flatlandflyer
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I've lurked here for a long time,And have been around a while also.I thought I'd share this little foray into insanity.The story begins with a brother finding a 68 CL on Craig's List near his home.For a couple hundred he pickup a nice example with a ton of garage damage.(dented tank,broken turn signals ect.)A friend of mine tells me that he has a pile of bits for 160's and another CL175. Some how (this is still a bit fuzzy to me) I ended up with the 175, and he found all kinds of neat things.
This is a phone pic taken about half way thru construction.The tank on mine fairly clean(on the inside),no seat ,bars,rusted out wheels.
We replaced the wheels with a pair of CB160 rims/brakes(Bigger drums!!)As with all projects, more changes.
Note that the rear sets are complete in this pic, and it now carries CB pipes with homemade megs(ya I'm a cheep bastard)After screwing around with this little guy I found yet another CL 175,this one missing all the body work & the rear wheel,exhaust pipes,clutch side cover.The good news was that the main cases are not broken like the first one(no oil leak!!!!)Much ebay time ,and a bit of help from my(?) friend I rebuilt the little guy with new +.02 pistons,a Vert. head,vert trans. & barrels!And of course no project is good with out details.
A speedo face I made for the 5$ u pullit speedo.
A shot of the rattle canned tank & homemade badges.
A pic from the front with owner built clips,although this will change as I have a XL125 fork that will eventually replace the stockers,as soon as the new seals for those get here.They have had a coulpe of in. of travel taken from them,so that they are closer to the height of the CL legs.
For now ,Gimpy
This is a phone pic taken about half way thru construction.The tank on mine fairly clean(on the inside),no seat ,bars,rusted out wheels.
We replaced the wheels with a pair of CB160 rims/brakes(Bigger drums!!)As with all projects, more changes.
Note that the rear sets are complete in this pic, and it now carries CB pipes with homemade megs(ya I'm a cheep bastard)After screwing around with this little guy I found yet another CL 175,this one missing all the body work & the rear wheel,exhaust pipes,clutch side cover.The good news was that the main cases are not broken like the first one(no oil leak!!!!)Much ebay time ,and a bit of help from my(?) friend I rebuilt the little guy with new +.02 pistons,a Vert. head,vert trans. & barrels!And of course no project is good with out details.
A speedo face I made for the 5$ u pullit speedo.
A shot of the rattle canned tank & homemade badges.
A pic from the front with owner built clips,although this will change as I have a XL125 fork that will eventually replace the stockers,as soon as the new seals for those get here.They have had a coulpe of in. of travel taken from them,so that they are closer to the height of the CL legs.
For now ,Gimpy
