Recent content by Jkimtkd

Very Cool! I just finished a 1981 CM400a Hondamatic. I am interested to see how you lower the front and rear shocks... Please post some pics! :)

I had several pin holes in my gas tank so I got a can of Red Kote from Dime City Cycles and lined my tank. It worked like a charm, would highly recommend it! :-)

Cool! Duos have a pic of the new battery box with battery under the seat?

My starter motor went out a couple weeks ago and it is the 3rd one that I have purchased and installed. The bad part about eBay is that even when the sellers say that it is working, it seems to me that it is still a 50/50 chance of getting an item that truly works. Anyway, I started...

Is the battery on these bikes hidden or simply done away with? If so, how exactly do you get rid of the battery all together, I've heard a little about something called a capacitor? Oh, by the way, I have also been working on a CM400a project. It's not a bobber, racer, or rat... Kind of a...

I'm doing a bobber build on a 1981 CM400 Hondamatic. I am also doing a bare metal finish on the gas tank. What are you gonna coat it with for rust protection, some sort of clear coat, lacquer? Looking good by the way!

I'm in Mobile,Alabama and I don't see cafe racers or bobbers down here. It's pretty much Harley Choppers everywhere I look! Ha Ha! Anyone else down here?

I just ordered the VM30 carb kit from Dime City, it comes with pod filters but I'm not sure what brand they are... They're probably not gonna be K&N's though.

Very Nice! I am currently building a CM400a bobber myself! :-)