1975 Honda xl350 brat? tracker? project so far
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thank you! The tank was my favorite part of the bike and I love its patina. So the whole build was inspired by the tank. I wanted to keep its stick look and make the bike seem like Honda made it that way. Yes. I just lowered the front fork 4" internally and 1" in the tree. I didn't take any pix of it tho. I didn't k.ow how to lower forks so I just googled it and found a few demonstrations on it. It was a lot easier than I thought. I'll try to fins the illustration that helped me the most and post it here. Also making a little special tool out of an old socket made it way easy too.
I lowered the forks internally using pipe from some old handle bars. Some people use PVC. Here is an illustration that helps give you the idea. This illustration is for an xs650. My Honda doesn't have the upper spacer on top of the main spring. The amount I cut off the main spring was replaced with a spacer on the damper.
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CBJKing
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I thought about that as well but my bike is 100% complete and really in good shape so I'm hesitant to make any permanent changes to it. Since my dad is the original owner, I'd kind of like to keep it stock and restore it to keep in the family if I ever have kids or to give to my nephews down the line.
I'll keep an eye out for that next project of yours. Sounds sick. These old enduros really make great starting points for customs. And they are cheap.
I'll keep an eye out for that next project of yours. Sounds sick. These old enduros really make great starting points for customs. And they are cheap.
Mine was original and complete too. Not in my family tho. I have an 81 ct70 that was my first bike that I still have today all stock. I just figured that they aren't really good for off-road riding compared to modern technology so I figured to keep the nostalgic look but get it on the street so more people can enjoy it.
Put on a 39 tooth sprocket to replace the stock 45 tooth one to get some more top end out of it. Also got a 1975 Arizona motorcycle license plate and got it registered for the bike. It really looks the part on this bike! Way better than the sunset colored plates they give out now. Also fabricated a cool plate bracket that mounts off the rear lower shock bolt.
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7aliveatlast7
the bearded hessian
i love this bike. so clean and minimal, you did a great job! with the dirt bike bars and knobby front tire, i'd refer to it as a brat tracker. but aside from any labels, it's just plain cool! if you EVER decide to sell it, i will fly out to AZ and take it off your hands
