Blake's cb350 Cafe (Update: APRIL 10th Jetted,exhaust, all hard work done! PICS)

[VonYinzer]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

Ya... Long straight pipes like that tend to have a "chopper" vibe to me. Not very racey. Something like these would be sweet:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BSA-TRIUMPH-NORTON-SUPERIOR-ROCKET-MEGAPHONE-MUFFLERS-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5642363c4aQQitemZ370478038090QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Shit, if the price stays low, I may have to buy those... DIBS!

 

[JRK5892]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

ya agreed those trumpets would be rad

 

[Rocan]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

i like pipes that are of tuned length. end of story

 

[barnicle]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

i like pipes that are of tuned length. end of story

and when is that bike gona be ready anyway :-X

 

[dakine_surf]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

I agree with Joe, those pipes look way out of place. Also I just watched your video and saw you running the bike without a battery which is a big no no, You can ruin your voltage regulator, among other things... it is fine if you hook up even a dead battery and then hook up the charger to it, but it needs something there to capture the electricity. My dad long ago told me about this after I blew through a few electrical components on a build of mine. Otherwise, great job!

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

watched your video...

hah. You cheated, your dad helped you!

your dad had his hand in front of the header to check compression, I do it too.

Your idle is low. its getting there though man. congrats.

Idle low? is that bad?

And my dad helped because i couldnt film and rev without something to sit the camera on...

Yep moving right a long... gonna glass the seat... made my final revisions on the foam. (sunday is the day.. that im doing this)


GUYS i might change the side exhausts to slash cut. i think it looks better.

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

ya agreed those trumpets would be rad

on a budget though.... so im gonna just make my exhausts. i like the slash cut idea... i think i might do that.

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

I agree with Joe, those pipes look way out of place. Also I just watched your video and saw you running the bike without a battery which is a big no no, You can ruin your voltage regulator, among other things... it is fine if you hook up even a dead battery and then hook up the charger to it, but it needs something there to capture the electricity. My dad long ago told me about this after I blew through a few electrical components on a build of mine. Otherwise, great job!

i set the amps low... it wont blow the regulator... trust me i knew this...

 

[JRK5892]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

what did your stock pipes look like. you can always cut them up and make somethign cool out of them.. get a 45* bend to get a bit of a kick up behind your foot peg

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

This is what you get with a 350 not bad maybe, but not real graceful. Id rather dump it out right behind my foot, and do something ells with my $100 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VDCGGBYmNCk/SXk-1Z_-SJI/AAAAAAAABiI/kCjAB9GwpI8/s400/0023.JPG

that bike is my background on my phone and my inspiration to make a cafe racer... truely amazing what they did with that scoot.

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

what did your stock pipes look like. you can always cut them up and make somethign cool out of them.. get a 45* bend to get a bit of a kick up behind your foot peg

They were those HOOKER Jpipes i had...i cut them. they had a mandrel bend in them and were worth about 10 bucks each. i have shortys and long ones ... i got the flares on them done at the muffler shop for free cuz the guy felt sorry that i didnt have much money.

 

[Rocan]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

oh, so you didnt show up in your mustang?

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

oh, so you didnt show up in your mustang?

nope i had my beater car. hahaha and it was funny i had a ripped up flannel and it REEKED of diesel fuel haha.

 

[Rocan]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

oh so you have two cars now? >,<

all my flannels are ripped up and reek of fuel... or grease, or aluminum oxide... a combination of those usually.

greatest thing ever said to me by a girl... "you smell like leather, gasoline, and cigarettes.... thats fucking hot"

 

[VonYinzer]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

wow... you two make a cute couple...

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

wow... you two make a cute couple...

Who?

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[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

2 dif sets of pipe i had on my bike. Choosing longer ones.... but might slash cut them.

 

[blake57]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

seat's final look. Covered in latex paint to be safe with the fiberglass resins.

after glassing.

after glassing.

Shined them with sandpaper.

on the bike...glassed seat+Polished pipes.

 

[Ringo]

Re: Blake's CB350 ( Pipes Cut + Video)

wow... you two make a cute couple...

Hahahahahahahaha!

But seriously, I'm glad you're making your own seat, instead of buying one created by someone else. Props.

 

[VonYinzer]

Re: Blake's CB350 (Glassing Seat....WITH PICS + PIPES + VIDEO)

Good on ya for making your own seat bud. Looking good.Its a good idea to glass some support into the seat base. Adds a little weight, but make a much stiffer and stronger seat.