Swapmeet Louie
Put some metal in yer eye....
Well, where to begin?
I built the SPEEDHEAP for my brother last winter (was a gift, kind of a thank you for not only being a good brother, but, also being my best friend). And he came up to Boise to pick it up last 4th of July (from H.B. Cal.). After getting it home and riding it a bit, one of his buddies decided he wanted he wanted one too.
So, I get a phone call from this guy Doug. Who proceeds to tell me that he wants me to build him a bike. Totally flattered and amazed by his excitement, I told him I would look for a donor bike. And when I found one, I'd give him a call and we could work out the details.
Another friend of mine asked me if I could wire his R5 in trade for a complete and titled cb400. I thought, Shit! this is to good to be true... So I wire his bike. And he delivers This..... Minus the headlight, Seat, rear fender, and all the electronics. oh, and a motor that is blown. Funny all the little details people seem to forget to include when they are trying to get you to do something.
Anyway, this is it after I scrounged up the items listed above:
So fist thing was 1st.... Comstars Suck! they had to go! Especially the rattle canned "flat black" ones this one had. After a little measuring I found that a Suzuki gt550 frontend was a direct bolt on. And I had one. So I cleaned it up, drilled the rotor etc. This fuckers gonna stop! I also will be using the gt550 rear wheel. Which has a huge drum. this is the front end:
Next I needed to figure out what I was going to do for a tank. So, after looking @ the oh so common "tripple" back bone, and thinking "I'm Fuct". I decided to try and give the stock Hawk tank some style. So I fit some tank/knee pads to it. I did a tech on building the mounts for the pads in the tank and seat section. Anyway, I ended up with this:
Next... Was to drill speed holes in everything possible as usual, haha
Example A:
Been doing body work. So there has been little work done fab'ing or customizing as of late.
But this is how it sits right now. In primer...
Louie
I built the SPEEDHEAP for my brother last winter (was a gift, kind of a thank you for not only being a good brother, but, also being my best friend). And he came up to Boise to pick it up last 4th of July (from H.B. Cal.). After getting it home and riding it a bit, one of his buddies decided he wanted he wanted one too.
So, I get a phone call from this guy Doug. Who proceeds to tell me that he wants me to build him a bike. Totally flattered and amazed by his excitement, I told him I would look for a donor bike. And when I found one, I'd give him a call and we could work out the details.
Another friend of mine asked me if I could wire his R5 in trade for a complete and titled cb400. I thought, Shit! this is to good to be true... So I wire his bike. And he delivers This..... Minus the headlight, Seat, rear fender, and all the electronics. oh, and a motor that is blown. Funny all the little details people seem to forget to include when they are trying to get you to do something.
Anyway, this is it after I scrounged up the items listed above:
So fist thing was 1st.... Comstars Suck! they had to go! Especially the rattle canned "flat black" ones this one had. After a little measuring I found that a Suzuki gt550 frontend was a direct bolt on. And I had one. So I cleaned it up, drilled the rotor etc. This fuckers gonna stop! I also will be using the gt550 rear wheel. Which has a huge drum. this is the front end:
Next I needed to figure out what I was going to do for a tank. So, after looking @ the oh so common "tripple" back bone, and thinking "I'm Fuct". I decided to try and give the stock Hawk tank some style. So I fit some tank/knee pads to it. I did a tech on building the mounts for the pads in the tank and seat section. Anyway, I ended up with this:
Next... Was to drill speed holes in everything possible as usual, haha
Example A:
Been doing body work. So there has been little work done fab'ing or customizing as of late.
But this is how it sits right now. In primer...
Louie
