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Got her all clean and ready for some minor surgery... lots of work to get done.

Got them all racked and aligned after the kids went to bed... having these done makes me anxious to fire it again.

Got motivated this weekend... Saturday morning coffee and carb rebuilding

Shop porn... Power Mig 256 and a 2 Stage IR compressor

And here's a recent pic of the shop... I finally have the place to where im ready to start working on the CB again... I should have some progress pics soon.

Hey guys, its been a while... here's why My wife decided to go back to work in March... Soooooooo... I signed the lease on this place back in April and my summer has been spent making it functional and giving my truck some much needed TLC... 1750 sq ft of blank canvas!

That thing must rip! I would love to see the roster tail that thing throws.

Hey man, welcome! Im also from CT... meriden to be exact... where in CT do you live? nice projects you have there... and hell ya that was a good trade!

Thanks for the comments guys... with spring coming, and this bike so far away it seems rediculous to be spending this much time just on the rear wheel... but if I dont take the time to do it right now i will never have time to do it again... I sound convinced, right? haha. As for the polishing...

so your going to be sitting on that shaft? sorry... couldnt resist. Pretty good solution... plans for a rear fender?

had to grind down the welds on the sides of the head tube down by the steering stops so they didnt rub... and I still have to modify the stops a bit more so the bars dont hit the tank... thats all that really needed changing.

Im in! This thing is bad ass! love the carbs... and nice mix of polished aluminum and flat black... love it.

Seriously digin this bike... going to use it for inspiration for my wifes bike... using a 200 platform tho Great job!!!

Anyone have a good method for removing the black build up around the dimples without harming the finish? Im thinking a liquid polish and q tip?

this is what it looks like after buffing with brown, grey, and white polising coumpounds... pretty nice... but not quite finished.

Wet sanded the entire wheel with 2000 grit... My daughter even wanted to get in on the fun.

Again, took some brown tipoli to the freshly easy off'ed wheel to see what I would be able to get... I saw some ridges, radial lines that I didnt love so I decided to wet sand the whole thing anyways.

Changed over to Easy Off... damn this stuff is quick! You could spray it on and just stand there watching it do its work... as soon as you see the aluminum start to tarnish or turn grey/black, rinse it off... if you walk away, beware, the easy off will attack the aluminum... here it is post easy...

Polished up one of the spots that the greased lighning took it down to bare aluminum... just so I could see what I was working with. Anodize vs Polished aluminum, no contest.

Got some work done on the rear wheel last weekend... mainly striping and polishing the rear hoop 1st step is removing the clear anodize... I did some poking around the interwebs and it turns out that Greased Lightning degreaser (weak) and Easy Off Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner (strong) removes...