Hi.
I'm a skier and live in a ski resort up north in Sweden. I rode dirt bikes for a few years when I was young, then got in to muscle cars and pickup trucks for a while. Last ten years it's been mostly family oriented, economically sound, safe and intelligent vehicles. But I've been dreaming of buying a bike for a few years now. Initially I was set on getting a brand new Thruxton, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted a classic. This summer I looked around for a few months and then bought a black 1976 CB500 in decent condition.
My plan was to give it a mild custom treatment. Something like what a -76 budget custom build might have looked like if it was done today. Stripped down, low swung, race inspired with patina and a few funky personal details. Not really a café racer, not really a brat, not really a bobber. Flake paint has been considered. But then again so has polished raw metal. But since then the bike has started giving me all kinds of trouble, so now maybe I'll end up doing a total tear down...
Anyway, simple mods so far is drag bars with vintage style handles, led turn signals front, led running lights built into headlight, combined run/brake/turn leds back, and... that's it i think.
