Project Celeste, CB400four....realizing my dream bike.
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JustinLonghorn
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Re: Project Celeste, CB400four....reaiizing my dream bike.
Seriously dude, she is on her way to being ridiculously beautiful. Impressive.
Seriously dude, she is on her way to being ridiculously beautiful. Impressive.
thompsonmx100
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Re: Project Celeste, CB400four....reaiizing my dream bike.
Very nice brotha. I love the paint job very retro and racy. I had no idea you were messin around with the 400. I thought you would be messing the bobber. Speaking of which i have the lower triple out and ready to be packed and shipped. PM me and we can work out the details. Keep it up, like you were gonna quit.
Very nice brotha. I love the paint job very retro and racy. I had no idea you were messin around with the 400. I thought you would be messing the bobber. Speaking of which i have the lower triple out and ready to be packed and shipped. PM me and we can work out the details. Keep it up, like you were gonna quit.
Re: Project Celeste, CB400four....reaiizing my dream bike.
1) As an owner of not one but two CB400F tanks of differing styles...am I the only who doesn't like its lines?
2) Kiley, are you going to do a stripped down design with hidden battery, electrics, different gauges, or more of an upgraded-to-the-hilt stocker?
1) As an owner of not one but two CB400F tanks of differing styles...am I the only who doesn't like its lines?
2) Kiley, are you going to do a stripped down design with hidden battery, electrics, different gauges, or more of an upgraded-to-the-hilt stocker?
Re: Project Celeste, CB400four....reaiizing my dream bike.
Thanks for the compliments guys. I am back at it this morning. Just got finished putting the side cover striping and decals on after sanding them to 600 grit to be ready for paint. I also finished sanding the fuel door and installing the NOS "open/close" decal on it. I will be shooting the last of the clear this afternoon. The only other thing left to paint will be the headlight bucket, but I am unsure of what I am going to use for that yet. It's still up in the air.
PHeller, originally this was going to be a modified stocker kind of thing, but I scored another rolling chassis and motor plus a spare motor, so this one will be going all the way. I will be installing upgraded suspension, upgraded motor internals, minimal wiring, some frame bracing, etc. I will retain the sidecovers, but the battery/airbox will be removed and replaced with a more slimmed down unit that holds all of the electrical components in a more tidied up manner. Smaller battery, newer reg/rec unit, altogether minimized. Then the wheels will be upgraded to alloy, a simplified gauge cluster, free flowing exhaust, etc. So this one will be made the way that it should be. I have discussed with a few members how I would like to build something that looks as if it were developed by HRC and released as a factory racer from Honda. That is the plan and I'm sticking to it.
Personally, I love the lines of the 400f. BUT, in stock trim when you are going for that race look, the bike is kind of clunky. It has a serious lack of open space and doesn't have that "light and nimble" look. I totally understand where you're coming from there. I plan to remedy that. I really love the bread box tank though, it's perfectly bulbous IMO, and I even love the stock seat, but this one will be getting the manx style seat as seen in previous posts. It's already in. The next phase will be stripping the frame of un-necessary bits and adding some necessary bracing to rigid the chassis on up. I will also be adding bracing to the swingarm, and replacing the bushings with a nice set of needle bearings to get rid of the slop. Of course tapered steering bearings will be installed, and my modified pair of forks (race-tech springs and gold valve emulators with a billet fork brace). All in all, when it's done, I want it to surprise even me!
Thanks for the compliments guys. I am back at it this morning. Just got finished putting the side cover striping and decals on after sanding them to 600 grit to be ready for paint. I also finished sanding the fuel door and installing the NOS "open/close" decal on it. I will be shooting the last of the clear this afternoon. The only other thing left to paint will be the headlight bucket, but I am unsure of what I am going to use for that yet. It's still up in the air.
PHeller, originally this was going to be a modified stocker kind of thing, but I scored another rolling chassis and motor plus a spare motor, so this one will be going all the way. I will be installing upgraded suspension, upgraded motor internals, minimal wiring, some frame bracing, etc. I will retain the sidecovers, but the battery/airbox will be removed and replaced with a more slimmed down unit that holds all of the electrical components in a more tidied up manner. Smaller battery, newer reg/rec unit, altogether minimized. Then the wheels will be upgraded to alloy, a simplified gauge cluster, free flowing exhaust, etc. So this one will be made the way that it should be. I have discussed with a few members how I would like to build something that looks as if it were developed by HRC and released as a factory racer from Honda. That is the plan and I'm sticking to it.
Personally, I love the lines of the 400f. BUT, in stock trim when you are going for that race look, the bike is kind of clunky. It has a serious lack of open space and doesn't have that "light and nimble" look. I totally understand where you're coming from there. I plan to remedy that. I really love the bread box tank though, it's perfectly bulbous IMO, and I even love the stock seat, but this one will be getting the manx style seat as seen in previous posts. It's already in. The next phase will be stripping the frame of un-necessary bits and adding some necessary bracing to rigid the chassis on up. I will also be adding bracing to the swingarm, and replacing the bushings with a nice set of needle bearings to get rid of the slop. Of course tapered steering bearings will be installed, and my modified pair of forks (race-tech springs and gold valve emulators with a billet fork brace). All in all, when it's done, I want it to surprise even me!
Re: Project Celeste, CB400four....reaiizing my dream bike.
No, it isn't a run. I actually just cut and buffed the tank before I posted this, and it was still wet. I see what you're talking about though, and it does look like a run! I assure you it isn't though! Good eye!
RatBag22 said:I don't mean to be "that guy" but isn't there a run over the decal?
either way, looks excellent man. keep up the good work ;D
p.s. I guess I made it obvious im my town's "perfectionist"
No, it isn't a run. I actually just cut and buffed the tank before I posted this, and it was still wet. I see what you're talking about though, and it does look like a run! I assure you it isn't though! Good eye!
Swapmeet Louie
Put some metal in yer eye....
Re: Project Celeste, CB400four....reaiizing my dream bike.
I wanna be Mike's bunkee... haha
Swagger said:
I wanna be Mike's bunkee... haha
