Voyage of discovery

It was quite a shock. My Honda NT650J V-twin, the Bros model made for the Japanese market, was in a sorry state.

Sidelined three years ago after the MT-07 Yamaha became the number-one bike transport, the Honda had acquired an unfortunate patina of neglect in its many nooks and crannies.

I’d bought what was an ‘interesting’ project 20 years ago; although converted into a café racer and having been drag raced with nitro injection, it came with a number of the original parts including the exhaust system and bodywork. Some will find this strange but I wanted my Bros to look mostly original.

So the paintwork, including the light-alloy wheels, was restored professionally by