ton-up garage 'muxima' honda FMX 650 custom motorcycle

ton-up garage ‘muxima’ honda FMX 650 custom motorcycle: ton-up garage is a portuguese brand dedicated to building eye-catching custom motorcycles. created in 2010, the workshop aims to create vehicles and promote a vintage lifestyle which today brings it to the best styling from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. in this vein, it has completely reworked a honda 650 into this minimalist, country-inspired, ‘muxima’ motorbike.

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ton-up’s ‘muxima’s’ custom motorcycle shares it’s the name with a village in angola,  translating to ‘heart’ in kimbundu. the colors are influenced from the dense vegetation surrounding the winding dirt roads around muxima, which provide a proper off-road riding experience. the portugeuse workshop has built a completely new sub-frame, that accommodates the rear footpegs, number plate, and the faded brown-leather seat. just beneath you will find the rear light glowing red, reminiscent to stanley kubrick’s ‘HAL 9000’ from ‘2001: a space odyssey’. further along the seat, inserted in the sub-frame is an electric box housing all the simplified electric components and battery.

a new gas tank has been formed to fit the ‘muxima’ custom bike, which has been painted with rustic colors, plus the air filter, engine and frame. ton-up fitted a new intake line, fitting a KN air filter in the end and a new front mudguard, plus crafted new exhausts. the suspension was slighly lowered, while it’s finish creates visual-harmony with the exhaust. ton-up garage has fitted a new front headlight, upgraded the speedometer, handlebars, and the bike is now sits upon extra-thick tires.