One can never have too many projects - Cafe Build

[99sil-teg]

Did some more painting tonight:




Before and After on the horn, decided to add a little color because I was sick of painting gloss black lol

[99sil-teg]

Couple days ago cleaned up another cover:

Before:


After:


Also finally got my frame where I wanted, cut off some tabs for side covers and also a helmet lock that was welded to the frame. Then got it all painted up, getting me a lot closer to starting to put the bike back together.



Tonight I plan on starting to order stuff like a full gasket kit, allen bolt kit and some other odds and ends to get the motor done so I can get it mounted back up so I can start putting on all the brackets I have painted.

[99sil-teg]

Well decided to loosely bolt on some stuff, couldn't help myself, made the bolts look terrible but I might just run it all till I decided to jack with it again.



Close up of the triple tree

[99sil-teg]

Got rear trailing arm on tonight, kickstand and skidplate. Pretty unhappy with how the paint turned out on the rear arm but oh well, maybe it will be something only I notice lol.

[99sil-teg]

Yesterday my bolt kit, gasket kit and headlight bracket showed up and today my bars, grips and throttle came. Couldn't help myself so I put the bars on and also put my back wheel on for a temporary set up as its in pretty bad shape.




Then I polished up the front wheel, could be nicer but it will get the job done for now.

[Aquito]

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[99sil-teg]

So I'm contemplating start over lol, the bike so far is kinda boring for me so I'm at the point of should I just keep going forward and it will come together... or just say fuck it and tear it back down and start over....

[99sil-teg]

Got the front end on today with the headlight bracket and bucket.

[99sil-teg]

Ordered up levers and gaitor rubbers from DCC and then a mirror from eBay (mistake) which are now on.




Also working on a design for a plate bracket if I don't just buy one at a swap meet next month



Next project is the tank which started a couple days ago with stripping it down so hopefully that will be finished in the next couple days

[skiierman]

Dam, this makes me want to buy a bike, nice work man!

[99sil-teg]

Dam, this makes me want to buy a bike, nice work man!

Thanks man, you should it's a nice change of pace compared to a car

[heeter_33]

Looks like a good project. I have a 72 CB100 and I love how easy they are to work on. Only problem with mine is I can't get it to idle at real low rpm.

[lublub]

I've been wanting to do something like this for a while, now I'm going to have to get one.

[99sil-teg]

Well got back on the bike since the bmw is sitting waiting for parts. Got the tank finished up except for some Honda badges which I also have a plan for.

[99sil-teg]

So I've been letting this bike collect dust since I've been working nonstop on the 02 but with it where I'm happy with it I've decided to get back on this finally. I was never happy with the paint job so I disassembled the bike yet again and I'm starting over again. I'm going to go with a semi-gloss black this time around instead of gloss. Also plan on doing a lot more detail work on this bike instead of just throwing it together I was on course to do last time.

So now on to where I'm at right now!

Back down to the frame



Also started painting some parts which I plan to go much slower on this time around, learned my lesson last time lol.




Also took this arm for the rear brake and decided instead of painting it to polish it up a bit. Started as a dull silver with a mix of surface rust. Still need to polish on it a little more.

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