell … “A few years back, I built a CB750 for the actor Ryan Reynolds,” Mike explains. “I was under the impression that...