Recent content by isal

So I've been calling around shops based on recommendations from car people, but automotive machinists don't seem to want to touch motorcycles. I found one guy who was cool enough to check out my cylinders for me, but he doesn't want to do any machining on them. And guess what, I need to have...

Thanks for the advice, frogman. I have to find another machinist as the one I saw Monday made it pretty clear he didn't want to work on my stuff. And with what looked like a dozen or so $100k auto restoration projects in the shop, I'm not too surprised. I did get the cams and rockers out...

Fuck, no updates for nearly a month. That's really lame. Not much progress was made for most of that month, but there has been some over the last three days... First the good, I spent some quality time with the angle grinder and the frame on Sunday. I took off the exhaust hanger ears, the...

What up, CO people. Another Denver person here. Currently riding a '08 Bonneville black up and down Speer at license revoking speeds and building a '69 CB450 in the garage. Subscribed and looking forward to meeting some folks. -- isal

Just spotted a really nice Cafe at 6th and Pearl. Didn't get a chance to snap a pic though as I was holding a truck load of dry cleaning and he was turning. Late 70's or early 80's honda four. Long tank and Cafe seat, both high gloss black. Mirror polished megaphones, stripped out center and...

Looking good, man! I like your tank design and think you're doing a great job with the resources you have available. Keep up the good work, ill be following your build. Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2

Ok, I set up that software. Here's the first pass at planning:

Ok, so I haven't hooked up that software yet, and I haven't made any progress on the bike since Monday. It's been an ugly week. Anyway... I keep thinking about forks. My 450 is a '69, which means it has the tapered forks at the top. I want to lower the front end and from what I've seen that...

I agree it's mostly bolt on, that's why I said it looked like a work in progress, but I suppose I was just being kind. I still like the tank and seat. The license place holder was totally trick; metal strapping bolted to the frame.

OK, so I was making up a to-do list in my head because I'm fucking flakey and if I don't this will never get done. Then something occurred to me... I'm a computer systems and network engineer, but I work in a software development group. My group uses a process called Agile to manage their...

booligan, my CB450 is going to be black and white, so I know what you mean. Mr. E, it does look like it's turned 90 degrees. Here's the best close up I could manage: Edit, nope, not rotated. Shoulda looked at the pic before I posted it.

axe, I'm going to going powder coat, looking to do a rattle can job if I can I can find black metallic. Also no rust to speak of, Colorado +1. I may take a wire wheel to the fram like frogman suggests and see how easily it comes off. If it just flakes away then i'll take it down to bare metal...

I've seen a number of cafe style bikes around Denver, I think it helps that there's a few cafe shops around. Anyway, today while out running errands I spotted two bikes. First, a '78 CB750K. Like nearly all the cafe bikes I've seen around Denver, it sports clubman bars. What set this one...

frogman, I hear you on the ymmv polishing. It just seems like every thread I've read they've had a bitch of a time getting everything all shiny. I've decided that it's what I want to do for this bike, but I may end up painting the next one. We'll see how it goes. And I'll probably pick up a...

Frogman, I love the multipurpose stand and the height looks great. Your engine, however, looks truly fantastic! I'm not crazy about the idea of hours and hours of sanding and polishing, but damn if the payoff doesn't look worth while. Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2