HerrDeacon
Over 1,000 Posts
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
Cool exhaust. I love the look of exposed welds, looks industrial.
Love the Z too!
Cool exhaust. I love the look of exposed welds, looks industrial.
Love the Z too!
my ghetto ass winter redo 72' CL450
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Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
chop saw with a metal blade, its what i got and it makes 15* cuts every time...unless i set it on something elsechrisf said:
thanks i see you too have done so, got any pics?lil beast said:
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
dude the exhaust is KILLING IT MAN! just insane... nice work... the more i looked at it the mre i just f'n love the exposed and just rought look of hte pipes... if you goss the hell out of that bike and then clear the pipes in a high heat powder or even rattle can to keep them from rusting up super fast... then re warp the front half of them it would look insane!, somehting that would look pretty sweet is to go to the hardware store get a piece of brass tubing and tap on brass tips on the ends... would be a nice clean touch and brass just looks sick any time you use it!
dude the exhaust is KILLING IT MAN! just insane... nice work... the more i looked at it the mre i just f'n love the exposed and just rought look of hte pipes... if you goss the hell out of that bike and then clear the pipes in a high heat powder or even rattle can to keep them from rusting up super fast... then re warp the front half of them it would look insane!, somehting that would look pretty sweet is to go to the hardware store get a piece of brass tubing and tap on brass tips on the ends... would be a nice clean touch and brass just looks sick any time you use it!
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
If you have access to a TIG it would have a nice clean finish, better than MIG any day. I use stainless wire in my MIG for some SS welding if I want the raw look. Good call on the framework. Look up my posts and youll see my build and still buildin, no need to hijack yours. ;D
Derek4Real3 said:
If you have access to a TIG it would have a nice clean finish, better than MIG any day. I use stainless wire in my MIG for some SS welding if I want the raw look. Good call on the framework. Look up my posts and youll see my build and still buildin, no need to hijack yours. ;D
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
I like your bike/work. I use stainless wire too but i cant /dont have a tig welder, the welder i know that does our roll cages told me $170 to weld all of it (36 joints) but im broke and have many other tings to do on the bike so it looks like i'll be mig welding it myself (oh boy :-\) i might have to wrap it lol. as for the frame work i need to find some pre bent tubing for the tail and do some bracing.lil beast said:
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
no new news on my bike but.......
haha
this is a good day at work
no new news on my bike but.......
haha
this is a good day at work
Irishwarelephant
8%ers for life!
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
great thread, im sending this to all my friends
great thread, im sending this to all my friends
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
new parts update, santa hooked it up
Maxxis promax 100/90/19 F and 120/90/18 R
PS. i migged the exhaust.....sorry guys looks like its getting fully wrapped
new parts update, santa hooked it up
Maxxis promax 100/90/19 F and 120/90/18 R
PS. i migged the exhaust.....sorry guys looks like its getting fully wrapped
boomshakalaka
Over 1,000 Posts
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
I was planning to do under-tail exhaust. I decided to use cl pipes to get started on this build since I dont have much money or know how. Then I open this thread and youve telepathically stolen my idea, damn you!
anyways, nice build so far.
And Im jealous of your job! Ive owned a few 240's. I had a white one, 5spd, hud, pure sex. She was pretty run down though and I sold her off after she sat in my garage for 3 years with a blown motor. Got 1000$ for a non running 20+ year old car that was certainly not in amazing condition. I guess I owe a thanks to the drift craze for inflating the prices
p.s. the rich exhaust gave me a stiffy..
I was planning to do under-tail exhaust. I decided to use cl pipes to get started on this build since I dont have much money or know how. Then I open this thread and youve telepathically stolen my idea, damn you!
anyways, nice build so far.
And Im jealous of your job! Ive owned a few 240's. I had a white one, 5spd, hud, pure sex. She was pretty run down though and I sold her off after she sat in my garage for 3 years with a blown motor. Got 1000$ for a non running 20+ year old car that was certainly not in amazing condition. I guess I owe a thanks to the drift craze for inflating the prices
p.s. the rich exhaust gave me a stiffy..
