Honda CBX Custom: ‘Wide Boy’

I don't know about you, but I find most 'show bikes' less inspiring than a good garage build. The shows occasionally do throw up something truly original though, and this bike is a case in point. 'Wide Boy' appeared at the recent London Ace Cafe Motorcycle & Custom Show, and was built by Larry Houghton. It didn’t win—it came third in the Freestyle class—but it deserves a closer look. Larry comes from the ‘extreme engineering’ school of custom bike building, and unlike most extreme customs, his bike holds together visually. It’s based on a late model 1983 6-cylinder Honda CBX,...