Lossa Honda CL350 cafe

Jay LaRossa runs Lossa Engineering of Long Beach, CA, and he builds super-clean cafe racers. Like this very sharp 1972 Honda CL350. “I wanted to do a high pipe bike,” says LaRossa, “and cross over one of the exhausts, through the spot where the battery and electrics used to go.” LaRossa originally planned to build this bike for himself, setting aside a Benelli tank—before everyone wanted one—and mocking the bike up. Then he let it sit for a while as he worked on commissioned builds. “Then a customer flew in from out of town and was interested in a full...