The Honda GL500 Silverwing was a touring model spin-off of the CX500, with a similar liquid-cooled motor, shaft drive, and air adjustable suspension. While neither bike was very attractive, the off-beat CX/GL series has caught the eye of custom builders worldwide.

Enter Alf of Romania’s Bandisca Motorcycles, who were evicted from their workspace last year by a greed landlord. Fortunately, they found a the perfect Parisian style house in Bucharest to relaunch their shop:

“So the God of Speed came to visit us. The Parisian style house was built in 1895 in the Lizeanu neighborhood, very close to everywhere and is in a pretty nice shape with an attached garage and underground space where we’ve setup the workshop and a cool private courtyard. It’s perfect!”

This Honda GL500 “Brokenwing,” built for The Bike Shed 2018 and inspired by the boardtrackers of old. &

Frame was completely rebuilt due to the rust that makes a lot of damages to the donor bike. They chose a monopost scheme with upside down front fork with axle offset and a rear monoshock Showa full settable shock, double front brake and disc rear brake adapted from a GL1000 with a Brembo caliper, all handlebars, rearsets, front mask with hidden headlights, dashboard, seat and tail was handcrafted by us. The tank comes from a Benelli Mojave.

The engine was completely rebuilt and tuned up with a custom exhaust system built in house and a pair of 32VM Mikunis with custom intakes from Murray’s Carbs.

Credit: bikebound

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