Haven’t been here in a while, but I thought I’d share my latest build. 1964 Honda S90
The start
Ideation sketching
The start
Ideation sketching
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‘64 Honda S90
- Thread starter ncologerojr
- Start date
Working out the proportions
Making the wood bucks and shaping the aluminum bodywork.
Making the wood bucks and shaping the aluminum bodywork.
Getting the styling lines correct.
Engine clean up, and top end rebuild.
Exhaust
Wheels
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Final fit-up before tear down.
Sorry to cut in between updates, but amazing work. That's a perfect tank for this bike.
Frame and other small parts blasted and coated. Front fork rebuild. Start of final assembly.
Thanks man! I put a lot of thought in the design. A simple flat bottom tank just wouldn’t look correct. So I matched the lower frame sweep to the bottom of the tank. To maintain some of the traditional “cafe” styling I added the body lines in the tank to match up with the seat pan. When you stand next to the bike and look down, the lower section of the tank is hidden and the body lines take over. When looking from side perspective the tank bottom fits the frame. Well, that was the idea at least…lol
Paint. I know how to spray paint, but I am not a painter. I usually never spay anything nice in-house, but due to scheduling conflicts I had to do this one. I got lucky and it came out alright.
First look with painted tins.
Seat upholstery also done by me, against my will.
Done. I know, no front fender. It’s a long story, but when you build bikes for other people it’s a give/take relationship. I got 99% design freedom, and I’m happy with the overall product. I wish I could post some running videos, but I can’t get it to work…
Glamour shots.
Popeye SXM
Also used for MX
Great looking bike, I really like the tyres, shame about the front fender...........
Thanks. I think the front fender would look better aesthetically, but I rode it all over, turns, etc. and it handled fine without it. So I guess it’s not that big a deal.
iatethepeach
Coast to Coast
Killer work! Did you paint the hubs or are they powder coated?
stroker crazy
crazy as a fox
Most beautiful S90 ever ...
