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hey. i just found this forum a few weeks ago and decided to join in on the fun. i was totally sold when i saw the "50 dollar mods" thread. i bought a '72 honda cl350 last winter and have been fixin stuff up since then.
picked it up for 400 bucks. one of the plug holes was stripped out and the clutch was warped but it (sort of) ran. this is what it looked like then. pretty much stock except for clubmans and cone filters.
spent last summer getting it to run half decent and i dont have any recent pics but this is what ive been working on.
all this was made using scrap sheet metal from old shelving and stock stuff so it was free, my favorite price haha.
i also started workin on rear sets made from the passenger pegs but no pics yet.
will have to take some new shots of it now with the seat and a different stock tank i got on it right now.
You can test your welds by filling the tank with water, sealing the gas cap, and then putting a few pounds of compressed air in the tank. A little water will seep out of any pinholes in your welds.
Very small pinholes can be fixed with POR-15, of course.
por 15 eh? i guess i would paint that on under the finish paint???? or would i coat the inside with it?? i was thinking i was gonna use that kream stuff (well really i was gonna try to not have any leaks but lets be real here haha)
i used a 110 gas shielded MIG set up. its made by northern equipment co. its sorta like the best shitty welder we could get. it was only like 400 bucks and all the reviews on it were pretty positive. this is the first welder i have ever owned (actually me and my girlfriend's dad went in halfsies on it). ive only been welding for like 8 months but its really pretty easy once you get the hang of it. just start with like scrap stuff and youll figure it out, theres alot of better "how to weld" write ups out there than i could give, but the basics of what i did/am doing over all are....
the sheet metal is just old metal shelving thats maybe like 22ish guage, and the seat is actually made of the same thing. all i did was cut it in half and make 3 inch strips of metal and tacked them in. the point its at now, i tacked the outside up and slapped it around a bit till it looked relatively smooth and uniform. once everythings tacked in place you just keep going around and tacking it till its all one piece with no holes. then you grind it smooth. you cant just lay a bead down the seams cuz itll get too hot and warp. if when you grind it down there's still holes then you just keep filling them in till there's not. once you get the basics of welding down its actually kind of easy, doing it quickly and with out making mistakes is what's tough.....needless to say it still takes me for ever and there are alot of do overs haha. it is by no means perfect and im going for the "if it looks good from 10 feet away, it looks good" look, but hey you gotta start somewhere and i just like learning new stuff and building things with motors.
was thinking about doing a build thread for this bike, maybe its worth it. i always get too focused and forget to take pictures but im getting better about it ;D
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