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EB004 – 1998 Honda XR600
Price On Request EB004 Honda XR600 is another of Ellaspede's self-initiated builds.The theme of the bike is an interpretation of late 60's / early 70's Chrysler muscle cars._Steve takes up the story:_"I've always appreciated the lines of a '70 Challenger or Cuda".Those cars were not shy. Their options included several levels of power output from engines up to 440 ci (7210 cc), various bonnet scoops / power bulges / shakers, wider than standard wheels and among other things, high contrast (if not garish) paint schemes.Our take on those options for EB004 were a rebuilt 630cc oversize engine bore with enlarged cooling fins, custom big diameter two into two exhaust with internal baffles, custom wide 18 inch rims front and rear with red detail tyres, lowered suspension, upgraded brakes and a version of the Hemi Hockey Stick stripe on a blacked-out centre bulge tank. The custom seat is finished in era evocative squared panelling and mirrors the paint theme with the broken Hemi stripe joining at the middle rear in a (font correct) boastful display of engine displacement.Other custom features include an under-seat compartment, frenched LED taillight with polished aluminium surround, polished aluminium Ellaspede badges and stainless braided brake lines.The tank came from another Ellaspede build (in progress), a Honda XL500\\. "Its aggressive, masculine curves and seeming 'power bulge' centre suited what I was trying to achieve".The front forks were chopped and reset 150mm lower than standard. The standard rear suspension was replaced with a custom mounted unit from a Kawasaki to match the front stance.A 320mm EBC rotor is used on the front with a rebuilt standard Nissin calliper. Rear brake calliper and rotor remain rebuilt standard.Daytona indicators and speedo round out the parts list.Of course the bike as you see it in these images is not in road-going form....
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EB007 – 2001 Suzuki GS500
Price On Request This Suzuki was built for Tristan, a local Gold Coast designer as his daily rider. Tristan rode in on a fairly pedestrian looking GS500 boasting a custom dolphin sticker. Armed with an array of inspirational images and strong idea of what he wanted we sat down and collaborated to create Ellaspede's 007. The design intent of 007...
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EB008 – 1998 HONDA CT110
Price On Request From farm goer to city runner. For those of you who don't know the Honda CT110 began production in 1980 and was designed to replace the CT90. It boasts a 105cc 4-stroke air cooled single cylinder engine with a four speed transmission and an automatic clutch.Honda in conjunction with Australia and New Zealand Post adopted the motorcycle...
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EB009 – 1980 Honda CB250N
Price On Request This 1980 CB250N (SuperDream) came to us as an unknown quantity via our latest customers Nick and Ben C. They had purchased it with a view to having some mods done in order to have a cool bike to help promote their Brisbane based Gents clothing store, "Apartment" ...and to have a little fun on.The unknown bit...
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EB010 – 2004 Yamaha XV250 (Virago)
Price On Request The popularity of Yamaha's XV250 (Virago) cannot be understated. (You may expect to now see some high sales figures, but I couldn't find any)... Suffice to say though that there's @#$% loads of them around. And there's a good reason for that... they do what they do very well. And what that is, is offer an inoffensive,...
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EB011 – 1984 Suzuki GR650
Price On Request The Suzuki GR650 (known as a "GR650 Tempter" in the US) is a bit of an oddity. It's a very competent bike with some innovative (for the early 80's) features.But this bike didn't sell well. Part of the reason for this was that it was released at a time when big 4's were coming into their own....
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EB014 – 1995 Yamaha XJR400
Price On Request I've considered buying a big naked bike as a personal ride so naturally I looked at Suzuki's GSX1400, Honda's CB1300, Kawasaki's ZRX1200 and Yamaha's XJR1300 (which can still be bought new here in Australia). After our latest client Jordan V informed us he was buying an Yamaha XJR400 and was after some work, I got a little...
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EB022 – 1968 Honda CB450 K1
Price On Request In 1968 Elvis Presley stared in what became known as the '68 Comeback Special. It resurrected what was a flagging career and led into Elvis' Vegas era.In the TV special Elvis wore his famous black leather suit and his trademark blue-black hair doo.Our latest customer Andrew B drew some inspiration from this and named his black 1968...
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EB016 – Harley Davidson Sportster 48
Price On Request When Warwick Lyon started work on this Sportster "Forty Eight" he wanted to build a modern interpretation of a cafe racer with elements of a hard-boiled street-fighter.Warwick is a Brisbane based motorcycle builder who operates under the name of Rampant Motorcycles from his home workshop. When he realised that he needed specialist design assistance with this build,...
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EB019 – 2011 Triumph Bonneville
Price On Request Triumph claim the Bonneville to be "the most famous name in motorcycling" and apparently they (along with some of their brethren) are "the way bikes should look, run and sound".Bold claims, but they're probably correct... well perhaps for being the most famous at least.As to whether they are the way motorcycles _should_ look is a debatable point...
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EB053 – Moto Guzzi V50
Price On Request After seeing the ebay bought bike our client Nick C asked us to collect a few months back we thought he'd bought himself a few headaches.The bike was a 1982 Moto Guzzi V50-3 and looked like it had been used previously as a farm bike complete with cow manure. As the build progressed however, it became apparent...
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EB035 – Yamaha XJR400
Price On Request Our latest client Matthew D has been a visitor to Ellaspede for sometime now and happened to be in one day last year asking our opinion of potential LAMS donor bikes for a custom build. This happened to be during the build of EB014 (a Yamaha XJR400 we built for Jordan V). He'd been searching for a...
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EB043 – 2007 Triumph Bonneville
Price On Request People drop in to Ellaspede for varying reasons, one of the main ones being (not surprisingly) to talk bikes. Our latest client, Steve S was one of those folk. He was interested in discussing which motorcycle to use as a base for a mild custom build. After some chat, research and box ticking he'd narrowed the possible...
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