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Offline Goldbug

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1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« on: August 28, 2012, 06:36:28 AM »
First pic is the day I got it. Next two are shortly after with a bit of elbow grease.

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Re: 1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2012, 06:37:20 AM »
And today...

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Re: 1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2012, 06:38:35 AM »
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Offline apetersonboy

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Re: 1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2012, 08:39:34 AM »
Diggin it. How'd you attach the yellow number plate to your tank?

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Re: 1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2012, 09:00:53 AM »
I used screws. I got really short screws and then I took some of those plastic anchors used for putting screws in sheet rock but I cut most of the tip off and tapped them into the existing hole with a small hammer.

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Re: 1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2012, 03:30:08 PM »
Goldbug, that is a flippin' gorgeous bike. Seriously digging the colors on it!
1976 CB550K- sold
2005 Kawasaki Vulcan 500- sold
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1975 XL350 - crashed
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Offline greenjeans

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Re: 1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2012, 10:33:00 AM »
cool bike.  what type of bars are those ?   Are they clip-ons mounted on the fork tubes above the top triple ?
Yep, I'm the kid that figured out how to put things back together...eventually.

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Re: 1973 CB500 brat-ish thingy
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2012, 10:45:16 AM »
Are they clip-ons mounted on the fork tubes above the top triple ?

Yes. I wussed out and put them there because I didn't have rear controls.