Author Archives: charlie

’69 CL450

We call it the CC450 though, as it’s a very custom CL450 with custom engine, our own custom forged pistons, custom logo paint job on the tank, custom-restored fenders, and so on and CC are the initials of the customer. The bike came to us in boxes when the customer, in frustration, pulled it from another […]

Mister Moto

“Whenever I stop by Charlie’s Place… …the shop is bustling and a cadre of vintage Hondas are lined up in front. Sometimes my 1975 CB360 is among them. Today is Sunday, though, and Charlie O’Hanlan, the namesake of Charlie’s Place, meets me on his day off to talk about how he accidentally became the local […]