{"id":17779,"date":"2019-08-19T18:43:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/?p=17779"},"modified":"2019-08-19T18:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:18:32","slug":"custom-mandrill-garages-red-velvet-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/custom-mandrill-garages-red-velvet-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom: Mandrill Garage&#8217;s &#8216; Red Velvet Cake &#8216;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><strong>CX500 and CBX1000<\/strong> was the <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-honda-offers-software-update-for-goldwing\/\">brainchild<\/a> of <strong>Shoichiro Irimajiri<\/strong>\u00a0who <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-will-elon-musks-tesla-build-an-electric-motorcycle\/\">with Honda<\/a> was moved from <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-pikes-peak-hill-climb-will-not-involve-motorcycle-program\/\">building<\/a> F1 engines to Honda&#8217;s Motorcycle Division.<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with <strong>6 cylinders <\/strong>the <strong>CBX1000 <\/strong>made<strong> 105 hp<\/strong> back in <strong>the late 1970s <\/strong>that was not only regarded powerful but had had a good performance.<\/p>\n<p>Now Mandrill Garage a Chinese <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-spy-shots-of-production-triumph-rocket-3\/\">custom motorcycle<\/a> house was assigned by a motorcycle collector to make a sleek cafe racer out of <strong> CBX1000.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The output that came out well you could see it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How was the build made?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The base model used was <strong>1981 CBX-B a<\/strong> tourer. It had a <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-suzuki-files-new-patent-for-its-upcoming-gsx-r1000r\/\">front fork<\/a> of 39mm that is adjustable. Bags as well as fairings. However, the <strong>chassis and engine<\/strong> were the two most important aspects of the bike.<\/li>\n<li>The first step was to see that there is a <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/review-yamahas-geeky-2019-yzf-r25\/\">review of chassis<\/a> and after that was it was repaired to get the proper alignment of the bike and in the<\/li>\n<li>In the second instance, <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/electric-blacksmiths-next-gen-electric-motorcycle\/\">the rear part<\/a> had to be cut as it carried a<a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-is-honda-building-cb1100\/\"> lot of weight<\/a> and then <strong>it was substituted<\/strong> with the shorter and lighter part.<\/li>\n<li>The third step was to check the<strong> swingarm<\/strong> and see how the <strong>Kawasaki ZRX<\/strong> could be fitted to the build giving the double shock absorber.<\/li>\n<li>The design was made curvier by opting <strong>aluminum-made<\/strong> components.<\/li>\n<li>Cherry red and Metallic <a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-kawasakis-hybrid-patent-with-electric-petrol-collaboration\/\">grey paint<\/a> schemes motivated by Oberdan Bezzi&#8217;s design made the build look stylish and classy.<\/li>\n<li>The<a href=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/is-yamaha-planning-to-move-its-headquarters-out-of-california\/\"> engine is restored<\/a> and not modified.<strong> The exhaust system is 3 by 1<\/strong> to match the entire build. The oil cool system is again substituted with the racing system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>6 Keihin<\/strong> took the place in place of cranes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Braking duties <\/strong>were performed <strong>by Brembo\u00a0radial brake\u00a0calipers <\/strong>and<strong> 320 mm floating discs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>CNC Machines, spoked wheels with a simple electrical system was fitted.<\/li>\n<li>The last step was to carry out new motor mounts and those were mounted to\u00a0reduce the amount of\u00a0<strong>engine<\/strong> vibration and noise feel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CBX1000-4-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"17781\" data-link=\"\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/?attachment_id=17781\" 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