Recent content by davis

I hate to sell because this bike is my pride and joy, but I need the money so here it is. It's a 1971 Honda CB500 Four with 12,000-ish miles on it. When I bought the bike it was in poor knick, and had not run in a number of years. Since then, I rebuilt the bike essentially from the ground up...

I met many of you at Kylie’s garage this year, but since it’s been a while since I’ve been active on DTT, and considering how much yous guys value introductions, allow me to re-introduce myself. My name is Davis. I am currently a graphic designer. I am also a licensed attorney. I do everything...

I wonder where the rest of that sticker went... I'll never tell

Separate the trees from frame? I just need top and bottom trees/stem. Thanks!

Will you pull the upper triple tree plus the lower triple/steering stem? How much for the set? Thanks!

Thank you sir, new grips/throttle tube/throttle cables on the way to attempt to alleviate my current unusually high idle problem.

Hey guys, This is the second build of my second SOHC bike, my 1971 cb500. I have another build thread on sohc4.net if you have any questions about the first rebuild. A year ago, 4 days after I sold my 350f, I bought this for $300 from craigslist. It had 9k miles and was in non-running, pretty...

Hey guys, I recently decided to switch back to single disc setup on my 71 cb500... so I'm selling all the parts needed to switch a 500 to dual disc. All parts were installed and used for a few months, so I know everything works. Here's what I have: 1. Brake disc: cleaned, prepped and painted...

1st time laying fiberglass, hump formed from florist foam, body filler and hand sewn cover made from a $9 fugly 80's leather jacket from the thrift store:

Loving this build, great job! So youre going with a factory style tank in lieu of that beautiful Terry Baker piece? Is that just because of the sketchy mounting situation? And finally, what are your plans for the Baker tank? Keep up the good work! Davis

Yes. Not really sure why people think "cafe racers" have to have impractical bump seats. Can't carry a broad on the back of a slippery fiberglass shell. The modern assumption of what you "have to have" to build a cafe is pretty far off base from cafes of the period.

Are these sold?

Ever find a taker for this frame?

for sale

from Birmingham, living in oxford for grad school.. thanks for helping out