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I've started the winter tear down of my CL350 I bought over the summer. Plan is clean up lot of the cosmetics of the mechanics and rebuild the motor. As well as sort out a few bits that bug me. Oh and I'm building this in my loft apt, haha. Trying to keep the place from smelling too much like grease and gas.
I also need some frame color suggestions...The tank/seat are going to stay silver with black striping, wheels staying black, most of the motor will be black with some polished bits and the exhaust will be black or polished.
As she started from the previous owner:
The "Work Area":
Tear down:
(parts everrryywhere!)
Now that everything is apart I can start getting some things sorted out. Done so far:
-Cleaned up some unused brackets on the frame before coating
-Started to fab a pan to hide the battery/misc electronics
-Lots of degreasing
-Fixed the seat fitment
what's with your seat in the first picture... just the whole seat pan looks way to big and looks raised, but if its the same seat pan in your last picture, then it looks great.... maybe the camera angle
are you going to re-wire the bike or are you going to just mod the original harness?
-Got the seat properly fitted. Still have to smooth out the notches over the rear shock mounts.
-Also built in some LED turns into my existing tail housing. They show up very bright and distinct from the running/brake light. Sorry no powered pics.
Progress:
-The frame and all related parts have been painted
-Forks rebuilt/polished/painted
-Swing arm and new rear shocks on
-Fitted seat with new mounting style
Here's what it looks like now. Nice glossy frame
Here's how I mounted the seat. I put rubber foam around the top of the frame and the front of the seat to keep it still and off the metal. Used a flat hood pin to fasten the glass seat to the frame...
The paint on the seat still needs to be cleaned up. It was screwed to the frame by the PO.
Not at all. It was a little of a pain in the ass to get the engine back and forth from my garage downstairs before/after painting. Otherwise it's pretty nice to walk in to the other room and work on it
Got the seat back from the upholstery shop last Friday. Super happy with how it turned out:
Had to order some new rocker shafts. The old ones were slightly bent some how and I couldn't get the valves adjusted within spec. Then I just have to charge up the battery, adjust the clutch a bit and we should be good.
Awesome job on the seat ! The wrapped pipes really make the bike pop. You'll also like those new coils, I used them on a few bikes with great results. Looking great ! Tuned in for more updates 8)
Love the seat! Can't wait to see pics of it in the daylight. It's been in the upper 70's here is Chicago and it's making me want to rush to get mine done. But what's the old saying, patience is a virtue. Keep the updates coming.
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