Rhapsody in Blue: Revival Cycles' Honda FT500 Ascot

Think of Revival Cycles and you probably picture big budget, genre-smashing customs like the BMW Landspeeder. But Alan Stulberg and his crew are quite happy to work their magic on the humblest of machines. And they don’t get more humble than the early 80s Honda FT500 Ascot. The ‘FT’ apparently stands for ‘flat track,’ but that was wishful thinking on Honda’s part: You can safely discount any notion of the Ascot tearing it up on the ovals. Rather, it’s a solid little commuter bike that you can pick up for less than $2,000 in the classifieds. Making an FT500 Ascot...