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I just finished my latest project- a little '74 CL125. A guy in town offered it to me since it was rusting away behind his garage. It was dirty and had tons of surface rust from being left outside but only had 278 original miles on the clock- I couldn't resist! I picked it up for $100 and took it apart not really knowing what I was going to do with it. Here are some "before" pictures...
This is what emerged from the garage. It didn't come out quite as well as I had visualized, but it runs great and is ready to put back into service. I ended up building a solo seat out of the original seat pan/foam and moved most of the electrical components up under the seat or in the seat cowl itself. The seat cover is two leather remnants that a friend gave to me sewn together (this is the first seat cover I've made and it certainly ain't perfect). The paint isn't an exact match, especially because the tank paint has been sun-baked and faded but it's pretty close. For the design on the seat cowling, I basically inverted the tank pattern. I made a pseudo-Vincent tail light by masking and painting the lends for a generic trailer light from Autozone. The turn signals are aftermarket cheapies with 6V lenses installed. The pedestrian slicer and reflectors on the fork tubes were just masked and painted with rattle can paint. The final expenditure including the cost of the bike was under $300 and this bike is now ready to hit the streets and buzz around all day sipping gas at a rate of 60 mpg and if I'm lucky, crack half-the-ton!
Cheers,
Scott
Thanks Sonicjk. I've had a great time tearing around my neighborhood on it. I'm not a big guy but I look like a trained bear riding it! I should try to post a video because it sounds awesome!
-Scott
Thanks Yeahbro! You've built some awesome little machines too. My wife says I have a problem taking in stray motorcycles... I have no idea what she's talking about!
I have the same issue according to my wife. Unfortunately I just move half way across the country and had to sell off most of my bikes to make the move. Lucky for me she is understanding and gave me nod to pick up a Triumph last week. Back to the drawing board.
Good luck with the Triumph. For as much crap as they may give us, our wives are pretty understanding. This is a good thing since it is unlikely we are going to change!
Hey, I just bought this bike! I love it! Got it down in south florida, I googled '1974 cl125 cafe' and saw your pics of it. It's in great hands and is being used a lot.
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