On Monday, I crashed my Monster at about 50mph. I suffered road rash on my hip and lots of bruising- and Pandora has flesh wounds of her own. Here’s what exactly happened, and the lowdown on the gear that saved my life.
Michelle’s Custom GS450 Cafe Racer
Michelle is a lady rider and cafe racer enthusiast from South Africa.
Her gorgeous custom 1980 Suzuki cafe racer was built by Custom Worx (website) in 2012, later acquired by V Custom Cycles- a custom bike shop located in Centurion, Gauteng.
The classic lines of the cafe racer design with the powdercoated stock GS wheels is just fantastic.
Michelle was happy with the performance of the bike before taking it to Custom Worx for a revamp. Clip ons, a shortened tail, matte pearl white paint job and red racing stripe are a few of the details.
She added Steve McQueen’s old racing number 278 to the tail and her helmet, an ode to the king of cool.
Photography by Nolan Lister.
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Posted on August 18, 2014 in MotoLadies, Motorcycles by Alicia Mariah Elfving
Kapow!
Goddam. Seriously…. Goddam.