Eric - Vermont : Just getting started
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Been Around the Block
Here is a little info on the bike/s.
A little over a year ago I purchased a Honda CB200T from a farmers field down in the green mountain state forest for 50$. It had a stuck motor and was reaaaaaaaly rusty. I tore it to pieces in the idea of building it back up as a street legal cafe bike. I unstuck the motor in my initial push to get a bike running, but I stalled before rebuilding it because i needed some welding done to the frame before it gets painted. The wheels were quite pitted and the mufflers were toast.... and all i had was a couple 5 gallon pails of parts, a motor and a frame...
Fast forward to today
My interest in getting a bike together is piqued again last week when on a trip to NH I picked up a Honda CL200 for 200$ to fill in my missing pieces namely the wheels and a muffler. Now I have twice the parts and am hoping to get a complete bike together by the end of July. The CL200 is a bit scabbed with a CB200 motor a CL175 muffler, a 1971 CB175K tank and a CL200 frame and looks like it was crashed. So whatever I end with will be quite the frankenbike.
The picture is of the CL200 I purchased a week ago. The CB200 will be revealed with the parts that I gank from it....
Cheers,
Eric
Also, in which forum should I post my bike project? It seems like big arse projects seems like the proper fit as the bike is a complete rebuild, but I feel a little outclassed by the results of some of the threads i've seen there...
A little over a year ago I purchased a Honda CB200T from a farmers field down in the green mountain state forest for 50$. It had a stuck motor and was reaaaaaaaly rusty. I tore it to pieces in the idea of building it back up as a street legal cafe bike. I unstuck the motor in my initial push to get a bike running, but I stalled before rebuilding it because i needed some welding done to the frame before it gets painted. The wheels were quite pitted and the mufflers were toast.... and all i had was a couple 5 gallon pails of parts, a motor and a frame...
Fast forward to today
My interest in getting a bike together is piqued again last week when on a trip to NH I picked up a Honda CL200 for 200$ to fill in my missing pieces namely the wheels and a muffler. Now I have twice the parts and am hoping to get a complete bike together by the end of July. The CL200 is a bit scabbed with a CB200 motor a CL175 muffler, a 1971 CB175K tank and a CL200 frame and looks like it was crashed. So whatever I end with will be quite the frankenbike.
The picture is of the CL200 I purchased a week ago. The CB200 will be revealed with the parts that I gank from it....
Cheers,
Eric
Also, in which forum should I post my bike project? It seems like big arse projects seems like the proper fit as the bike is a complete rebuild, but I feel a little outclassed by the results of some of the threads i've seen there...
