Morning guys,
I spent the night last night in the shop finishing the jig for the CB750 hard-tails. I've got one 750 I need to get done before I can start on anything else but I wanted to gauge some interest on what you guys want to see..
1) Are there more of you who would like to see CB350 or CB450 hard-tails? Anything else?
2) Of those who are interested in a hard-tail what kind of hard-tail are you looking for?
What I mean by the above #2 is this...in doing a hard-tail there is a right way and wrong way. The tail I've done on my 450 is the right way. I removed essentially the entire back half of the frame and made a new engine mount set for the aft portion of the twin pounder along with extending the top backbone and making a new down support.
Other hard-tails I've seen simply remove the back quarter section of the frame which in my opinion doesn't look right. You cannot get the correct angles and it leaves you with the messy OE section in the lower middle portion where the swing-arm, etc all converges.
(Bad example hard-tail using the 1/4 method)
(A better bolt-on example that some people weld-on which still doesn't look right)
(A good example of hard-tail)
If there were detailed instructions and to quote Geico "it was so easy a Caveman could it" would you guys be looking for the more refined version? When you look at material costs there isn't a great increase and the final product will be much smoother IMO.
We would assemble them completely here and ship them complete in large boxes with detailed welding instructions. I'm even thinking about doing a YouTube video to walk someone through the entire process. Essentially all you would need is a bike ready for the tail, a grinder, a basic 110V welder (with gas), basic shop tools and the desire. The basic process would be to cut, line up the tubes (they will all be slugged for guaranteed accurate fitments) and weld away.
Let me know what you guys want to see and how you want to see it.. We work for you!
Jason
I spent the night last night in the shop finishing the jig for the CB750 hard-tails. I've got one 750 I need to get done before I can start on anything else but I wanted to gauge some interest on what you guys want to see..
1) Are there more of you who would like to see CB350 or CB450 hard-tails? Anything else?
2) Of those who are interested in a hard-tail what kind of hard-tail are you looking for?
What I mean by the above #2 is this...in doing a hard-tail there is a right way and wrong way. The tail I've done on my 450 is the right way. I removed essentially the entire back half of the frame and made a new engine mount set for the aft portion of the twin pounder along with extending the top backbone and making a new down support.
Other hard-tails I've seen simply remove the back quarter section of the frame which in my opinion doesn't look right. You cannot get the correct angles and it leaves you with the messy OE section in the lower middle portion where the swing-arm, etc all converges.
(Bad example hard-tail using the 1/4 method)
(A better bolt-on example that some people weld-on which still doesn't look right)
(A good example of hard-tail)
If there were detailed instructions and to quote Geico "it was so easy a Caveman could it" would you guys be looking for the more refined version? When you look at material costs there isn't a great increase and the final product will be much smoother IMO.
We would assemble them completely here and ship them complete in large boxes with detailed welding instructions. I'm even thinking about doing a YouTube video to walk someone through the entire process. Essentially all you would need is a bike ready for the tail, a grinder, a basic 110V welder (with gas), basic shop tools and the desire. The basic process would be to cut, line up the tubes (they will all be slugged for guaranteed accurate fitments) and weld away.
Let me know what you guys want to see and how you want to see it.. We work for you!
Jason