1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed (now a Roller!) Yes..

[tdc57]

Re: 1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build



Now. Lets do a little polishing and see what it looks like, remember I don't wont to go too much here, just a dull metal sheen. Once I know what I’m doing (accent wise) on the frame (cracks, holes, tears, etc) than I’ll apply several coats of clear on it to help preserve the polish finish.

 

[tdc57]

Re: 1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build


I also managed to make some small progress forward, I’m fab’ed up one of the new side covers..

 

[tdc57]

Re: 1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build

I’m not exactly sold on it yet,

So I tried something different.

That was fail.. hahaa.. shit.. Ok lets try this now and see how this looks..
I can suspend the star in the middle of it and have equal openings around it.

Hahaa. Nope.. but I’m close.. I’m just going probably go back to plan to A and paint in some stress cracks and bullets holes on it..

Regardless team, more pics to follow..

Thank you for your time everybody.

Tdc..

P.S.
Sorry for the long first post.. but I wanted to make good impression on the team..

 

[tdc57]

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wow, way to jump into it man!

Hey thanks Man... its the only way I really know how to approach projects.. Jump right in.. lol.. I've got along way to go, and I must say I'm really enjoying journey

 

[bluemitch]

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Liking the artwork ideas floating around

Really like the idea of a polished frame, something a bit different, and looking real good

Look forward to seeing the artwork unfold

 

[lassenc]

Re: 1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build

I really liked how the bike came out when you polished off the bits.

 

[CresentSon]

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Loving the WW2 inspiration. Maybe you could do the triangle side cover, and rivet the shield to it.
Looking great, keep it coming.

 

[Grahamworks]

1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build

Liking the artwork ideas floating around

Really like the idea of a polished frame, something a bit different, and looking real good

Look forward to seeing the artwork unfold

I agree totally. Stripping and polishing the frame like that looks great. I'm gonna keep an eye on this build.

 

[beatnic]

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I like what you've done so far. Gonna watch this one.

 

[JustinLonghorn]

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Keep it up, sir.

 

[chrisf]

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Here we go… Now progress is being made.. we do like forward progress.

WTF are you using to strip the paint?! It looks like it works incredibly well. If it wasn't so smooth, I would have presumed you sandblasted it. I've never had a stripper (hee-hee) get thos results.

--Cheers, Chris

Here’s what we, the raw material..

 

[LuckyLuci631]

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wow, looks great so far, cant wait to see what comes of this

 

[03rangerxlt]

Re: 1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build

looks like a cool bike already. i love the suspended star too. gonna keep an eye on this one.

 

[enur19]

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+1 on Chris' question, what on earth did you use to strip it?

Amazing progress btw, I'll check up on your build to get inspiration for my own soon-to-begin build

Rune

 

[Ringo]

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Where did this come from?? Four pages already! This build is looking good man!

I agree with motofiaccone, need to know what stripper you're using.

And I don't know if anyone answered your electronic ignition question, but if you don't want to splurge on the Dyna, head on over to the SOHC4 forums and pick up a HondaMan ignition. It's actually a transistorized ignition that uses your points, but needs no further adjustment and doesn't wear your points. It uses less power than the Dyna, and gets similar results. Or if you're on an even tighter budget, you could get this (same as the Hondaman, just not plug and play): http://www.apogeekits.com/electronic_ignition.htm

 

[MotorbikeBruno]

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Just found this one too. That thing is going to look cool. Are you going for any particular theme? I guess I mean are you sticking to a particular country's air force? RAF, USAF Luftwaffe etc.. And have you come up with a cool pin-up yet? ;D

 

[tdc57]

Re: 1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build

Liking the artwork ideas floating around

Really like the idea of a polished frame, something a bit different, and looking real good

Look forward to seeing the artwork unfold

Hey thank you.. I'm a little different and it will defiantly show up in my projects, hahahaa.. I've actually got quite a few different things planned for this bike.. 1 example.. I'm expecting some artillery brass next week, I plan on using those for my turn signal housing and I'll be using some .50 cal brass as stems, etc..

Thanks again for your time and kind words of encouragement.

I really liked how the bike came out when you polished off the bits.

Thanks.. It did look pretty good there.. I spent so much time polishing I just wanted to see what it looked like before I tore it all apart..haahaa..

