My New Project (Amber) 73 CB350 Four

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i've always wanted to do a build thread but i never stop wrenching long enough to post anything, but here goes. i don't have a before pic but trust me when i tell you it was rough that's an understament.
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raw carbon fiber points cover
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tank and seat
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rebuilt motor with finished carbon cover
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The motor rebuild looks awesome, do you mind if I ask how you managed to get carbon fiber shapped over the points cover and if when you put the points cover on underneat the carbon fiber to keep it rigid? Just curious... Otherwise it looks amazing, great work on the motor, cant wait to see what its going to be like when its completed...

- Slice

**Rebuilding a 1966 Honda 305 Dream**
 
First time I've seen anyone use carbon fiber. Very impressed. If you can make another one you should take a mold of the honda logo on the old cover and press it into a new carbon fiber mold. I don't know how to do that stuff so I'd say go for it if it's possible. nice work.
 
Love the carbon fiber. Nothing cooler in my books. Are you going to put carbon on the inside of the wheel holes like some people put wire mesh oven filters?

nice build, please take time from now on to enlighten us more. :o

- Steve
 
Slice said:
The motor rebuild looks awesome, do you mind if I ask how you managed to get carbon fiber shapped over the points cover and if when you put the points cover on underneat the carbon fiber to keep it rigid? Just curious... Otherwise it looks amazing, great work on the motor, cant wait to see what its going to be like when its completed...

- Slice

**Rebuilding a 1966 Honda 305 Dream**
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the one in the pick is just carbon fiber. i wraped the steel cover in carbon for a friend of mine to keep it rigid. he has a bad habit of overtightning things. it is after all just a cover to keep the points dry, not a load bearing structure. to get the carbon to make these turns you have to use 2X2 twill and satin weave 2X2 glass for the underlay. the resin is high perfomance epoxy. i didn't vacuum bag any of these parts. you just need a very high quality resin for the proper wet out.
 
Vacuum bagging is overkill for most cosmetic parts that are not bearing much weight. I typically use bags of sand to compact anything small like that points cover. Heck, on something lke that, if I am not making a run of them, I use Bondo to build my mould. Wax the heck out of the piece I am moulding with floor wax, build a Bondo mould, pull off said mould after it hardens (in like 90 seconds), wax the inside again, lay it all up, then use a bag of sand to compact it.

Good job on the points cover. Can't wait to see what else you do with this bike!!!
 
travstoll said:
...interesting. I am excited to see the wheel when you get that hub on there. I like that idea.
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Dunno what plans you have for yours but this is how mine looks
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Great work!

By chance interested in selling any of these carbon pieces? My front fender has a huge dent in it so I would definitely be interested in purchasing a carbon fiber fender.
 
MartyMcFly said:
Great work!

By chance interested in selling any of these carbon pieces? My front fender has a huge dent in it so I would definitely be interested in purchasing a carbon fiber fender.
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sure thing. do you want a full fender or a chopped one? do you want raw carbon or do you want me to urethane clear it?
 
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