Initial Goal: Take a very LAME motorcycle, and rebuild entire bike from scratch into a one-off cafe racer with modern parts. Must include conversion to monoshock and single-sided swing arm
Summary of the build....
- Donor Bike: 1982 Honda CM450, kept the engine, chassis, fuel tank, and triple-tree top nut (lol)
- Front Suspension: 2006 CBR600rr (forks, wheel, brakes, etc.)
- Swing Arm & Rear Brake: 1990 Honda Hawk NT650 single-sided swing arm
- Rear Suspension: 1981 Honda CB900F rear shock
- Rear Wheel: 1996 Honda VFR750 Interceptor
- Subframe: Custom built from scratch by owner, then professionally welded by Mountain Man Welding, Denver, CO
- Cafe Seat: Custom mold from scratch by owner, fiberglass & epoxy
- Paint: P36 Mitsubishi Eclipse & 2-part epoxy clear coat, 100% by owner
- Electrical System: Designed and wired from scratch by owner (Lithium battery from Shorei, Voltage reg/rec from Ricks motorsports)
- Tank Logo: Custom designed with owner/designer's initials "JC" inconspicuously in background
- Rear Brake Disc & Line: Andy from Cycle Brakes, Sherman Oaks, CA
- Front Sprocket: Custom built by Superior Racing Sprockets, 5/8" offset to resolve swing-arm
- Rear Sprocket: Custom by Rebel Gears Inc., 40tooth, Aluminum
- Rear Sets: Custom designed by owner, and plasma cut by DenCol, Denver, CO
- Carburetors: Mikuni slide cards & red air filter pods
- Tires: Michelin Pilot Power, Front 120/70-ZR17, Rear 170/60-R-17
- Gauge: Koso TNT-01
- Rear lights/blinkers: Flexible LED strip
- Headlight: SpeedMotoCo
- Front Blinkers: MotoGadget M-Blaze
Special thanks to...
- Steele's Cycles: Many random OEM replacement parts from the various Honda bikes I incorporated
- Dime City Cycle: Mikuni Carburetors and many other small parts & pieces
- Blast Tech, Denver, CO: soda-blast for engine
- Colographics: Vinyl sticker tank logo
- Auburn Tool & Machine: Custom machined rear brake bracket & extended threads on Nt650 rear spindle
- Earl Froman (RIP): Welding for new swing-arm pivot hosing in OEM chassis and rear mono-shock top mounts
- Kelly McTeer: Engineering cohort and overall master problem solver
- Noah Roberts: Tank logo design
- HondaTwins.net and Jim (longdistancerider) for being such a great resource and helping with my random questions
- DoTheTon.com for much of the same!