Hi, I'm Guy also known as Skid to my biking mates. 5Four is my project and basically
what I do is I build limited editions for Honda, both of them runs of 54 bikes.
Now, the first model, and this is ground zero, this is the actual prototype I took to them
It's a single seat, you know retro, 1140cc, air cooled motor. And I wanted to do this because I
knew they were going to stop making it in a few years and it was my last chance to do a
retro, you know but modern bike. So here it is in all its glory. Basically, the body work,
the nose cone and the tailpiece are handmade aluminium by craftsman, the tailpiece clicks on
and off with a key. The paintwork is inspired by the endurance races of the 70s and 80s
that I used to go love watch racing you know at Le Mans and the Bol d'Or and Spa.
No two were the same the paint job, so this is my take on that. All these badges are painted, there's
not a sticker on it. We try and make the paint work on these you know flawless, beautiful.
It's got an alcantara and leather seat. It's got twin Racefit pipes. The cat's still on there, so
they're not ear splittingly loud but they're very distinctive because it's a four into two,
that can breathe and it is just a gorgeous noise. So look, this was the first model, it's been
really successful, that's grown my partnership with Honda and these have sold really well. There's
actually a few left, if you want one of these, you can't get one on honda because these bikes
are Euro 4 compliant now it's euro 5 and they didn't ring fence 54 bikes for me. So, if you've
got one of these or you buy yourself a low mileage second-hand one, you can get a bespoke build, that
one you can have any colour you want but basically you can't get this from Honda, if you if you want
one get in touch with 5Four and there's a few that I'm allowed to build to bring it up to 54.
So you can technically, if you're persistent and really want one, you can have one. So look,
that's that. They're a beautiful thing to ride they're very smooth they sound gorgeous and if
a retro big air cooled Jap four is what you're after, I think you struggle to do better than one of these.
So if you don't know me I'm Steve Plater I've been around quite a while, won a few races however we're
here to talk about this. I'm a massive endurance rider in my day, this is pretty much based on the
old Bol d'Or style 80s endurance bike. Now as a road bike, what a great bit of kit. Now, a small bikini
fairing, it does throw the wind over you a little bit but very easy, simple, sitting upright and easy
to ride, lovely. Now, the next model, because those are a done deal as far as Honda's concerned,
I'm now doing the CB1000R, which is this one over here. I'm just going to bust
in on these guys. So yeah this one, look it's the same good as that it's not rocket science
I just tried to build beautiful bikes. I love this as the standard bike which is over there,
but this is basically what I do to it if I own one. So it's the same good it's got a nose cone
this is a pre-production prototype, this is 3D printed but the carbon fibre
on the real one, again beautiful candy paint on this not flat enamel. Painted badges, you can
order it with or without my signature. I thought that it was a bit of a liberty for someone to
pay their hard-earned cash and then me just put my name on it without asking, so when you buy it off
Honda there's a tick box do you want a signature or not, flatteringly everyone that's been ordered
so far they want the signature. So look, that's a bit of a compliment. So yeah, so look, nose cone
leather seat, hand stitched, diamond stitch pattern which has become a kind of trademark of mine, I
love that pattern it's got the 5Four's logo laser etched into the bum pad. I've done this tail
tidy, now this one I've had a lot of people walk up to me here and go "oh yeah, my one of these I've
got a tail tidy". Well I'll tell you it's not like that one, this one, I'll put a slimline
light in and all the mounting hardware is inside, there is no bracketry outside, it's
a beautifully clean line. So, all the other ones I've seen anyway, someone will probably correct me,
but they seem to have scaffolding outside. This isn't it's absolutely clean.
And then down here we've got a Racefit pipe, titanium stubby. I wanted it stubby so you
can see it's properly single-sided swing arm. When you look at the standard bike at a glance
you know, to a tech head it's obvious it is single-sided but it doesn't shout at you like that.
And the other thing with this is I got rid of the hugger down here, so when you stand
back here you can see the whole of the rear tyre, that sort of Moto GP inspired look can,
and yeah and there it is so, you have to get one from Honda, so if you think you're interested,
get down to your Honda dealer and get your name down because I build every bike myself.
I've not got a gang of people building them. If you get one of these you know it's built
by me, I'm the only person that touches them. So yeah, I hope you like it and thanks very much.
So obviously you've heard from skid he's the main man, he's designed this gorgeous bit of kit. A lot
of attention to detail, far more than I would ever care to do but anyway, to ride this bike we've been
lucky enough to do some filming all around Bristol, Cheddar Gorge some fabulous roads, from side to
side what a great bit of kit. Lovely and easy to ride, just like the old 1100 and simple and safe.