2024 marks five years of www.hondacustoms.com, with a record sixteen bikes from nine different European countries battling it out for the top prize online at hondacustoms.com and at the Wheels and Waves festival in Biarritz.
In 2020, the “Africa Four CRF1000R” version of the CB1000R from Honda’s Swiss dealer, Brivemo Motos, was crowned the inaugural winner of www.hondacustoms.com. In 2021, Mototrafa’s CB650R Fenix won for Portugal. In 2022, it was the turn of the customized CMX500 Rebels, with the Maanboard from Sardinia-based customizers Motocicli Audaci taking the honours. In 2023, mini-bikes took center stage and the winner, the post-apocalyptic Dax Furisoa – a collaboration between young artist Tamara Alves (@tamara_aalves) and Art of Wheels Garage (@artonwheelsgarage) – once again gave Portugal the win.
The customization contest has become an annual event – running in reality and online – that is growing in popularity as imagination soars, and the website hondacustoms.com received more than 21,000 voting visitors during the summer of 2023 for its range of Honda minibikes, an increase of 41% on the previous year.
The 2024 model year aims to continue this success and this time it’s the turn of the CL500, a scrambler-style bike with a twin-cylinder engine compatible with the A2 standard. Versatile and great fun to ride, the CL500 is an excellent entry point into both motorcycling and the world of customization and all the freedom, self-expression and individuality it allows – for this reason, its guiding design principle is simply “Express yourself”.
The bikes can be seen in person at the annual Wheels and Waves festival in Biarritz from Wednesday 12 to Sunday 16 June 2024, and online throughout the summer at hondacustoms.com, where visitors can vote for their favorite customization and download wallpapers for their cell phone or desktop.
Hondacustoms.com will once again be available in English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese, and the winners will be announced at the end of the summer.
Let the voting begin. And may the best bike win…