My 71 CB450

[shalbleib]

 

[captaincombat]

Sleak! well done gotta be a fun ride....

 

[MB]

Wow, thats a beautiful bike.
What tires do you have on that?

 

[Dale]

That is SWEET man!

 

[joevirus563]

OMG! nice one... but... where did you put the battery?

 

[76KZ400]

WOW, Those tires rock and the bike is cool.. well done indeed.

 

[shalbleib]

thanks for the comments guys.

MB the tires are Shinkos. They're 16 x 450 I believe. it's pretty much the only double WW out there.

Joe, we nixed the starter which meant we only needed something to power up the coils. I'm running the headlight/taillight off the alternator. so that allowed us to use a small battery (believe it's a 3amp) that I was able to squeeze into the stock toolbox.

credit where credit is due - Benji at BCR made the tank and exhaust. lack of time and tools meant I had to farm those out and I'm glad I did.

been working on an xs650 since Jan. I'll post some pics on that in the next few weeks.

 

[pawn]

looks awesome. I've seen those same pictures elsewhere many times over. Saved some to my computer as inspiration. Great looking bike! That's a 4.00 up front right? How do you like how it handles? I've been given an 18" wheel recently and got a new 4.00 on the way.

 

[shalbleib]

it doesn't really handle all that well but i didn't really build it to be sporty. and by that i mean it corners fine but you probably won't drag any knees. 18 x 4 - be careful depending on your fork width you may get some rubbing. good luck.

 

[bikeboy]

it doesn't really handle all that well but i didn't really build it to be sporty. and by that i mean it corners fine but you probably won't drag any knees.

wow. that's a great looking bike! I'm not totally down with your thinking, but you sure know how to build a good lookin' motorcicle

cheers
ian

 

[pawn]

i can't imagine a 4" tire possibly rubbing on stock forks...that would be an insane amount of heat expansion for rubbing to occur.

 

[LansB]

WOW! That's a hot bike!

 

[hurley209]

putting the drama from the botm thread aside,forgotten,dead and gone, i really like the bike man, i think you nailed the look. seems like alot of fun to cruise on, and credit to you for giving recognition to bcr, i respect that.
any way, again, wanted to say what great bike!!!

quick question about the battery, how small exactly? and are you also running a capacitor?