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    FIRST TIME LUCKY

    Apr 10, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS GEOFF SEDDON
    PHOTOS
    ALEX JOVANOVIC

    This stunning Honda cafe racer has all the hallmarks of a world-class professional build, but was owner-built by 34-year-old industrial designer Jake Rypien in a communal workshop in downtown Melbourne. Amazingly, it is Jake’s second-only bike and his first crack at building a custom anything.

    “IT RIDES LIKE A ROCKET AND PUTS A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE”

    Jake’s first bike was an Aprilia RS125 that he rode in Singapore, where he grew up. When he decided to get back into the saddle here in Oz, he found he had to start from scratch. “The CB400 was the most powerful LAMS bike I could get,” Jake says. “This particular model was also quite popular in Singapore. I didn’t really know much about bikes at the time, nor did I do much research prior to

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