Bike Garage - The Famous Honda Vf500f Interceptor

22 Nov, 2019 Post a Comment

Honda's VF500F Interceptor may lead keep been considered the best treatment motorbike of the 1980's, merely its styling was rather run of the mill. Fast frontward xxx years together with its foursquare tubular frame together with plastic bodywork looks almost every bit impressive every bit VHS reruns of MacGyver. So where exercise you lot set out when you've got a VF500F sitting inwards your workshop together with the wishing to exercise a cool Cafe Racer?

Craig Rodsmith's '84 Interceptor projection began when a swain builder offloaded it to him. As Craig pose it "He gave upwards on the sentiment of trying to snuff it far cool." Initially he was also stumped past times the outdated Honda, merely amongst a workshop total of fabrication tools together with years of double-decker edifice techniques upwards his sleeves he took upwards the challenge..

Craig Rodsmith has snuff it i of the most respected metal-formers, fabricators together with bike designer/builders inwards the motorbike community. His optic for aesthics together with attending to special tin live seen inwards every motorbike he’s built. Besides creating one-of-a-kind motorcycles together with hot rods, Craig has worked on everything from bicycles to WW2 fighter planes.
Craig was born inwards Melbourne, Australia. As a kid, many Fosters ago, he customized anything he could teach his hands on. He started amongst his’ 57 BSA when he was 12 years old, which landed him a curt rest at the local police clit station.

Craig has extensive, hands-on sense inwards trunk work, paint, fabrication, mechanical, etc. His store handles everything from partial builds to consummate bikes together with hot rods. Chops, channels, frame modifications, frame building, trunk modifications, motor swaps, shaving, frenching...you cite it, he’s done it!

"As commons I wanted to snuff it far expect similar a traditional Cafe Racer, merely somewhat exterior of the box." says Craig. "I planned most of it inwards my caput together with because I exercise all the metallic piece of job together with fabrication I don’t involve to rely on drawings."

"One of the offset things I decided to exercise was run the air intake through my custom gas tank, which was quite a challenge." Honda's V4 engine configuration sits the carb inlets nether the tank then channeling air direct through it was the most direct method, despite creating to a greater extent than or less pattern together with functionality challenges.

Using traditional metallic shaping techniques Craig handmade the bikes aluminium fuel tank, fender together with nurture cowl. He modified the sub frame, shortening it together with adding a hoop for to a greater extent than balanced proportions.

The deerskin leather saddle, stitched together past times JB Seats, was i of the solely parts of the bike Craig didn't consummate himself. Liking how the leather looked against the polished alloy he rolled panels into his bodywork together with inlaid to a greater extent than of the deerskin hide.