FALCON SPRINT: Honda NX400 by Lucky Customs.

There are meetings that go on at all the major motorcycle manufacturers that I’d love to sit in on. It’s when the management team and bean counters get together and decide which models will be sent to which markets, and far too often they make some horrendous calls. Take the donor bike for today’s build, the Honda NX400 Falcon, which was only sold in Brazil and at low volumes in other parts of South America. Why? It would have been perfect for just about any market, Australia, yes please. All of Asia? Perfect. And to show it’s also got serious custom credentials, Lucky Customs of Argentina have turned out ‘Falcon Sprint’, a mini super hooligan jam packed full of fun.  For nearly twenty years, Lucas Layum has been building all kinds of incredible customs from his workshop in Cordoba. He’s made a reputation for building seriously good Honda Dominators too, so when an example of its little brother, the NX400, came up for sale, he was quick to pounce. And it was an absolute bargain, probably because, as Lucas laughs, “I bought it destroyed, it only had its papers to transfer in my name.” But the frame was straight, and even though the engine was blown, it could be rebuilt and given he only paid peanuts for it, it would serve as a budget base for another brilliant build.