Haven't thought of a proper build name yet...
Anyways! Here is my first full on bike build, my 1970 CL350, I'm actually about 60% through my build at the moment and finally got off my ass to start a build thread so I will be doing alot of backtracking, and it may seem like im moving at a flying pace haha. I picked up this little beast at a swap meet for a couple bucks. She was a bit rough around the edges when I got her, dented tank, covered in dried mud, engine turned over but didn't fire up and none of the electronics worked. It was obvious after closer inspection that this bike had been someones offroader and had been sitting for some time. Here she is the day I rolled her down my driveway.
I suspected it would only take a bit of tinkering to get her running, and assumed the main culprit was spark. I went through all the wiring, cleaned up the points and all the contacts, and after two nights of chasing wires she fired right up! What a great feeling it was! and to make things even better, I managed to get all the electronics/lights working too! Soon after getting her running, I ran a compression test and unfortunately saw only 120 psi from both cylinders. Although this was disappointing, I'd always wanted to do an engine rebuild, and saw this as a great learning oppurtunity.
Once I established that this bike had the potential I was looking for, I instantly began the tear down. I was initially planning on doing more of a rat bike cafe racer, but as time passed and I began taking everything apart, I felt this bike deserved to be reborn shiny and new.
I did a few photo-chops of the tail section and paint scheme I was thinking of. I will be modeling my seat out of industrial clay (what we use for car design models) and making a plaster mold out of that and fiberglassing my seat. My main gripe with aftermarket seats for cb350's is that the designs of these seats don't flow with the design of the rest of the bike. My plan was to build a seat that was design specifically to mimic the radiuses, volumes and lines of the tank in hopes of bringing the bike together as a single cohesive design. Out of the following, I've decided on the silver and dark grey color scheme.
dark gray, orange wheels
red tank, bronze frame/wheels
black frame/wheels, red tank
two tone silver, black frame/wheels
Anyways! Here is my first full on bike build, my 1970 CL350, I'm actually about 60% through my build at the moment and finally got off my ass to start a build thread so I will be doing alot of backtracking, and it may seem like im moving at a flying pace haha. I picked up this little beast at a swap meet for a couple bucks. She was a bit rough around the edges when I got her, dented tank, covered in dried mud, engine turned over but didn't fire up and none of the electronics worked. It was obvious after closer inspection that this bike had been someones offroader and had been sitting for some time. Here she is the day I rolled her down my driveway.
I suspected it would only take a bit of tinkering to get her running, and assumed the main culprit was spark. I went through all the wiring, cleaned up the points and all the contacts, and after two nights of chasing wires she fired right up! What a great feeling it was! and to make things even better, I managed to get all the electronics/lights working too! Soon after getting her running, I ran a compression test and unfortunately saw only 120 psi from both cylinders. Although this was disappointing, I'd always wanted to do an engine rebuild, and saw this as a great learning oppurtunity.
Once I established that this bike had the potential I was looking for, I instantly began the tear down. I was initially planning on doing more of a rat bike cafe racer, but as time passed and I began taking everything apart, I felt this bike deserved to be reborn shiny and new.
I did a few photo-chops of the tail section and paint scheme I was thinking of. I will be modeling my seat out of industrial clay (what we use for car design models) and making a plaster mold out of that and fiberglassing my seat. My main gripe with aftermarket seats for cb350's is that the designs of these seats don't flow with the design of the rest of the bike. My plan was to build a seat that was design specifically to mimic the radiuses, volumes and lines of the tank in hopes of bringing the bike together as a single cohesive design. Out of the following, I've decided on the silver and dark grey color scheme.
dark gray, orange wheels
red tank, bronze frame/wheels
black frame/wheels, red tank
two tone silver, black frame/wheels
