Honda CB 650
This is a project that Thrive took on for a friend called Anka who happens to be a huge Honda enthusiast but his collection of Honda’s have all been restored to original condition and had never customized one. He had just bought a 1980 Honda CB650-FOUR and the bike was in good condition but was already in a state that was not fully original so he decided it was a good donor to turn into his first custom. He also wanted this bike to be his daily rider and given the bad condition of a lot of the roads in Jakarta, they decided a scrambler style bike would tick all the boxes.
Thrive being big fans of Honda’s heritage looked back at their past scramblers, in particular the eye pleasing CL series. It made them wonder why the CL-Series stopped at the Honda CL450 – and why there are no scrambler series for the Honda CB-FOUR. Maybe it’s not going to be a real scrambler that you can use in the off-road track with a variety of obstacles but it might seem quite perfect to be an Urban Scrambler that can go hustling in the city.
For the lights source, Thrive add some head cover adapted from the front race plate number commonly used on scramble 80’s era. For the rear section, Thrive put their in-house integrated turn lamp on the rear frame so it can seamlessly suit the bike’s overall stance
On the rear suspension Thrive add a Red Wing Hammerhead shocks from 70’s era. At the front suspension Thrive maintain the original fork but do some rework on the oil and spring inside
Almost all the exterior parts attached, were made from aluminum plate which known as Thrive’s speciality in forminng a shape