cyclefreak
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This just keeps getting better and better!
Father Son 75 CB200T Rise From the Ruins
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deepwaterimports
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Texasstar said:
the little roller bearings can do with a grease i did mine and she is going great just remember not to twist the tightening thing as it will self adjust itself i puled mine apart 5 times before i got that right.
73hobbit-cb350
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What's up man, love what I see..color combo looks crazy. Can I see full pics of the bike?
Texasstar
Can't is a four letter dirty word
Luctor Et Emergo "I struggle I rise" is on our family crest. We didn't know we had a family crest until we discovered it on our journey with "Lucky." We have Do The Ton to thank for that. Lucky could never have emerged if it wasn't for DTT. We have some notable nobles of DTT to shout out to...Teazer, Sonreir, Kopcicle, and of course Tim. If you go through the strings you will find out that they tirelessly answer the same questions over and over. Kopcicle will justifiably spank you if you are an arrogant noob. Sonreir has spent months writing tutorials on how to build a cafe racer that we have read over and over. Teazer is obi wan, gandalf, and Bruce Lee of motorcycle racing builds. If you do any research on these guys you will find they have decades of experience.
My son wanted to take our Ford Taurus apart and well that wouldn't go over to well with mom. One day driving down the road I was listening to a show that said inventors were tinkerers. I made a right hand turn and pulled into L and L Motorcycle shop and lucked out because one of the bike that Tony was keeping for himself to restore was moved to the right side of the shop. You don't touch or ask about the stuff on the left side of the shop. 250 bucks later we had our little CB200. She sat for over 30 years and her motor was seized. We pumped diesel and marvel mystery oil through her for two weeks, made a grease fitting and tried to pump grease into the cylinder, and finally made a piston extraction tool. She was seized where both pistons were all the way at the top but not at TDC.
We procured parts from all over the world and because of CMSL in the Netherlands we found out about our Dutch heritage. Everybody thinks Lucky's colors are Gulf colors but they are our Dutch colors. With the orange emerging out of a sea of blue. We waited and waited for our little CB to tell us her name until one day when I misspelled Lucktor Et Emergo on our shed door and Zeke said, "I know her name. Her name is Lucky!
We are the Lucky ones. We have met amazing people because of Lucky. We were so green I didn't know the difference between a 4 stroke and 2 stroke. Both my son and I are abstract random and it is a miracle that Lucky is running so well. We are both tactile in our learning and have to feel the pain or experience it to learn it!
We want to thank our local college for denying us the opportunity to join their motorcycle mechanics program because my son was too young. That closed door led us to the open door of DTT.
My son wanted to take our Ford Taurus apart and well that wouldn't go over to well with mom. One day driving down the road I was listening to a show that said inventors were tinkerers. I made a right hand turn and pulled into L and L Motorcycle shop and lucked out because one of the bike that Tony was keeping for himself to restore was moved to the right side of the shop. You don't touch or ask about the stuff on the left side of the shop. 250 bucks later we had our little CB200. She sat for over 30 years and her motor was seized. We pumped diesel and marvel mystery oil through her for two weeks, made a grease fitting and tried to pump grease into the cylinder, and finally made a piston extraction tool. She was seized where both pistons were all the way at the top but not at TDC.
We procured parts from all over the world and because of CMSL in the Netherlands we found out about our Dutch heritage. Everybody thinks Lucky's colors are Gulf colors but they are our Dutch colors. With the orange emerging out of a sea of blue. We waited and waited for our little CB to tell us her name until one day when I misspelled Lucktor Et Emergo on our shed door and Zeke said, "I know her name. Her name is Lucky!
We are the Lucky ones. We have met amazing people because of Lucky. We were so green I didn't know the difference between a 4 stroke and 2 stroke. Both my son and I are abstract random and it is a miracle that Lucky is running so well. We are both tactile in our learning and have to feel the pain or experience it to learn it!
We want to thank our local college for denying us the opportunity to join their motorcycle mechanics program because my son was too young. That closed door led us to the open door of DTT.
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johngofast
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This is better than sliced bread. What a lucky kid to have a father like you. Great job guys.
cyclefreak
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Re: Re: Father Son 75 CB200T Rise From the Ruins
And vice versa.JohnGoFast said:
deepwaterimports
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Once again guys great build just a quick question what size rear sprocket are you using I'm having some gearing issues with the 32 toothed one I got online I'm changing gears every second.
Texasstar
Can't is a four letter dirty word
We had a slow moving tach so Sonreir told us we could take it apart and clean it. So our tach had a plastic housing that wrapped around an aluminum base...love the way the Brits say all Lou mini mum...so we pried the plastic housing and broke off about an 1/8 inch all the way around. We will silicon seal it back and it sits in a saucer so no harm no foul. Next time we will take a heat gun to the casing edge. We cleaned the internals magnet with alcohol and voila it started working. We got our neutral light and blinker to work also. Mom has all this neat scrap booking cutter stuff so we are gonna get her to make us some new tach and speedo faces.
http://www.motorcycleforum.com/showthread.php?t=94629
http://www.motorcycleforum.com/showthread.php?t=94629
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Luugo86
'73 CB350, '78 XS650 Cafe Killer
Cool Deal bro.. You had my BOTM vote all the way man... can't get better than a CB200 Pop and Son project that turned out as well as Lucky did.
Let me know what happens with the Wife making those clock faces for you.. I might have to get my little lady on that same project ;]
Keep a sharp eye in the next day or two, Im gonna be starting up that build string for my 200.. the bike is about 80% done already, but I have pictures and all for all of the progress. Sorry to be posting it so late in the build, just really never found time to start it early on and then my computer went down for about 2 weeks.. Murphy's Law man lol
Take it easy bro, tell your Son I said Howdy and Ride Hard, Ride Safe!
Let me know what happens with the Wife making those clock faces for you.. I might have to get my little lady on that same project ;]
Keep a sharp eye in the next day or two, Im gonna be starting up that build string for my 200.. the bike is about 80% done already, but I have pictures and all for all of the progress. Sorry to be posting it so late in the build, just really never found time to start it early on and then my computer went down for about 2 weeks.. Murphy's Law man lol
Take it easy bro, tell your Son I said Howdy and Ride Hard, Ride Safe!
