Recent content by jredman

UPDATE: Thanks for the interest guys. After using it as a daily rider for a while I ended up getting a new seat. I think it was a 76 CB 125 seat. I also took everything off for plastidipping. Tomorrow we might even wrinkle paint the engine. We'll see - a lot happening right now.

So the day of my motorcycle safety training (which you need in FL to get be legal to ride) I was getting home from the class and my roommate called me with some pretty serious news. "Dude the neighbor backed into your bike". I was hoping he meant my bicycle but no, he meant my real bike, the...

So tires are pretty confusing. After ordering some online I immediately canceled them because I wasnt sure if they were right. The problem is that they are in the inch tire measurement and I cant get an accurate metric size from them. These tires are a little hard to find a matching pair for...

Can we start out by drooling over my buddies bike? Okay.. now that we got that out of the way. Took some glamour shots of the bike to photoshop which I'll do tomorrow after work. #cm200t #twinstar Feel free to use these photos if you have a cm200t and are thinking of moding it. Basic...

So tonight I'm taking profile pictures of the bike so I can Photoshop my ideas for them. I'm scheduled for my safety training this weekend, and my manual and speedometer cable come in Tuesday. I should be able to get her tagged on Tuesday for a very fun adventure after work!

New mirrors installed. Fixed the idle screw so that it maintains a good idle. Next step is new tires, maybe sore dual street/trail tires. Any thoughts?

That's exactly what it was! Thanks for taking an interest man! Now I'm looking to get some new tires, speedometer cable, and possibly wrinkle painting.

Re-routed the throttle tonight and it seems to be fine now. But now the bike wont stay on and idle for very long before it dies. I'm charging the batter and hopefully if it can hold a charge I will try electric starting it tomorrow. Tonight I'm researching tires - im thinking about putting...

My buddy had some european bars that would work so tonight we got to work in changing the stock bars out. We put them on pretty quickly, except the throttle wants to stick now its not the action on the throttle but the line is getting caught somewhere. But its the first step in the right...

My first build - just got this beauty today. Runs and sounds great. Can't wait to put some work into her.

Honda 1982 cm200t

I have been a longtime admirer of cafe racers and unique custom bikes but never was able to cross over into becoming an owner. That all changed today. I'm now the proud owner of a 1982 Honda cm200t, which I'm planning to slowly turn into a nice custom cafe with the help of a friend who might...