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
hell if your 240 was a coupe i coulda got you more for it.
UPDATE:
fabbed up some new rearset plates since i removed the passenger brackets, welded on
capped the frame tubes
motor is out of the frame and painted gloss black
rims are gloss black
frame is gun metal grey metallic
front forks are polished and cleared
...not sure how i feel about the frame color but i cant have too much black, i'll snap pics for you guys to comment on
it was that or i was going to do a 2 into 1 under the frame but I saw another bike on here with it.boomshakalaka said:I was planning to do under-tail exhaust. I decided to use cl pipes to get started on this build since I dont have much money or know how. Then I open this thread and youve telepathically stolen my idea, damn you!
anyways, nice build so far.
And Im jealous of your job! Ive owned a few 240's. I had a white one, 5spd, hud, pure sex. She was pretty run down though and I sold her off after she sat in my garage for 3 years with a blown motor. Got 1000$ for a non running 20+ year old car that was certainly not in amazing condition. I guess I owe a thanks to the drift craze for inflating the prices
p.s. the rich exhaust gave me a stiffy..
hell if your 240 was a coupe i coulda got you more for it.
UPDATE:
fabbed up some new rearset plates since i removed the passenger brackets, welded on
capped the frame tubes
motor is out of the frame and painted gloss black
rims are gloss black
frame is gun metal grey metallic
front forks are polished and cleared
...not sure how i feel about the frame color but i cant have too much black, i'll snap pics for you guys to comment on
boomshakalaka
Over 1,000 Posts
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
the exterior was decent, a tiny bit of rust started to bubble up around the sunroof, and I mean tiny. But the interior was pretty bad. I bought the car not running, and the sunroof always had a slight leak. Well I think it was stored outside for years. The carpet was mostly rotted up, and I was scared to rip it up and look at the sheet metal. Also Im in chicago. Im sure in socal I coulda got 1500 without even trying.
/highjack
the exterior was decent, a tiny bit of rust started to bubble up around the sunroof, and I mean tiny. But the interior was pretty bad. I bought the car not running, and the sunroof always had a slight leak. Well I think it was stored outside for years. The carpet was mostly rotted up, and I was scared to rip it up and look at the sheet metal. Also Im in chicago. Im sure in socal I coulda got 1500 without even trying.
/highjack
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
i hope you can get an idea of the color with these shots
Now i need to polish those covers like i did these forks
I also cleaned up my wiring harness and spruced up the rectifier
??lil beast said:
i hope you can get an idea of the color with these shots
Now i need to polish those covers like i did these forks
I also cleaned up my wiring harness and spruced up the rectifier
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
thanks! i still have to make a battery / under tail tray and find a good small battery
I hope that i like that color when its all back together
ah makes sense now.lil beast said:
thanks! i still have to make a battery / under tail tray and find a good small battery
I hope that i like that color when its all back together
boomshakalaka
Over 1,000 Posts
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
I like the color of the frame. Generally I think the frame should be darker than the rest of the paint, but this could be an exception.
I like the color of the frame. Generally I think the frame should be darker than the rest of the paint, but this could be an exception.
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
true but i cant get darker then black and everything else is black. I wont know till its too late so i better like itboomshakalaka said:
boomshakalaka
Over 1,000 Posts
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
dont worry, I think it will look really good. Think about like a black ducati with that sort of bronzeish frame, it looks awesome. I actually was planning to do a similar color on my frame, but if I do my paint is going to be a pewter gray with some red accents, stripes or outlined indents or something.
Derek4Real3 said:
dont worry, I think it will look really good. Think about like a black ducati with that sort of bronzeish frame, it looks awesome. I actually was planning to do a similar color on my frame, but if I do my paint is going to be a pewter gray with some red accents, stripes or outlined indents or something.
Derek4Real3
"pillow talk" 73' Honda CL450
Re: my ghetto ass winter redo 73' CL450
THANKS! im sure ill be happy no matter what, i mean i built the fucker and i was happy with it before so any improvement will be 100 times betterDeviant1 said:
