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Looks like a great project, I'm struggling with ocd on my planned 'rat, chopper, bobber' and being a perfectionist is causing me no end of issues. I had decided on a quick build from whatever was...

Wired the bike up temporarily and checked levels( changed oil)etc. Radiator leaked like a seive so that was bypassed with a piece of tubing to attempt a startup. The fuel pump wasn't working so setup...

Thanks Evil, appreciate the sentiment and they definitely did make this one a function over form type of bike. To be fair to them the frame and engine was never designed to be seen. I am trying to...

Thanks Townson, I have a 72 cb750k2 here that would make a better choice to cafe race, this one is just to have a play and see what it turns into. As I said, at the moment I hate it with a vengeance...

Thank for the advice Rninet, the problem is a:the engine/carbs sit up so high in the frame that fitting a tank up there would look hideous, so that would mean a new frame. I am trying to keep this as...

US emission control spaghetti...
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w405/BrambleFarm/image_zpsogpaus2g.jpeg

I thought that all bike frames tended to be symmetrical......

Tall engine......am I the only one that thinks that the rear cylinder looks to be having its temperature taken?
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w405/BrambleFarm/image_zpserthblr0.jpeg...

The easy way out is for people with common sense :)


Stripped all the tupperware off to see what it looked like underneath. It was as expected considering it had sat outside for a few years and...

How it looked a few weeks ago.....

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w405/BrambleFarm/image_zps0axo4vgr.jpeg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w405/BrambleFarm/image_zpsmerbnv0r.jpeg

Hello all,

A bit about me, I am from the UK and I have had quite a few bikes over the years but took a break for 10years and now I am back as a true middle aged born again biker........luckily I...