MIDLIFE MAKEOVER

50-year-olds get makeovers to celebrate the half century, and this Honda CB750 deserved one more than most …

WORDS JAX PHOTOS RETROBIKE

Classic Rebuild 1972 HONDA CB750 BEAUTIFUL WHEN it rolled off the production line in 1972 it may have been, but when this CB750 arrived at Jax Garage recently it was badly in need of a makeover, or maybe even some more serious surgery. According to the owner, it hadn’t run in quite some time. He even considered parting with it as he moved from one of the most isolated major cities in the world, Perth, to Melbourne. But he knew he wanted something unique, and JAX Garage, a Melbourne-based custom workshop, had the team to do it. After some back-and-forth emails he decided to bring it along with him on his 3400-kilometre trek. When the classic Honda arrived at the workshop it was in a sorry state. It was leaking…

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