I posted in the FNG forum, but figured my actual build should go somewhere techy. It's not really a tracker, but it's defiantly not a cafe or a bobber...
Anywho...
Since I don't have enough projects all at once, I've decided to to start another.
A while back I picked up a Honda CL 200. I paid like $100 for it because the owner couldn't get it running. A quick tank, fuel line and carb clean and it was ride able in 2 hours. It needed tires and some other stuff, so I let it sit in my garage. Now that spring is coming and gas is stupid, I've decided to spruce it up some.
The backstory on the CL series bikes is that they were honda's first foray into the dualsport type cycle. The CL 200 is kinda rare, and only build for 74, somehow though, I have had 2 of them.
I was originally going to cafe racer it, but I'm a mini biker and moto guy from way back. Plus the tank is all wrong. I decided that I would build the bike back to it's roots and make it as if the motard craze had hit in 1974.
Here's the victim:
Since I don't have original ideas, here's what I will be ripping off, the Japan only honda ape. Kinda like a monkeybike on steroids.
Side by side. I'm going to either build a new seat pan or cut the one I have to expose more frame, and lower the seat some. Rear sets are going, side covers are going, high pipes are staying, and I'm going to go with a 16/15 (i think) wheel instead of the 19/18 on it.
I would really like to use wheels similar to what's on the scooter, but I can't find them for shit...
Anywho...
Since I don't have enough projects all at once, I've decided to to start another.
A while back I picked up a Honda CL 200. I paid like $100 for it because the owner couldn't get it running. A quick tank, fuel line and carb clean and it was ride able in 2 hours. It needed tires and some other stuff, so I let it sit in my garage. Now that spring is coming and gas is stupid, I've decided to spruce it up some.
The backstory on the CL series bikes is that they were honda's first foray into the dualsport type cycle. The CL 200 is kinda rare, and only build for 74, somehow though, I have had 2 of them.
I was originally going to cafe racer it, but I'm a mini biker and moto guy from way back. Plus the tank is all wrong. I decided that I would build the bike back to it's roots and make it as if the motard craze had hit in 1974.
Here's the victim:
Since I don't have original ideas, here's what I will be ripping off, the Japan only honda ape. Kinda like a monkeybike on steroids.
Side by side. I'm going to either build a new seat pan or cut the one I have to expose more frame, and lower the seat some. Rear sets are going, side covers are going, high pipes are staying, and I'm going to go with a 16/15 (i think) wheel instead of the 19/18 on it.
I would really like to use wheels similar to what's on the scooter, but I can't find them for shit...