Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking

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Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking
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Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking

Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking

Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking

Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking

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Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking
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Dirk Oehlerking rebuilt the CB 650 R on behalf of Honda Germany.

Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking
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It has become a street tracker with a fiberglass monocoque.

Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking
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The tank is manufactured by Oehlerking itself and sits under the new complete fairing.

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It leaves the already iconic exhaust untouched.

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He cuts off the rear frame generously and installs LED combination lights from Shin-Yo.

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Dirk Pirelli mounts MT60 RS tires on the standard rims.

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The original cockpit of the Honda also finds a place in the new GRP dress.

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The conversion is then finally painted in the HRC colors.

Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking
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ABM footrests, new hand levers and handlebar ends are anodized in orange.

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The front mask can also be ordered from C-Racer from Greece.

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Dirk has had a penchant for street trackers for a long time, which is perhaps also due to his cross-career in his younger years.

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The Honda got beautiful flowing lines and a slim waist from Dirk.

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First dismantle everything – that was the top priority in the Oehlerking workshop in Gelsenkirchen.

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Then the flex comes into play and the long tail comes off.

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Dirk welds a small tank bladder from aluminum sheet, which can be found behind the original airbox.

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The new cockpit should find its place here.

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The modified rear frame of the Honda, freed from unnecessary holders.

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First fitting of the new GRP dress. The cockpit is already in place.

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Nice to see where Dirk got the tank “hidden” Has.

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It has to be a bit of fun – please do not imitate it at home, or only with a helmet.

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Honda CB 650 R Street Tracker from Oehlerking

Honda CB 650 custom bike
Street Tracker commissioned by Honda

In principle, Yamaha started with the Yard Builts: the manufacturer commissions customizers to build a new model in a way the manufacturer would never do, because despite all the love, nobody would buy it. Honda has put a CB 650 R in front of Dirk Oehlerking and it’s love again.


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And Dirk from Kingston Customs, does what he likes to do best: He builds a crisp street tracker version of the CB using a monocoque made of GRP. The former German cross-master, sheet metal builder, drag race professional has already had some experience with this last project for BMW again impressively documented.

Street bike becomes a tracker

In the case of the Honda CB 650 R, Dirk first takes off the entire body, removes the interior rear panel, as well as the lamp and cockpit. The frame with the motor and the chassis of the CB remain on the lifting platform in Gelsenkirchen. That is the basis for the conversion. After a few test runs with already finished Storz-style stern, Dirk saws, cuts, carves, rasps and files the negative form for the planned monocoque made of fiberglass from a large block of hard foam.

The new body was adapted exactly to the original stops on the already shortened frame. Dirk replaces the completely omitted tank with a small tank bubble behind the airbox, under the new fiberglass skin made from two millimeter thick aluminum sheet. The standard LC display of the Honda can be found in a recess on the tank cover. The new position creates a lot of space at the front for a very low lamp mask in the style of old flat trackers with two projection lenses as headlights.

The conversion is rounded off by a paint job in the classic HRC colors, LED combination lights from Shin-Yo at the rear, footrests from ABM and the Pirelli MT 60 RS on the original aluminum rims of the Honda CB 650 Street Tracker from Kingston Custom.

Conclusion

Another motorcycle that everyone turns around after, which many desire, but which on the market would have no chance of ever flushing money into the coffers. So the Oehlerkingsche Honda remains a unique piece. It’s a shame, actually.

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