Mark in Seattle
You must go too far, to know what is far enough
Hi All, Its my first build! Love cafe racers but thought I'd try something a little different, so I'm starting with a 76 Honda XL250. Partially because I needed a bike small enough to get down the stairs into my cellar shop! I plan to do a cafe + enduro mashup thing (a "cafuro?"). I suppose that's close to a street tracker but I have a few ideas I haven't seen, so what the heck. Here is the bike, bought off Craigslist, actually had to pay a full $500 for a running and titled one, I was surprised it was that much but still people love 'em here in the soggy Northwest. (funny I think another local Jake73 is building a brat tracker from one, must be a seattle thing!)
IMG_1531 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
The aformentioned stairs:
IMG_1798 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
the bike in the basement:
IMG_1802 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
I won't bore you with a lot of teardown pics and stories of how crusty she was, but this is one I had to show. Thats not grease, its melted plastic/glue from some incorrect pipe repair wrap the previous owner used. Its sticky like tar and resistant to most solvents, took forever to get off!
DSC07297 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
I'll be posting lots in the next weeks to bring you up to where I am now, the bike is to the frame and I'm fabricating parts and polishing, etc. Thanks for looking!
IMG_1531 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
The aformentioned stairs:
IMG_1798 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
the bike in the basement:
IMG_1802 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
I won't bore you with a lot of teardown pics and stories of how crusty she was, but this is one I had to show. Thats not grease, its melted plastic/glue from some incorrect pipe repair wrap the previous owner used. Its sticky like tar and resistant to most solvents, took forever to get off!
DSC07297 by Mary Mack & Mark, on Flickr
I'll be posting lots in the next weeks to bring you up to where I am now, the bike is to the frame and I'm fabricating parts and polishing, etc. Thanks for looking!