BigHoss
New Member
Hey all, I'm finally back on here to do a project thread on my '74 cb200. I'm going for a cafe racer look, with my own little twist to it. It's my first bike that I'm doing, with some help from my buddies that own a shop here in Indy.
Here it is the day I got it. A friend of a friend had it sitting in a trailer for years and forgot he had it, when his son needed the trailer to go on tour with his band he found the bike and gave it to me. Unfortunately it had sat with fuel in the tank, basically ruining the bottom left half of the tank...But I didnt know at the time.
Within about 20 minutes of having it in the garage I had begun to take it apart.
Then It was time to re-build the carbs, get a new front tire, plug leads, ignition coil, battery, plugs, and just clean it up a bit. Finally got it all back together and ready to run, and filled it up with gas only to realize that there was a HOLE IN THE TANK. Okay, I was pretty upset, but hey, easy fix right?
A friend of mine suggested soldering the holes shut and bondo-ing over where he had tapped the metal down, cool right?
So, in the mean time I had bought an older 350 tank to run on it, only to find out that it was just as holy as the other one...I liked how it looked though.
But alas, it did not work. THEN, I got the tank back, and went to CRC2 here in indy to pick up some odds and ends, mainly a set of clubmans for it. Did a test fit and got the setting I liked most.
Then, Got them all fitted and right.
Then, went to my friend's house and decided to shave down the seat and wrap it all hillbilly style for now.
Then one night I couldn't sleep and decided to plasti-dip the tank. Not really for cosmetic reasons, but to preserve what was left of the finish on the tank. But the matte black kind of grew on me.
And this is basically where I am today, except after a few months of riding, the JB weld that was holding a couple pinholes closed gave way and opened the floodgates, and gas now just spews from it. I'm in process of looking for a new tank, maybe a 350, or 360 tank, as it's relatively hard to find a cb200 tank in my price range. My friend sent me a picture of it with a 350 tank on it, and let's just say I love it.
Future plans include
-Getting a new gas tank
-New suspension
-New brake light assembly/ turn signals
-rearsets
-New carbs?
-New exhaust
-Pod filters
-New rear tire
-Fairing?
Any opinions, criticisms, help, attaboys, or advice is greatly appreciated!
Here it is the day I got it. A friend of a friend had it sitting in a trailer for years and forgot he had it, when his son needed the trailer to go on tour with his band he found the bike and gave it to me. Unfortunately it had sat with fuel in the tank, basically ruining the bottom left half of the tank...But I didnt know at the time.
Within about 20 minutes of having it in the garage I had begun to take it apart.
Then It was time to re-build the carbs, get a new front tire, plug leads, ignition coil, battery, plugs, and just clean it up a bit. Finally got it all back together and ready to run, and filled it up with gas only to realize that there was a HOLE IN THE TANK. Okay, I was pretty upset, but hey, easy fix right?
A friend of mine suggested soldering the holes shut and bondo-ing over where he had tapped the metal down, cool right?
So, in the mean time I had bought an older 350 tank to run on it, only to find out that it was just as holy as the other one...I liked how it looked though.
But alas, it did not work. THEN, I got the tank back, and went to CRC2 here in indy to pick up some odds and ends, mainly a set of clubmans for it. Did a test fit and got the setting I liked most.
Then, Got them all fitted and right.
Then, went to my friend's house and decided to shave down the seat and wrap it all hillbilly style for now.
Then one night I couldn't sleep and decided to plasti-dip the tank. Not really for cosmetic reasons, but to preserve what was left of the finish on the tank. But the matte black kind of grew on me.
And this is basically where I am today, except after a few months of riding, the JB weld that was holding a couple pinholes closed gave way and opened the floodgates, and gas now just spews from it. I'm in process of looking for a new tank, maybe a 350, or 360 tank, as it's relatively hard to find a cb200 tank in my price range. My friend sent me a picture of it with a 350 tank on it, and let's just say I love it.
Future plans include
-Getting a new gas tank
-New suspension
-New brake light assembly/ turn signals
-rearsets
-New carbs?
-New exhaust
-Pod filters
-New rear tire
-Fairing?
Any opinions, criticisms, help, attaboys, or advice is greatly appreciated!
