'75 cb200t cafe build

[timbutterfield]

just saw this build thread.

Nice bike!

 

[gk45011]

Hows the Emgo holding up? Any pics of the 4 mounts you did and details on how you did them?

Awsome build!

GK

 

[timbutterfield]

Well i figured it was time for a build page. Want to have it done for next year. I would like to have it in riding form this fall and finish it during the winter. So here it goes. I started with a non-titled '75 cb200t which was pretty decent. I traded a cb175 that was really-really rough also with no title. I ended up with a titled frame and this is where the progress starts. Here is the cb when i started.

. She was sexy with motocross bars and had crash gaurds. I got the bike running after cleaning carbs and tank. No death knocks or anything, just some blow-by. Then I started on the titled frame and stripped it down.

. Next, I cut the backbone of the frame and re-inforced it so i could run vm-20's with large air filters.

. I built an aluminum seat pan and the local tech school welded it up for me for free.http://s629.photobucket.com/albums/uu16/stik70/?action=view&current=cb200003.jpg.

how you reworked the frame is sick!

I'm quite impressed with your skills!

 

[Cafe Mike]

I wonder if he ever made it back home after the ride. Weird how his posts stopped all of a sudden.

 

[VonYinzer]

Kev is alive and well. Just talked to him awhile back. Been too busy building and riding to hang around here w us.

 

[Erskine]

Hey Kev,
Do you still have this bike?