Honda Spree, CB750 Cafe Bike, Ninja 650, Miata STUFF and STICKERS (DID I MENTION THE STICKERS?!)

STICKERS!!!

I got a wild hair up my bum and ordered 50 stickers with a logo I made on them. If they turn out nice I’ll order more. They’ll be for sale here on the site for kicks for $5/ea and $FREE to friends, family, and cool customers who like stickers. I made the “logo” using Canva’s “pro” service. It makes graphic design damned easy for the lay person and pro alike. I’ve used it before, and lord knows I’m no graphic designer. Fingers crossed they come out looking as cool in person as they do here!

I have a background in marketing and always loved style guides and brand books, even put some together for a few other companies. My “logo” is simple. It’s just MOTO2N in a sans-serif font with hits of hot pink and lime green. That’s it. Any font works! This took me like 5 minutes to make. I made 3 versions and liked this one best, so that’s what I went with. Best not to overthink these things, they’re just stickers after all.

It’s damn cool because I’ve never had my own stickers. I’ve made hats but no stickers. NOW THERE’S GONNA BE STICKERS! STOKED!!! Stickers are kinda like a big deal in the moto and skateboard industries, so am I part of the club yet? HOPE SO LOL!!

Ninja 650R ‘Fighter Bike

This thing is blowing my mind. Let’s have a look at the stock bike first.

Uh huh. Pretty boring right. Now let’s have a look at what I’ve done with it. For the record, if I paid good money for a stock one I’d keep it stock but that wasn’t the case here. I got the bike as a theft recovery for next to nothing way back in 2020 when the world felt like it was ending and I was deep into my alcohol addiction. Well all of that has changed. Here’s what I’ve managed with my head screwed on straight.

The rear sets are fully functional, left and right side. I accidentally set it up in a “GP” or reverse-shift (one up, five down) pattern and couldn’t be more stoked. I’ve had 3 different track bikes, and 2 out of the 3 were set up like this, and I prefer it to regular shift on the track. This won’t be a dedicated track bike, but GP shift is still absolutely on point for a street bike IMO. A lot of motorcyclists have the same response… “that’d take some getting used to”. Well not for me! I’m from Texas baby, I can ride or drive anything regardless of how it’s set up! Experience and some degree of “athletic intelligence” helps a lot!

The goal is to put it on the street with a license plate sometime in April. I’m very much on track to hit that goal. It awaits final fitment of the bodywork and wiring. That’s about it. I have grips, spark plugs, a chain, and a new rear sprocket to complement the new front on hand for it. It already has fresh coolant and a new radiator cap and thermostat. The bars are Renthal “streetfighter” bends, the tail is from a ’11+ ZX10R. It’ll have a 2.5″ fog light mounted in the number plate, and I plan on using 1000 lumen bicycle lights on the bars if I have to ride it at night.

Forkin’ Rad Honda Spree x 2

These two sparked some jealousy in my heart. It’s not every day you see a Honda Spree going down the road. It’s even rarer to find them for sale. They are cute little things that run great and are built like all Hondas – great. I’ve always wanted one to stick an AF05E or Dio engine in, but they’re rare as hens teeth. Here’s two of them from one of last week’s customers.

One of them didn’t need much work at all, just a carb clean, spark plug, and new fuel line. The other one emptied its oil tank into the crankcases and would require some parts and doing to put on the road again. Hopefully the owners decide to move forward on that project, IMO it’s totally worth it and these things will only get harder to find and more expensive to buy over time.

Honda CB750 Cafe Bike

I’m not a huge fan of this style of bike, but they are jet fast and pretty darn cool. All bikes are great! This one needed a Dynojet kit to run right after ditching the airbox. I put new plugs in it and it ran pretty darn good.

Hope the owners rides the hell out of it this spring and summer!

5 Hours Washing, Polishing, Waxing the Miata

Truth be told I’ve never spent this much time “washing” a car, but this thing’s gaining in value faster than the stock market in 2020. Purchased close to 10 years ago from the first owner, it came with the factory hardtop, a mountain of receipts, and around 135k miles on it. It’s nowhere close to perfect, but it’s in great “driver” condition, and it’s bone stock and will stay that way for as long as I take care of it.

The wax job turned out great, check it out.

This year it’s getting new shocks and bump stops, a new shift boot. If I can swing it, maybe the frame rails and butterfly brace from Flyin’ Miata. The dream would be to install a Honda K-series in place of the stock 1.6L engine, big brakes, keep the exterior looking stock, but that’s way out of my budget at the moment. It’s good to dream though!

There are only a handful of cars I’m interested in owning, and this is one of them. Others include the Acura/Honda NSX, Lotus Elise, Honda S2000, or any of the old RWD Corollas, all of which are rapidly appreciating and either are or will become unattainable in the future. If you want one of these, my advice is to buy one ASAP before you get priced out of the game!

That’s all for this week! Catch ya next week, hopefully with a stack of stickers to pass out! Thanks for reading!