Loving the WW2 inspiration. Maybe you could do the triangle side cover, and rivet the shield to it.
Looking great, keep it coming.

thank you sir.. I do enjoy painting up WWII stuff.. here's a shotgun I finished up a few weeks ago.. It's defiantly one of kind and totally different, much like this build will be..

As for the side cover thing.. I’m actually going to try to mount it in the center, that way it will appear to be floating between the frame.. haha Hey I got to me and try it at least..  one way or another I’ll figure it out thou..

I agree totally. Stripping and polishing the frame like that looks great. I'm gonna keep an eye on this build.

Hey thanks big guy. I'm glad you like it (so far) cool.. I've got another major picture dump coming up this weekend, that you might find interesting too..

I like what you've done so far. Gonna watch this one.

Thanks beatnic.. I’ve got some pretty cool / different stuff coming up, so lets see how you like it then.. lol.

Keep it up, sir.

Thank you Sir I plan on it.. Please stop back by in a few days, I'll have a fresh round of pics to look at.. big things coming up.. well lets say "different" thing are coming up..




Hey Chris.. I went down to home depot and got a gallon of for $27.00 (ish)... it took a total of 4 coats, one coat per side.. I pressured washed it off and dried it between coats.. it was really efficient IMO, the total time was just under 2hr for everything, including cleanup.. But it is freaking nasty!.. long sleeves, goggles, mask, etc is highly recommended sir..

Hope that helps..

Shaun.

Here is what the frame looked like after the first coat was applied and washed off..

 

[tdc57]

Re: 1974 Honda 550~Four – WWII Themed Café Racer build

wow, looks great so far, cant wait to see what comes of this

looks like a cool bike already. i love the suspended star too. gonna keep an eye on this one.

Thank you gentlemen.. I glad you like it.. its different that’s for sure.. Thank you again for your time and comments too.

+1 on Chris' question, what on earth did you use to strip it?

Amazing progress btw, I'll check up on your build to get inspiration for my own soon-to-begin build

Rune

Hey thanks Rune, I really appreciate the kinds words sir, I’m glad you like the project, so far..
Regarding the striper used, I posted information about the product above, have fun.. hahaa

Shaun

Where did this come from?? Four pages already! This build is looking good man!

I agree with motofiaccone, need to know what stripper you're using.

And I don't know if anyone answered your electronic ignition question, but if you don't want to splurge on the Dyna, head on over to the SOHC4 forums and pick up a HondaMan ignition. It's actually a transistorized ignition that uses your points, but needs no further adjustment and doesn't wear your points. It uses less power than the Dyna, and gets similar results. Or if you're on an even tighter budget, you could get this (same as the Hondaman, just not plug and play): http://www.apogeekits.com/electronic_ignition.htm

Hey Ringo.. Well I come in piece sir.. lol.. sorry.. Yeah 4 pages, but 3 of those is just me posting cycle porn so that really doesn’t count..

Stripper information has been posted sir.. Hope it helps

Excellent.. thank you!.. thank you big guy.. that’s what I was looking.. I found several different ones out there, I just need more research material to review..

Thanks..

Just found this one too. That thing is going to look cool. Are you going for any particular theme? I guess I mean are you sticking to a particular country's air force? RAF, USAF Luftwaffe etc.. And have you come up with a cool pin-up yet?

Hey thanks sir.. I do appreciate the kind words.. I’m really looking forward to doing the pinup’s on the tank.. I’ve been practicing


Here’s one I’m still working on, I still need to pick a hair color but you get the general idea.

Here’s one I finished up last week..

So yeah.. I’ll have a pin up on each side of the tank, actually it will be like the shotgun I did, ie each side will have it’s own theme.

I know it sounds weird and totally undoable, so your just going to haft to trust me on this.. hahahaa or not.. Either way no worries..

Shaun.

 

[MotorbikeBruno]

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Very cool. I have no doubts, just praise! haha I've always wanted to do a WW2 aircraft themed bike, some day I'll get around to it, but there is no way I would be painting it myself because may paint skills are...well...

 

[pablohoney]

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Awesome build dude, I really would love to make a WWII themed bike. Like that shotgun too, gave me some ideas.