Recent content by LL

Fired this thing up for the first time last night. It started pretty easily. Any chance someone has tried pe24 carbs on a cb200 since I last checked in? I need all the tuning tips I can get.

Its been a while since I touched the bike. Moved to a new house in June and its been in the corner since. Just needs some choke buttons put on and the gas lines rerouted and then should be ready to fire up for the 1st time. Its been so long, its hard to remember, but I think the rear tire is...

OK, I checked out some fork braces but all the cool ones are for dirtbikes and won't fit. I'm saving the fender so I can cut the brace out later if needed....its just sooooo ugly. I seriously plan to cruise this thing around town like a scooter, so I'm not too worried. My tank is already...

Getting close...just waiting for a few more parts to arrive and need to mod the throttle cable for length. Got some barrel nipples in the mail today and am going to try to solder them on the original cables after shortening. Got some Uni filters that are jammed against the frame but fit, too...

nope, but thanks for the tip...I will watch out for the alignment.

Am I winning the award for longest project yet? All wired up (I think). Need to make a tail light and plate bracket and then all the other obvious things like carbs, cover the seat, get some levers and cables.

I'm rewiring my cb200's headlight with a DPDT switch. But after some research it looks like originally the yellow and yellow/whites wires were routed through the original headlight switch so that when turned on it added a 3rd generator coil which I guess gave more current for the light. Read...

Not really, but trying to get back at it to get it done before June. 2nd Kid + selling a house = no time for bikes.

Looking good. Just wondering who you went with for the cables and which brake switch you got? I need to get those ordered for my bike, too.

I didn't cut any off of the forks, just lowered them about an inch and a half through the trees and clamped the bars on. I seriously doubt you could get the rear wheel in the front.

Do you have a link to the levers you ordered that have a brake switch hole? I am having a hard time finding any simple drum brake levers that are drilled for a switch. Someone pointed me to the old Triumph brake cable with the inline switch and was thinking of using that instead.

One more idea...looked at your intro post and saw the cool pipes you have..kind of reminded me of this bike a little: http://www.yellowmc.jp/cgi-bin/custom/find.cgi?mode=disp&no=43&item=all&adrs=&price=&page=36 You could maybe make and attach a little aluminum cowl like that to your skateboard...

At one point I considered the Vic Camp here: http://www.clubmanracing.com/cafeseats.php Also liked the DUCS1 from Airtech. But my vote is to keep that seat you made...it is badass and will look great on the bike.

Here is something to shoot for: From the builder of this seat..."Take a wok lid. Cut and bend to shape. Rivet to slightly cut-down original seat pan."

Picking up a bit after not touching the bike all summer. Cut down the bars a little and you can kind of see my seat pan in these pics.