The Rescue: A Honda CX500 cafe racer from Buenos Aires

Against all odds, the eternally goofy Honda CX500 has become a popular choice for custom projects. But it's hard to get 'right,' as bike builder Patricio Germano now realizes. When it arrived in his workshop, this CX500 had already been worked over—but it was in dire need of a makeover. Patricio runs the Invader Cycle Company workshop out of San Martín, in the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area of Argentina. Invader is mostly a one-man-show, but Patricio had some help on this project from his friend, Martin Neme. Patricio's forte is choppers and bobbers, but he's stoked to work on...