my first vintage bike- 1972 cb350F

apenna

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bit of a long saga, but after 3+ years of trying to chip away at what i could by myself and eventually handing her over to the professionals, my cb350f Cafe is finally complete. proper photos to come but i had to share my excitement with the world of fellow bike nerds/enthusiasts
 

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couple of front and rear shots
 

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before all the real work was done, developing the plans for the cafe creation
 

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last group of pre-photos
 

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Beautiful bike apenna, very nice work! Do you mind sharing your seat/tank/bar info? I have a 72 350 and this is exactly the look I was going for right down to the brake light. Awesome job.
 
Seat is from Dime City, bars are just basic chrome Clubmans and the tank is stock, just cleaned up a bit and painted semi-gloss black. No secrets here!


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I'll have to ask my shop about the brake light, but much like the great looking headlight, it has the indicators integrated so it makes it look extra slick


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apenna said:
Seat is from Dime City, bars are just basic chrome Clubmans and the tank is stock, just cleaned up a bit and painted semi-gloss black. No secrets here!


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Nice. It looked like your tank had knee dents from certain angles but I see now in other pics its stock, but that looks awesome. The clubmans didn't look as drastic as some of the generic ones I've seen. Depending on your build that looks like it would be cozy even without the rear sets. Really like this setup. Didn't over do it and kept it looking classy.
 
apenna said:
I'll have to ask my shop about the brake light, but much like the great looking headlight, it has the indicators integrated so it makes it look extra slick


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If you ever do get more info on your brake/headlight setup please post it here. Loving the integrated look. Also any notes you have on your battery relocation would be awesome.
 
lbaker said:
If you ever do get more info on your brake/headlight setup please post it here. Loving the integrated look. Also any notes you have on your battery relocation would be awesome.

The site isn't done yet but http://acp-caferacer.com is the shop I've used and they are great guys to work with. They helped me form my vision in the best way possible into a viable reality


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