Barnburner
Coast to Coast
So, I picked up this sweet little CL175 from fellow DTT'er Buckeye Bike over the weekend. It was quite rough around the edges and missing the carbs, exhaust and front brake cable/lever, but apparently the engine was overhauled recently and bored out (the previous PO used it for FREAKING ICE RACING!). Here's how it sat after I brought it home.
Anyway, I decided to ditch the plastics since they aren't my style, and I gave it a nice cleanup. Then, since the stock headlight ears were shaved off, I fab'd new headlight ears from the PO's custom fender mount and some L shaped brackets to mount my CL350's old headlight. I also painted a few previously-brown bits black, to continue the black/red color scheme. After about 2 hours of work, here's how it sits.
I'm currently finishing a frame-up rebuild on my CL350 so the plan for this is to keep it as a runabout/dirtbike until this winter. I'm basically on a mad dash to scavenge parts to make it rideable and street legal. I've got a center stand and a stock front fender in the mail (props to DTT member "alec.korvin" for the fender) and there's a cycle salvage place pretty close to me, so I'm planning on trying to score some carbs and maybe an exhaust there this weekend (unless some kind DTT member would like to sell me any extras of theirs ).
There's definitely some awesome builds on here using these little guys so I'm excited to dive into those and get some inspiration!
Anyway, I decided to ditch the plastics since they aren't my style, and I gave it a nice cleanup. Then, since the stock headlight ears were shaved off, I fab'd new headlight ears from the PO's custom fender mount and some L shaped brackets to mount my CL350's old headlight. I also painted a few previously-brown bits black, to continue the black/red color scheme. After about 2 hours of work, here's how it sits.
I'm currently finishing a frame-up rebuild on my CL350 so the plan for this is to keep it as a runabout/dirtbike until this winter. I'm basically on a mad dash to scavenge parts to make it rideable and street legal. I've got a center stand and a stock front fender in the mail (props to DTT member "alec.korvin" for the fender) and there's a cycle salvage place pretty close to me, so I'm planning on trying to score some carbs and maybe an exhaust there this weekend (unless some kind DTT member would like to sell me any extras of theirs ).
There's definitely some awesome builds on here using these little guys so I'm excited to dive into those and get some inspiration!