Project "Caroline" CB350four And so it begins!

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All I can saw is "Where the Hell has this been for almost a month!!!" I finally noticed your sig and clicked on the linky.
NICE!
CONGRATS!
PROPS!
There, now it will pop up in my replies from now on... and I won't have 6 pages to get caught up reading :D

"Caroline" is looking good Brandon, "Lil Sister" is getting a frame-up this winter as well, I will be watching and posting!
 
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Hoosier Daddy said:
All I can saw is "Where the Hell has this been for almost a month!!!" I finally noticed your sig and clicked on the linky.
NICE!
CONGRATS!
PROPS!
There, now it will pop up in my replies from now on... and I won't have 6 pages to get caught up reading :D

"Caroline" is looking good Brandon, "Lil Sister" is getting a frame-up this winter as well, I will be watching and posting!
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Thanks Hoosier, I will be watching little sister as well. I HIGHLY recamend ordering a JT 16 tooth sprocket for it, I got it for less than $20 shipped to me....the best perfomance upgrade for 20 buck I have EVER done.......EVER! If you want the JT part # I can PM it to you...let me know!
 
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tWistedWheelz said:
Thanks Hoosier, I will be watching little sister as well. I HIGHLY recamend ordering a JT 16 tooth sprocket for it, I got it for less than $20 shipped to me....the best perfomance upgrade for 20 buck I have EVER done.......EVER! If you want the JT part # I can PM it to you...let me know!
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By the way - you should get yourself a new chain (and rear sprocket) ASAP....otherwise the mis-match of old and new will have either your new sprocket wearing out quick, or the chain wearing out more (worst case scenario is the chain snaps and smashes your purdy drilled cover to bits :eek:).

Hate to see all that polishing and drilling go to waste.
 
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hillsy said:
By the way - you should get yourself a new chain (and rear sprocket) ASAP....otherwise the mis-match of old and new will have either your new sprocket wearing out quick, or the chain wearing out more (worst case scenario is the chain snaps and smashes your purdy drilled cover to bits :eek:).

Hate to see all that polishing and drilling go to waste.
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Already ordered, just has not come in yet!
 
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Very nice bike to start with, it obviously spent it's life indoors. Can't wait to see what you come up with.
 
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I have been wanting to fab up some rear sets, but was putting off any more mods until after Barber's....but fuck it! So I had a ton of work to do to get them to work, but I am almost there now. I have to finish up the shifter side, but the hard side was the brake side so I did it first. I took some rear sets from my old CBR600 and modified them to work. I cut off the heel guards to start. I also had to cut a tab and weld it to the brake lever as the CBR was hydrolic rear brakes while the 350 has mechanical. After a bit if cutting, torch welding (I dont have a welder yet), grinding, and bending I got the brake side done minus actually mounting the brackets, but I just need the right hardware for that and it will be done quick. Mounting and adjusting the connecting rod length is all I have to do for the shifter side and I will have rear sets! Here is the pics....I know how much you guys like'em!
Rear sets before mods
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After a little cutting
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Some mods on the brake lever to work with mechanical brakes
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Shifter linkage
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A shot of the brake side done except bolted
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I hope to get it finished up over the next two or three days, I am going to paint the brackets black
 
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Sweet man, they look great! Good work.
Nice watch to by the way! Hahaha
 
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tWistedWheelz said:
I am going to paint the brackets black
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nice work. I'll be doing something similar for my 400f, so thanks for the tutorial ;)

too nice to paint black IMO. Show your work off dude. A nice brushed finish I reckon.

cheers
ian
 
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bikeboy said:
nice work. I'll be doing something similar for my 400f, so thanks for the tutorial ;)

too nice to paint black IMO. Show your work off dude. A nice brushed finish I reckon.

cheers
ian
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Thanks Ian, but black it will be, with the plan for this bike to have a real vintage look and feel, I want the brackets to blend in and not stand out. I have other parts that I want to be nice and shiney. Since the brackets have a maodern look I will just black them so they are more muted. Thank you and Josh for the compliments, and if you have any questions when you get into your 400f's rear sets feel free ask!
 
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Looks to me like you need to re-work shift linkage, going to be missing up-shifts with that angle.
Bend it out to clear case and mount more 'vertical'
 
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Or mount the linkage underneath the shaft and use a longer rod.
 
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nice! those rear sets will make a hella diff on how comfortable she is to ride! nice work man!
 
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hurley209 said:
more pictures.
do it!
do it now!
gooooooo!
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OK!

Tonight I got it all buttoned up except for the brake light switch for the rear. But it all works and is very comfortable. The hardware and mounting is a temporary system that will be changed when the full teardown comes. Here is a shot of me on it. Deviant1 took the shot as he was here to get his tank braised. I got a small bead over the pin hole right before I ran out of acetylene. I hope we got it all! Anyway here is a pic!

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Daaaaamn man! That looks SO much better!!!!!!!!! Love it!
 
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Never saw a photo of you on the bike with the standard pegs, but that's starting to look "right" now ;)
 
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