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<blockquote data-quote="JonBeast" data-source="post: 15248644" data-attributes="member: 85069"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Been a while since I made a build thread...I'm knee deep in this build, so I figured now is a great time to post up!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I've been obsessing over Cafe Racer builds for a while, and decided to pull the trigger on a bike about a month ago...and the rest is history...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">1976 Honda CB550</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Here is my photoshopped vision for the bike:</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679469[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Started out with this little guy:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679470[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679471[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679472[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679473[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679474[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679475[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679476[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679477[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Immediately started tearing it down:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679478[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679479[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679480[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679481[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679482[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679483[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679484[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679485[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679486[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679487[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679488[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679489[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679490[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Brought it down to the frame...which was not a pretty sight:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679491[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Chopped/ground off all of the old tabs, seat loop, support bars, etc...prepping for a monoshock conversion...more to come on this:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679492[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Painted and wrapped the exhaust:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679493[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679494[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679495[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679496[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Forks were pretty rusty under the stock headlight mounts...so I went to work on them:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679497[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679498[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679499[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Next up was cleaning up and painting the motor:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679500[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679501[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679502[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679503[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679504[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">New tires, Continental ContiGo's:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679505[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679506[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679507[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Painted the wheels gloss black:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679508[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Then Mooch made some tire letter decals designed with the Continental race font, and a custom swoosh...and we sprayed them on:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679509[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679510[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Now, back to the frame...I ordered a new seat loop, and dual monoshock rear suspension conversion from Kinetic motorcycles...very nice kit:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679511[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Went down to CT with Mooch and met up with Mike Barbalinardo...and went to work:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679512[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679513[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679514[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Mike droppin dimes :coolman:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679515[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679516[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679517[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">The results of the weekend:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679518[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679519[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679520[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Some more pics from the weekend:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679521[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679522[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679523[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679524[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679525[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679526[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Next we painted the frame:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679527[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679528[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679529[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679530[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679531[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Picked up a sick Pitbull rear stand:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679532[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">I put the motor back in a couple days ago:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679533[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Mocked up the wheels:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679534[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">More progress...forks back on, wheels on...its rolling:</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679535[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679536[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Started working on the tank...stripping off 40 years of nasty paint and body work...I'm doing a flush mount gas cap, and shaving the side emblems...should be clean.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679537[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679538[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679539[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679540[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679541[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Thats all for now! Hoping to have everything done in the next couple weeks...I'll update as I go along :beer:</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonBeast, post: 15248644, member: 85069"] [SIZE=3]Been a while since I made a build thread...I'm knee deep in this build, so I figured now is a great time to post up! I've been obsessing over Cafe Racer builds for a while, and decided to pull the trigger on a bike about a month ago...and the rest is history... 1976 Honda CB550 Here is my photoshopped vision for the bike:[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]679469[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Started out with this little guy:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679470[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679473[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679474[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679475[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679476[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679477[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Immediately started tearing it down:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679478[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679479[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679480[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679481[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679482[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679483[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679484[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679485[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679487[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679488[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679489[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679490[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Brought it down to the frame...which was not a pretty sight:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679491[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Chopped/ground off all of the old tabs, seat loop, support bars, etc...prepping for a monoshock conversion...more to come on this:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679492[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Painted and wrapped the exhaust:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679493[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679494[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679495[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679496[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Forks were pretty rusty under the stock headlight mounts...so I went to work on them:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679497[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679499[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Next up was cleaning up and painting the motor:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679501[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679502[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679503[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679504[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]New tires, Continental ContiGo's:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679505[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679506[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679507[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Painted the wheels gloss black:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679508[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Then Mooch made some tire letter decals designed with the Continental race font, and a custom swoosh...and we sprayed them on:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679509[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679510[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Now, back to the frame...I ordered a new seat loop, and dual monoshock rear suspension conversion from Kinetic motorcycles...very nice kit:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679511[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Went down to CT with Mooch and met up with Mike Barbalinardo...and went to work:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679512[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679513[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679514[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Mike droppin dimes :coolman:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679515[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679517[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]The results of the weekend:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679519[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679520[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Some more pics from the weekend:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679521[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679524[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679526[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Next we painted the frame:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679531[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Picked up a sick Pitbull rear stand:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679532[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]I put the motor back in a couple days ago:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679533[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Mocked up the wheels:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679534[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]More progress...forks back on, wheels on...its rolling:[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679536[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=4]Started working on the tank...stripping off 40 years of nasty paint and body work...I'm doing a flush mount gas cap, and shaving the side emblems...should be clean.[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]679537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679540[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]679541[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Thats all for now! Hoping to have everything done in the next couple weeks...I'll update as I go along :beer:[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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