Very nice!!!!!haircuttergirl said:Took a wire wheel to the frame tonight... Its looking all puuuurty. Obviously there's still some areas to get. I'll hit those with the soda blaster as soon as we get our air compressor problem resolved.
It actually went pretty quickly! And I enjoyed seeing an immediate result.trek97 said:Holy cow. thats a lot of wire wheel-ing.
Thanks, felladewjantim said:Very nice!!!!!
Thank ya, thank ya!MexiChriS said:Slowly but surely coming along. Keep at it!
CuppaJoe said:Curious as I'm also doing a second gen CB350 right now - how are you guys planning on lowering the front? Slipping the forks?
We are planning to lower the front end by internally lowering the forks (what VonYinzer says) and by putting a smaller diameter wheel on the front (likely 18"). I can't go much smaller on the current front end, as its a 750 front end... unless I want to do a bunch of fab work. If I decide I want it lower, I'll just swap back to a 350 front end to more easily accomodate a smaller wheel... but I think I'll stick with what I have.CuppaJoe said:Curious as I'm also doing a second gen CB350 right now - how are you guys planning on lowering the front? Slipping the forks?
Thanks, Dock!VonYinzer said:That's the easy (read: wrong) way. They need to be lowered internally. There are a few how to threads here on DTT.
Thanks, fella!CuppaJoe said:Keep up the great work on the build, haircutter!
I am ready. My freshly wire wheeled girl... will not be, sadly. Next year for her.cklamer said:So do you think she will be ready for Barbers Vintage Festival?
Really looking forward to this year I hope to finally have my bike there.
I lost most of my build pictures to a hacker.
I have none of the initial tear down or frame work I did before powder coat.
Anyway hope to see you and the bike there.
I already have my Ace Corner add on tickets. ;-)
haircuttergirl said:I am ready. My freshly wire wheeled girl... will not be, sadly. Next year for her.
Hotel is booked... and should have tickets by the weekend.
85 days 8)
*sigh* Yes. What a burden to bear.trek97 said:so, what I am hearing is, I am going to "have to endure" Barber 3 years...IN A ROW ?
Pretty much everyone said Barber was an unrealistic completion goal, so I was trying to not set myself up for disappointment. Ha.pr design said:Jen don't set your sites too low. 85 days is a long time hard part is already done.
Steve, this made me laugh aloud. I'm glad you're on board!CafeRacer650 said:Wow, I can't believe I missed this thread... it's like every married man's wet dream. Go Jenn!! ;D
Hey, Pat. Haven't found any cracks yet, we are going to do a dye test on it soon though.pacomotorstuff said:Hi Jenn,
Thought I'd posted a few comments on this thread yesterday but can't be found...
Anyway, great job on detailing and wirewheeling the frame - when they get this shiny, almost makes you want to get it chromed or clearcoated or something.
I wondered if you found any frame cracks in the common areas of fatigue - where the passenger peg mounts bolt to the lower frame tubes and on the top frame rails just aft of the tank? I've found cracks on 3 or 4 frames in these areas.
Are you going to box or plate the top frame tubes - ie, close them up (an old vintage racing mod)?
Regarding sliding the fork tubes up in the triple clamps, we've been doing this for 40+ years with internal spring forks to adjust the handling qualities. Certain things you have to watch out for of course - don't drop the forks so much the fender is hitting the lower triple, stuff like that. I offset the handlebar clamps on the 350 forks on my 175 and slid the tubes through 'til it felt right but will adjust again as I need to. Aside from perhaps looking a trifle odd, I can't think what the technical issue is but hey, I learn new stuff every day.
A great build, great to see you doing a lot of the heavy lifting on your project yourself!
Pat
Happy to have ya on board!goodgam said:This is so rad. It's nice to see some other girls on here too! Can't wait to see how this turns out.