mgros483
aka "Marty"; "mgros483"
Starting my first cafe build, so I thought I'd share it. Yet another CB350, but I thought I'd start out with something standard to begin with.
Got a hold of the bike from a local guy after posting a want ad in a local classified forum. Well, I showed up to pick it up and the guy has about 3 or 4 cafe projects in process, his own powdercoating rig, and a wealth of info about bikes. What a score! Prior to yesterday I didn't know anyone around here who liked to wrench on old junk like me.
I've owned and rebuilt two CB750's, but that was 12 years ago, so I hope I can bring back some of those old memories while I'm working on this but this will be my first cafe style bike, and I'm excited to get it together.
So, I will try to put some updates up for the good of the land. I get tons of advice and ideas from forums on every project I do, so I thought I'd add to the library. I'm also keeping a spreadsheet to track all of my costs and when it's done I'll post it, that's something I hardly ever see on build threads and I think it's something people would like to see.
Here's a couple pics, first is from noon when I picked it up, second is the progress I made by 8pm.
Got a hold of the bike from a local guy after posting a want ad in a local classified forum. Well, I showed up to pick it up and the guy has about 3 or 4 cafe projects in process, his own powdercoating rig, and a wealth of info about bikes. What a score! Prior to yesterday I didn't know anyone around here who liked to wrench on old junk like me.
I've owned and rebuilt two CB750's, but that was 12 years ago, so I hope I can bring back some of those old memories while I'm working on this but this will be my first cafe style bike, and I'm excited to get it together.
So, I will try to put some updates up for the good of the land. I get tons of advice and ideas from forums on every project I do, so I thought I'd add to the library. I'm also keeping a spreadsheet to track all of my costs and when it's done I'll post it, that's something I hardly ever see on build threads and I think it's something people would like to see.
Here's a couple pics, first is from noon when I picked it up, second is the progress I made by 8pm.