1970 Honda CB350 Cafe Racer by BOT

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Hi all

It's about time I'll start posting some of my projects here... I keep reading all the time all the amazing threads and projects that everyone do, I'll be happy to share mine!

I'm Lior, from Israel, not too many cafe racers around here... BOT is the name of my personal workshop - Back On Two, it's where I dream of bikes and than making those dreams come true..

Enough about me, the bike... 1970 Honda CB350 Twin. The goal was to make a Cafe out of it.. the result, soon

That's how I bought it:

 

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Some more 'before' pictures:

 

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Bolts and metal parts - on their way to zinc plating

Carbs - TBD

Parts... parts... more parts...

Harness:

wheels are in quite bad condition...

Engine... will get a new life

 

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Wheels are in bad condition, I will use them as parts...

brake - will be renewed

Front end parts are in really bad condition, some can't be used, the solution will be new tubes... hard to find for this year, but no mission is impossible

 

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bolts... bolts.. my little fetish

Bolts - Zinc plated:

Starting to work on the aluminum parts...

 

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Front end restoration:

Can't use the tubes... too rusty, can't be plated.

Polished

 

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Fuel tank will be a Banelli Mojave

Seat

 

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Some new parts... not all were used, as you will see later on

Aluminum buffing... got to love it, see the process of buffing that I did in one of my updates here

 

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Before...

New Rims

Original parts, cleaned and polished (I will show the process later on...)

 

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Two seat options were considered...


Classic Cafe:

Or... Ducati style:

in the meanwhile.. parts were cleaned and got ready to be painted

 

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Frame - preparation... cleaning.. getting rid of all the old brackets etc.

Bye bye old seat bracket

Adjustments...

Aligning

The battery, as well as other electric components will be replaced under the seat

 

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Seat & fuel tank - new brackets:

 

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Got myself new tubes (ebay UK)

Assembly:

והתוצאה:

 

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Polishing and buffing aluminum parts:

Cleaning

Sand paper with WD40 instead of water, works amazing!

Result:

 

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Wheels - Done:

Front:

Rear:

 

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Fitted with Pirelli Route MT66

 

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Frame - final preparations prior painting:

 

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Frame painting - Done

 

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Starting the assembly

 

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