Recent content by CrashDown

Up for sale is a stripped down and cafe'd 1980 Honda GL1100. This is the product of a 1+ year build. The bike was completely disasembled and rebuilt (except the internal components of the engine). Just moved to San Jose, and have no room for the bike. Dont want to leave it at my folks house...

okay, Over a year since my last post. I feel like an asshole. Allow the flame war to commence. But the bike is done! Im not gonna bore you guys with pics of the rest of the build. So I'll just skip right to the good stuff. Before the shit hits the fan.... I know the wrap on the exhaust is done...

ront caliper brackets, blasted, painted and installed. Getting them installed was tricky. having to adjust the spacing left to right..... ahhhh, finally got it all set. Clutch lever is all blasted, cleaned up, and reassembled. Will get the whole left side of the bars all assembled...

Over 5k views! Thanks guys!

SHE"S ON DA GROUND! Pulled the front rotors off the donor bike as they were drilled and have plenty of life left in them. Front wheel all bolted up. One of the new handgrips installed. carbs and choke cable installed. Choke cable bracket is at work. Will finish painting it and install...

Front wheel is done, need to scrub the speedo drive, btu other then that, wheel has been restored, new tire and new all balls wheels bearings. Gonna install and get the bike on the ground on Sunday! Oh yea, new choke cable arrived. Gonna blast the bracket and trim black it at work tomorrow. As...

Thanks man. Wait till you guys see what I have planned for the front fender. As the things get's closer and closer to being able to fire it for the first time in over a year, i'm getting more and more nervous that i fucked something up along the way. A few more weeks and we'll see.

Over the last few days I've been getting the front wheel ready. Chemical strip and blasted it. Hand scuffed and then shot the whole wheel with satin black wheel paint. Then hand sanded all the edges like Comstars are supposed to be. Took the wheel down to the local cycle salvage and had them...

Ebay. It's built to be for a CB750. The guy makes them in his garage. He gave all the dimension of the seat and I measured it up to the frame and it matched up perfectly. I was really impressed when it arrived. No pinholes, all the edges were really nice and smooth. Didn't have to do any...

Radiator, rear suspension, rear wheel oh my! I'm extremely pleased with how the seat looks now that the temporary rear wheel is on. kinda squatty looking. I'm really liking it. Tomorrow, front wheel prep and paint. Gonna order throttle cables, choke cable, carb manifold gaskets...

Today: rear master rebuild and install.... At the shop, got the master apart, blasted the outside of the housing, cleaned out the inside and lubed with brake fluid. Blasted the op-rod, and readied for assembly. All Assembled, the was the original unit off the bike 1st bike. Action is nice and...

CARB DAY! The original carbs off Orange Crush, albeit dirty, were in great shape mechanically. No play on any of the shafts. No evidence of leaks in the past. Mechanically, everything is really tight and new feeling. So For now it was just a good cleaning and new manifold gaskets. left half...

Wow.... Long time no post. need to rectify that pronto! Sorry for the break guys. Life got in the way, low cash flow and having to pay for a vacation to upstate new york took precidence. But I'm back! So something happened durring the break...

As Promised

I'll just leave these here... Replacement ignition unit installed Coolant tubes installed Engine goes in the frame tomorrow. Valve covers still need to be painted. Some other misc. chrome covers on the engine will be pulled off, sanded and painted after the block is in the bike. Next...