Super Six: A Honda CBX 1000 from France

Despite the fact that motorcycles seem to keep getting bigger, the six-cylinder engine layout has never really caught on. Only a handful of bikes have employed it, and these days it's reserved for mammoth tourers. That gives the Honda CBX 1000 a touch of the mythical. Even though it was eventually outsold by the CB900F, the CBX 1000 was Honda's flagship sportbike at the time. These days, it's fast approaching cult status—which is why Dimitri at Lys Motorcycles picked one to customize. Based in the northern French region of Hauts-de-France, Dimitri has been building custom motorcycles for a while but...