mark13018
"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice
Hey guys. So as some of you know and may remember my brother had a fire last year and lost a lot of his stuff. His car, bikes, parts, my cafe racer body work from my build on here and some other things. The bike may have been the source or was definitely at the heart of the fire. When he finally got the chance to get into his garage he moved the cb450 and all the oil just poured out of it. The gauge insides are melted, wiring toast, gaskets and oil seals probably all gone, etc. metals are mainly good still but the plastics and rubbers are pretty bad. Looks like the brake lines and forks and whatnot are still good though. Well he had a lot of time and money into his build and he just now had me pick up his bike to use it for parts or to part out for my 450 or spares... You guys can understand how that would be. He just wanted it out of his sight. (I then made the "Project X" bike for him, which he still has).
Before, shortly after it happened everyone was joking about making it a "rat rod" style bike. Similar to what he had but leaving it cosmetically to just have that character and story. When I just stopped out to pick it up he mentioned something about it again (rat rod) and said he was just done.... He just couldn't do it so it is now at my house.
I have an oil seal set, gasket set (both I bought for my cl450), and all the wiring I need to do 30 bikes. and some other spares. Would still need a set of mikunis, seat, tires, chain, gauge faces (I think that's it)
So my question to you guys is this:
A.) Should I get it running, leave the cosmetics, and give it back to my brother? (try to keep the cost under $500)
B.) Part it out and use what I can elsewhere?
Here's the bike when I first bought it, after he finished it and after the fire, and how it sits at my house right now.
Before, shortly after it happened everyone was joking about making it a "rat rod" style bike. Similar to what he had but leaving it cosmetically to just have that character and story. When I just stopped out to pick it up he mentioned something about it again (rat rod) and said he was just done.... He just couldn't do it so it is now at my house.
I have an oil seal set, gasket set (both I bought for my cl450), and all the wiring I need to do 30 bikes. and some other spares. Would still need a set of mikunis, seat, tires, chain, gauge faces (I think that's it)
So my question to you guys is this:
A.) Should I get it running, leave the cosmetics, and give it back to my brother? (try to keep the cost under $500)
B.) Part it out and use what I can elsewhere?
Here's the bike when I first bought it, after he finished it and after the fire, and how it sits at my house right now.