Recent content by bittenbythecafe

The bike that was on ebay also had the vented rear drum, like this one.... I bought my bike some bar end blinkers after seeing the bike. Looks ALOT like the ebay bike if not the same.

That bike was for sale on ebay a few months ago. It sold once but the buyer was going to have to ship overseas and after cost, decided against it. He relisted and it did not meet reserve a few times. I stopped watching after a few times, might have sold.

Thanks for the feedback. Got the bar end blinkers mounted up and the new speedo. Also welded up with a smaller mirror, still have to paint. Had to extend the rear light bucket to get the license plate light to hit the plate, and ended up using the glass lens. Still need to rejet carbs.

I did have another glass one that I was thinking about using but I am getting ready to start another build that I thought it would go better with.

Today was a good day. Rolled it out in the yard and washed it down. Still have quite a bit to do but wanted to see it without a layer of dirt on it. and to give you an idea of scale.

Thanks guys. Not much done in the last few days. Did get the front wheel cleaned up and painted after replacing a valve stem. The painting went well did the old card trick and came out nice. Cleaned up the disc and it will be ready to mount when the forks have had a few more days to harden. I...

Last night saw quite a bit get done. I stripped the front forks and repainted black, the front tire had a small leak so that is another job. Got the headlight and rear fender repainted. Much better flow I feel. Had to pull the upholstery off and redo to get it to tuck in all the way around. I...

She fired up with a bit of hesitation but sounds good and no leaks. I am going to have to re-jet the carbs for sure. Got the rear fender repainted tonight still have to fab up a battery holder under the bike or anyone have any recommendations on tiny sealed batterys?

Any updates on your build. I have a 700s myself and was wanting to know how yours is turning out.

So tonight I was able to weld the pipes up and will test it before wrapping them. I also might shorten the muffler depending on the sound. Ended up not going with the high exhaust as was having trouble bending the pipe. Even using sand the pipe would start to distort when going into tight bends...

Question. Never really done an exhaust. Is there anything that should not be done? I was thinking of making my own 2 into 1 and played around with some pipe tonight. Tried to use the lil photobucket tools to draw in the missing pieces. (play nice) When doing a 2 into 1 does each pipe have to...

Cold out tonight. Well got the headlight back on , speedo mounted and swapped out bars with some chrome, might paint them black.... I think I am going to strip the aluminum paint from the forks. Also lowered the front end about 1 1/4" and it sits nice and low now. Here are a couple pics where...

The bike is a 85 this is the second build that I have done to it. The first was ok but used to much of the original plastic. I ended up painting the rear fender a dark grey/black, I used appliance paint on the frame after some bondo. I came across an old trailer light that I think I can...

Did the bar clamps from the Virago bolt up to the top triple on the nighthawk? Looking forward to see how your project turns out.

Well not to far along on this build but wanted to throw it out and see if I am headed in the right direction. Going for a "brat" look with a tracker feel.This is what it started out as a beat up cb450sc. Started with swapping the tank and stripping it down. Found a box of transfer decals...