72 CL450 - "CatcH-23" OH THE TIMES THEY ARE CHANGING...

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I hope u r not going to put any speedo or tacho on this bike ...when this bike is done I'm defenatly going to vote it as "bike of the month"
 
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Roiber said:
I hope u r not going to put any speedo or tacho on this bike ...when this bike is done I'm defenatly going to vote it as "bike of the month"

no speedo, no nothing.. BARE minimum all the way...
 
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Just catching this thread now, WOW!! Looks great. You have a real vision and you started with one of my fave Hondas, The 450 motor is the prettiest Honda motor for sure.

Mad skills you have man, I wish I had the skills to make everything I can think of.
 
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thanks again everyone glad you guys dig it....

ok, the end of the mock up stage is almost in site. i need to purchase a few randoms. and fab a handful more parts. then its time to strip, powder, paint, patina, nickel, brush, assemble and wire... i finally finished designing my wiring setup and gave in to a .9 lb battery only because im gonna be running an electric ignition and i dont want hard starting issues.

i didnt really stop working long enough to take pics. i'll take some good one this weekend.

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So... i scraped my entire rear brake mechanism idea. back to the drawing board. going the route of a rear cable instead, but well see...
 
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lookin good pete! will you be working on the bike friday evening? i might stop by the shop...


im interested to see if you do the rear cable brake... im thinking something similar for my ride. keep us posted!
 
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Rocan said:
lookin good pete! will you be working on the bike friday evening? i might stop by the shop...


im interested to see if you do the rear cable brake... im thinking something similar for my ride. keep us posted!

yeah i should be there tomorrow...
 
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ADPete said:
yeah i should be there tomorrow...

ill stop by and well do some work... im getting near fiberglass time so youll probably see me a bunch asking you all kinds of questions :D
 
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Whats going on with this thing? Your build has really relit my fire. Between work, school, kids, and trying to skate when I can. I love to get out in the garage and do some work. Get some more pics out there for some more inspiration.
 
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you have all the mad skills andthensome
i love this bike and it is very inspiring
thanks!
also love to know whats happening next and more pics
 
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hes currently off duty spending time with the family... but he helped me with my bike at least :D :D

give him a week and ill bet hell blow our minds with some more crazy fab work ;)
 
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i helped my lil brother make a baby fender and seat pan last month when i went home for a week. he slicked the fender out and i took the seat pan back with me. i sat down on the sewing machine last week and finally finished his seat. it turned out ok... last nite he texted me some pics, his chop is turning out pretty rad!

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Struts and no seat padding? Not for me, thanks.

Looks kinda "badass", though...... ;D
 
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ADPete said:
plus thats his only transpo... chicks dig back pain!

sweet! that means theyll dig my scoliosis BIG TIME. :D

tell your bro his bob is sick!
 
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So.... as i said before. I've decided to go cable for the rear brake. i got to werk on it a bit tonight. i had my boy turn up some cable adjuster bosses, cut and drilled a new arm, and started modifying an old clutch cable...

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and heres some sneak peeks into other random fab ish...

swiss alloy tag mount.
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patina-ed brass kicker..
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more rear brake shananagins to come soon........................
 
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