Topic: Slipstream Cycle Works Ozark Mountain Scramble CB350T Cafe Build

[J-Rod10]

Much appreciated, thank you.

[J-Rod10]

Ok, been paying some bills and now it is time to get back on the 350. Got the swing arm painted and for the first time the outside temp didnt matter! Turned out good and I will set the bike together and see what things look like before I paint the frame, and polish the front forks. Wheels are painted and back together, hubs look good and shoes can now have radius cut on them. I stayed in the shop till 3am last night getting all of the stainless fasteners close,( not polished yet). I decided to go with the acorn nut style on all of the nuts and bolts, axles, etc. I will also go through fitting the R5 frontend on the CB350 frame in detail, it looks the part on this frame and really is not all that hard to adapt using the taper bearings. I  have a few pictures here and will add more of the fasteners being machined and the frontend fitting. For the guys here that have a machining background I know the way I put the radius on the lower shock bolts is a little backwards since I have a lathe here in the shop but when you have 30 plus yrs in you sometimes get tired of the same old way, besides using the mill to do this really leaves a very nice finish.

[Roach Carver]

This is coming along great. Look forward to seeing it in person

[DustyRags]

Woah, nice work! Looking forward to pics of that front end.

[J-Rod10]

Going to try to do that tonight or tomorrow. Between a rush of holiday orders, the Holidays themselves, and a New Years trip, not much progress has been made.

[J-Rod10]

Been toying around with some different styles of bolt head, several in the trash now, but I think I will go with the acron style with flutes, if you can call them that, c/bored into the radius. Kind of looks cool even though the picture of the brake pivot bolt is not that good. I think when the axles and all of the machined bolts and nuts get this treatment it will be ok. Hope to have all of the fasteners wraped up this weekend and get this thing rolling.